May Madness

As I've posted in the past, we like to play a little game at bedtime called "I love you more than."  Well, ever since Thanksgiving 2013, Grace has liked to respond to this game by saying, "I love you more than compression socks!"  This is thanks to my mom, a.k.a. Mama Lisa, who declared on Thanksgiving as we went around the table, that she was thankful for compression socks!  You see, she discovered that compression socks help keep her ankles from swelling due to high blood pressure.  Now, compression socks are a part of her daily fashion statement (picture Mama Lisa with Bermuda shorts, sporty shoes and compression socks)!  Well, Grace latched on to that humorous declaration and has been using the line ever since...until this month!

Me: "I love you more than Starbursts or water day at school!"

G: "I love you more than shaving cream, heavy books or Starbursts!"
Me: (Yeah!!!!  She finally loves me more than compression socks!  )
 

G: "Look, it got scrangled!" (Scrambled/tangled)

M: axe-cadent = accident

G: preg-a-nent = pregnant

When I serve broccoli, Matthew just likes to suck the lemon juice off.

Matthew has become a cookie snatcher.  If there is a cookie on your plate and you turn your head, Matthew's little arm can reach amazingly far to get a cookie!

G: "My nickname isn't Pumpkin, it's Unicorn."

M: With an ice cream sandwich in hand and a serious face, "This helps my leg!"  (He had previously been complaining of a hurt leg.)

When we went to the beach for the sandcastle competition we had to park and walk about 30 minutes each direction.  Thankfully we had a wagon that the kids fit so we didn't have to carry them.  On the way back to the car, Matthew fell asleep in wagon with his wide-brimmed hat on.  He kind of disappeared in the wagon and reminded me of those little statues of a Mexican man asleep with his huge sombrero covering him!
 

My alarm one Sunday morning was Grace wispering, "May I snuggle?"

M:  "I need a slide!"  This was after he climbed a rather tall pay structure that had no slide and required climbing back down.