We went out for ice cream tonight after the game. All of the kids ordered my favorite ice cream so I had to take a taste of Charlie's before I gave it to him (I am of course trying to eat healthy hahaha) Well, I took a small taste from the bottom of the ice cream and it left a little point where I had tasted it. I hand it to Charlie and he looks at the point I left and starts laughing and says, "Look mine ice cream has a peiner!" He brought smiles to everyone around us because he said it loud enough for all to hear. God, I love these kids!!

As we are passing the cemetery today, on the way to Sophie's game, Sophie says, "Hey Mom, I just saw a lot of vegetarians!" I respond, "You did??" She responds with, "Yes, I know because I saw all the flags in the cemetery and those are for the vegetarians!" Another priceless conversation with my favorite 7 year old.

Heading out of town this weekend and we always pass the hospital that all of the kids were born in. So, Mary asks, the usual questions, "Where is the place we were born? Did Jenna get to hold me?" Did Sophie get to hold me?" etc, etc, etc. Then she asks, "Mom, when Charlie was born did we get to scrape the yucky stuff off of him?" I thought I was going to die! I immediatley responded, "NO!" as my husband is chuckling in the seat next to me. Then she asked that dreaded question that all kids ask, "How do babies get out of your stomach?" Now, my husband is really having a tough time not laughing and I know that he is waiting for my response. I respond, "Doctors help them come out." She says, "but Mom, where do they..." I quickly interupt her before she can say anymore and say, "...and that is all a 6 year old needs to know about how a baby comes out." Now my wonderful husband is laughing as I am glaring at him and Mary finally stopped asking anymore questions. PHEW!!!!

Today, Charlie was laying on the floor with his hands over his "bad spot" and so I say, "What's the matter, why do you keep grabbing yourself?" His response was, "because it won't stop standing up!" I just laughed and walked away from that one!

Mary, came home from school yesterday complaining that her ear hurt from her earring. Well, I knew that she had some very cheap earrings in so I told her to take them off. She of course, did what i told her (hahaha) and comes to me and says, "Mom I can't get this one out because its stuck and the back is already off." I thought it was probably stuck on there with the usual gook (you all know what i mean) So, assuming that she had already taken the back off, I pulled the earring out of her ear (it was pretty stuck, but I got it) Then I noticed there is a lot of white "gook in her ear, both the back and the front so I kinda gave it a little squeeze and Mary started really crying. I checked the ear again and noticed that the reason it was so hard and hurt so bad was because the back of the earring was stuck IN the earring hole IN her ear! YIKES!!!! I told her to hang on because it was going to hurt and I pushed the earring back out of the ear. She cried and cried and cried but I got that sucker out of her ear and there is no infection and not even a scab. What a relief that it all worked out. Then later in the day Mary syas to me, "I am never going to wear earrings again!" I honestly can't blame her if she doesn't!

While visiting with my family today another story came up about my remarkable mothering, I thought I would share with you. Last year, at the New York State Fair, I had brought my 3 girls to see Drake Ball (from Drake & Josh). It was a free concert and there were a ton of kids with their parents. We sat through about half of the show, way in the back. But with the help of my own mother, we asked the kids if they wanted to get up to the front of the stage. Well, I convinced my kids we could do it and I proudly taught my then, 9, 6, and 5 year old's how to sneak their way up to the front of the stage. I sent my then 9 year old through the crowd saying, "Excuse me, I am trying to get to my brother up there." and I followed behind her with the other two girls in tow, saying, "Excuse me, just trying to catch up with my daughter." Let's just say we spent the second half of the show at the very front of the stage and got some amazing pictures of Drake. It was a great experience for all of us!!!

It was a perfect Mother's Day today!!! I had to advise my 3 year old son, before I even came downstairs, that he was not allowed to yell at Mommy today. I told him, "If you yell at Mommy on Mother's Day they come and take you away to naughty boy camp where all they feed you is broccolli. "His response was, "Me hate broccolli!" I said, "I hate broccolli honey." (correcting his english of course) "So make sure you don't yell at Mommy anymore today!" Just a little tough love is all :) He was an angel all day and I have not been yelled at since this morning!! I know I am not the only one that has done this before, Right?

My kiddos were complaining today that they don't want to go back to school tomorrow! My 6 year old says to our neighbor, "why do we even have to go to school anyway?" Our neighbor, who is around 8, says, "Because if we didn't we would be stupid." The she continues with, "Did you know in the 1800's women didn't go to school?" My 7 year old chimes in with, "Mom, is that true?" So I respond, "Yep, she's right women didn't go to school back then." My 7 year old says, "Wow, you were lucky then Mom!!" She actually thought I was THAT old!!!!