Funny Kiddo's

My kids have made me laugh quite a bit lately.  I thought I'd share some of their "finer" moments with you ...

~  Julie came home last Friday and told me "Happy Veterinarians Day, Mommy!" and then proceeded to tell me all the ways they had celebrated and studied veterinarians that day at school.  The one part she couldn't figure was why they honored this little girl whose entire family had been in the Army.  What did that have to do with Veterinarians Day?!

~  I found these chocolate donuts at Sprouts that are gluten free so I got them for the kids for breakfast one morning.  They came frozen, so I stuck them in the oven for 2-3 minutes to thaw them out and loosen them up a bit.  Then, to make sure they tasted good and weren't cold in the middle, I bit into one.  The kids came down and gobbled them right up, but commented on how I had taken a bite out of one of them.  Julie also mentioned her stomach hurting after she finished breakfast.  (It's no wonder - you ate three donuts, child!)  I thought nothing of it, but noticed my stomach began to hurt about mid morning while I was out on a photography job.  Then, picked them up from school only to learn Craig had dealt with upset stomach all day.  So, we began to discuss in the car how we probably had caught a little bug and not to worry about it.  It would be gone soon.  Nope.  They convinced themselves that it was the donuts.  Nothing would change their minds.  Rick never got the little tummy ache and their opinion is that this is because he never ate the donuts! 

~  Julie had to change clothes at school the other day.  Rick dressed her after I left for work and put her in a pair of ratty denim, play shorts that had holes in the butt.  So, obviously - she got to school and they were appalled.  Well, a few days later, Craig put on a pair of jeans for school that had a worn out (very in style looking) hole in the knee.  I asked Rick casually if we should make him change so that he didn't get in trouble at school.  Rick said no - that the holes just couldn't be in inappropriate places.  Craig overheard the conversation and then proceeded to tell us (and show us) all his inappropriate places.

~  I picked up the kids from school the other day and they had decided with some of their friends that they are going to ride their bikes to school from now on.  If you know where we live and where their school is, you're already laughing.  If not, let me just tell you - it is over six miles from our house and takes fifteen minutes to reach by car.  Can you imagine a 6 year old and 9 year old on bikes hiking it across town crossing major highways and the busiest intersection on the tollway at 6 a.m?  I tried talking some sense into them, but nothing would do.  So, I drove the route with them and showed them that more than 3 miles of it contain no sidewalks.  "NOT AN ISSUE, MOM!  We can ride our bikes in the grass!"  (By grass, they mean pastures.)  I asked them about cold weather and rainy weather.  They informed me they like it.  So, once football season is over, we're running a little experiment with them.  We're loading them up on their bikes and then following them in the van to see how far they make it.  I'm placing bets on the two mile marker.  ;)