icicles

Hazel up for the 3rd time.  I'm about to holler at her to go back to bed when she says, "Come here!  Come here!  The icicles are sparkly and glowing in the darkness!"

A ways back

When in first grade, James made the observation that "people are like chemicals."  Some are the noble gases and they go along and don't interact with anyone and that's just who they are.  Some are always trying to make bonds with other people and they hold them together.  When some chemicals combine, they explode.

Hazel this evening at bedtime, "Mom, sing the break out the booze song."

jan 16, 2012

Hal: I love you, Mom.

Me (suspicious): What do you want, Hal?

Hal: A hug!

Hazel has been playing with the plastic luchadores recently. Today she brought them up to Elizabeth and announced, "These are my friends!"

Vocabulary story 5, 3000

Today George was waiting forever for James to get out of the locker room at swimming. He called in, "James, you coming?" James responded, "Yeah! Just one more article."

Hal (Henry) is very nervous about pajama day at school tomorrow. "Mom, it just doesn't seem right to wear your pajamas to school."

entrepeneurship

James is planning on having a hot chocolate stand this winter, figuring it will have less competition than an summer lemonade stand. Hal is going to open a restaurant with Elizabeth which will sell apples with cream cheese and cinnamon. This delicacy figures into Hal's life a lot. He claims that the anger monster hates it and runs away when he eats it. For a long time, James was going to have a grilled cheese restaurant with "grilled cheeses from around the world." Evidently, the man who designed the flip camera beat him to it.

Hal is considering being called "Henry" in kindergarten. He says "I'm almost touching Henry but I'm not sure yet so I'll know by the first day of school if I'm touching Henry or not."

Hal's almost riding a two wheeler.

summer 2011

We were infested with ants this spring. George was at the counter when he saw Hal pick up something. A few moments later, Hal said with a slight grimmace "Hmm...I guess in most cultures they cook insects." A few months later, we were eating squash blossoms at dinner. Hal bit into his and announced, "There's like 10 ants in this one!" We all turned toward him as he shrugged his shoulders and popped the rest in.

James lost his second top tooth after months and months of it being loose. He was purposefully trying to see how long he could keep it in. I finally knocked it out accidentally when I was cleaning his face. By the end, it was gray, pointing straight out and had an adult tooth fully 2 millimeters long behind it.

Hazel's first phrase: "ee too!" She seems to love to recite numbers, especially four. "'mon bwudders" and "go way" are other favorite phrases right now. "UM!!" (gum) is her favorite request (although today she ate chili lime chicarones with gusto).