2006-10-08

Why??....I Don't Know - Part 2

I am listening to my son insisting his drawer is more organized than his sisters'. He actually brought them into the room and is explaining in detail why this is. Why he thinks this is true...I Don't Know. Do you?

Brosden's Drawer



Bella and Sofia's Drawer

The children are calling for a vote. For Brosden ("Pick Me!") comment "Brosden". For the girls ("Ours is so clean.") comment "The Girls". For "You're doing a terrible job teaching them how to keep their drawers organized", comment "Bad Dad".



Last night I asked my little "angels" where the end of my broom was. When they stood there silently I asked if it was the one I've been seeing outside on the ground for the past two weeks (coincidentally the last time they were here and the same one I've been asking myself "Now who would just leave part of their broom outside on the ground?")

Why did Brosden look up to the ceiling as if he were praying; Bella whistling hoping to distract me; and Sofia keep drinking from a cup that I knew was empty? Actually I have an idea on this one. We were making pizza for dinner and they may have been thinking...."Well, if this is the end, I can confess now or after I've eaten. If I can postpone it till after, at least I'll go to Heaven on a full stomach."



Also, I know that I used to take my father's tools to the woods in Ohio to "build" fantastic log cabins and forts.....and then leave them there. So I'm paying for the sins of my childhood. I'm sorry Dad. I must have done this quite a lot (I do remember more than one conversation about this). It's the only explanation as to why my son was put on the ....so hard for me to even write....that team from up north...the...wolverines.

I make sure I always wear a Buckeye shirt to the game. The child inside is still alive! (not childish, childlike)
















Brosden hit his first homerun last night! I'm proud of you son. Every game all I ask of you is to focus on one thing you can improve and to have loads of fun doing it. This is living life as if you were actually alive...Living Large!














And why, as I'm trying to put this up on the weblog, have my children turned the first floor into a big slip-and-slide? My son the scientist made the connection that if liquid dishwashing soap can clean dishes it can clean floors, and make it really, really slippery. "But Dad, you told us to clean the floor and to make it fun." - Iszabella.



And as they slide

They collide







And what was done?

They had FUN!



That, my friends, is an on-the-spot poem by our very own Iszabella-Esperanza

I think my children will have many happy memories. As Cosmo on the cartoon "The Fairly Oddparents" says "Ah, good times."




I know what you're saying. "Why is there a bear on your head?" All I know is that I'm trying to finish this post, Sofia is downstairs looking for her Sofia Bear, and Bella asked to borrow the camera phone.

"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."
- Bruce Barton

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good job for hitting a homerun. It is very exciting. It is really hard to hit a home run. And I like your drawer better. It is alot cleaner.

Anonymous said...

hey this is ur sisi

i love u guys so much
so proud of u 4 many things
miss u so very very very very very very much

im so shocked on how big ur getting


hope ur proud of me 4 making it to the seventh grade

<3333333333 u guys

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BAD DAD

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Anonymous said...

WHY IS IT WHEN YOUR ANGEL AND DEVIL APPEAR ON YOUR SHOULDER THEY NEVER JUST REMIND YOU IN THE MORNING TO GRADE OUR PAPERS AND ALWAYS APPEAR WHEN YOU GO TO BED,? WHY... I DON'T KNOW


A.J.

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Anonymous said...

How come Donkey Kong a monkey and not a donkey?Why.....I don't know!

Anonymous said...

Both drawers are equally dirty, and, to be honest, I can hardly tell what is in them.:(

Unknown said...

Thank you Brosden, Bella, and Sofia, and my wonderful former 5th grade students who commented so many years ago. I think you were my first class at Sand Lake. My heart is happy with memories and my lips are curved in a smile 😊😊😊