Deep Thinker and I were on our way to get Rowdy Rebel from preschool. On the way, we saw a “Do Not Litter” sign outside of a store. So, Deep Thinker read the sign to me slowly, “Do…not…litter.” Then he explained, “Mom, if a sign says ‘Don’t Litter,’ that means you can’t throw trash there.” […]
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Boy, baby questions are just getting out of hand. Deep Thinker keeps asking where babies come from. At first, I was cleverly dodging the question with vague answers. (He’s only 6. I can’t tell him and have him break this news to his friends in kindergarten. I would be killed by numerous parents not yet […]
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I asked the boys how they feel about having a baby sibling. Here are a few reactions: Deep Thinker: “I want a brother, not a sister. Then we can have a boy’s club. With a sister, we definitely cannot have THAT.” Rowdy Rebel: “I want a girl or a boy. I will hold her.” (He […]
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Deep Thinker is now taking guitar lessons. His teacher is named Phil. I could tell on day one that these two were going to study well together. Phil is really polite, serious, and diligent about where the last lesson left off and where the new one begins. Very patient guy and excellent guitar player (of […]
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Deep Thinker was talking about marriage again. He was saying that his teacher, Ms. Blackwell, has a boyfriend. I asked, “How do you know he’s a boyfriend and not her husband?” He said, “MOM, she’s only 29. How could someone that young be married?”
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Deep Thinker really loves playing volleyball and kickball after lunchtime. The kids get to choose what they want to do. He always chooses to play ball. I would guess that he’d prefer to play alone, but that’s not what he wants to do. SO, there are frequent scores, outs, and every once in a while […]
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Deep Thinker is fascinated with religion and the afterlife. He constantly has questions about it (and has since age 4). He must have heard about reincarnation somewhere. He just came and said, “You know, maybe when you die, you are born again as another person. And you just live on earth forever.” So I said, […]
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Deep Thinker wrote the funniest story for school. The teacher lets them write anything they want, and usually he comes up with some pretty gross boy themes that seem to involve … sorry, but burping and things of this nature. (This is only during their free writing time–at other times they write about more standard […]
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Rowdy Rebel has a part-time nanny, Katia. They talk and play non-stop–literally from the time she comes to the time she goes home. He’s a lucky boy. Anyway, Katia has 2 daughters who are already a little older (and in school). So she brought over their old Barbie’s the other day. There were also Barbie […]
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Rowdy Rebel (my 3.5 year old) was sitting on the toilet, and screamed “Mommy!” I said “Yes?” He answered, “Wait a second. I’m concentrating POOPING.” So, I waited, confused as to why he called me. And after a few minutes, he asked, “Mommy, do all mommies have crooked teeth?” (Yes, that means, do all mommies […]
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