No More Tickers, No more Via

Olivia used to ask if I wanted a "Dora ticker for you, daddy"
But she is now saying "sticker" ...

When she started talking she would say "Via do it" Now she says Olivia ...

They are growing up too fast.

Look for more Olivia posts as she learns to get a word in edge-wise around her brother

First Olivia Quote - Can You Guess Her Favorite Color

Lucas has been earning dimes when he stays in bed all night.
Yes. Bribery is a sometimes a necessity to maintain sanity in this house.

Tonight (3/19) at dinner, Lucas was asking about spending his dimes on a new HotWheel.
I told him if he put it in the bank it will become more money.
Olivia said, "Put money in the bank and it will turn PINK!"

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Frustrated parent's note: I spent 5 extra minutes this morning because the outfit I was going to dress her in this morning wasn't pink enough.


3/16 - Mommy is at work. Daddy is dressing Olivia for church.
"That doesn't match, daddy." I think she was talking about the outfit I was selecting for her, but Wendy wasn't around to dress me either.

Found a fossil in the driveway yesterday.
Duff G at work is a fossil collector ... he estimated it at 300 to 350 million years old.

Grandpa Kritsky confirmed that it is a brachipod (sp?)

Pretty cool ... or as Lucas says "Kew-ol"

There is even a part of a shell that you can see along with the imprints ... molds and casts according to Duff.

"There is a lot of cool stuff to see, you just need to look." DGold. March 17, 2008

This Boy Will Be Trouble

Tonight - 3/19
Lucas is on his hands and knees flipping through a magazine.
He pauses at an ad and bends down and kisses the photo.

"What are you doing, Lucas?"
"Kissing girls with make up. I like to kiss girls!"

Watch out, Oakmont ... Casanova lives at 682 Fourth Street



3/18
Mummen-shanz ...
I guess my use of silly words is rubbing off on my son.
I sometimes refer to Wendy as Mummenshanz. Now Lucas is calling her that.
I guess it could be worse.

March quotes

Waking with a full bladder, I raced Lucas to the bathroom.
We decided to risk crossing streams, Sta-puff marshmallow man, be damned.

I produced a deep-noted stream. Lucas's was a bit higher in tone. He said "We're making music, daddy."
Do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do-pee

3/12/08
The following is not so much a quote as it is a funny event:
Setting: Trapped in the back seat during rush hour. Coming back from the airport after dropping the grandparents off. Lucas declares emergency state in the back seat. Mommy pulls off of the road.

As he relieves himself on the side of the road with great joy ... what boy doesn't enjoy leaving his mark ... Lucas said "Look Mommy, I am killing all of these plants. If someone walks by, they will step in my pee!"

3/11/08 Note: this is an older quote, but it needs to be recorded.
While watching TV, a commercial for a show had a couple in a hot and heavy embrace. Lucas asked what they were doing. "That is how people who are married kiss Lucas."
The next morning while headed out the door with the kids on our way to daycare, I paused to give Wendy a good-bye peck on the cheek.
Lucas was very disappointed and demanded "Do the Mommy-Daddy kiss, guys!"


3/10/08
Mommy had lunch with Lucas's class. His classmate Dora's daddy was also there. Dora's family is African-American. "Dora's daddy is bald and has dark skin daddy."

Later, Lucas said, "Mommy and Daddy have white skin. I have white skin. Olivia has white skin. Kissy is black, but near his penis his skin is white."