Wonka’s 3 Course Dinner Chewing Gum
Source: Bryton Taylor
As I was trying to get the 6-year-old to bed, he began his patented stall…
ET: I can’t fall asleep… I’m hungry.
Me: Well, you should have eaten all of your dinner.
Where is Willy Wonka when you need him?
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We were woken last night by a crying 6-year-old. The Husband took the call.
ET had a nightmare in which a shark had attacked him and bit his bum. He made his dad check to see if there was a bite. “No, but there’s a big crack…” (Classic Husband humour.)
This immediately raised the question,
Deep thoughts at 2 AM…
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I stumbled down some stairs today and sprained my ankle. (I’m okay Mom!)
I was carrying an armload of stuff, as usual, and landed in a heap on the grass. Luckily, the only witnesses were the boys and The Husband, who was bringing up the rear with his own armload of stuff.
When I didn’t immediately pop back up, The Husband went back in for an ice pack and the boys planted their bums on the stairs, repeatedly asking, “Mommy, are you okay?”
While I rolled on the ground in that early state of is-it-broken-or-just-sprained pain, I happened to pass some gas. My 8-year-old brightened up and exclaimed,
He was right, suddenly I couldn’t stop laughing…
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Tagged Family, Funny, humor, humour, Husband, kids, Sprained ankle
We spent an afternoon at the playground this weekend and enjoyed a visit from a beautiful yellow lab and the young woman who was walking her. Our smiling 6-year-old watched as they walked away across the field and said,
We hope he was talking about the dog…
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Tagged Dog, Funny, humor, humour, kids, Labrador Retriever, Pets
Photograph by Spacepleb
My children have discovered the magical burning properties of concentrated sunshine through a magnifying glass. I’m worried the 8-year-old now wants to be an arsonist when he grows up. The other day he showed me a piece of wood covered in charred pock marks and said,
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Photograph by Elijah van der Giessen
The 8-year-old as I grumbled about a fellow driver this morning.
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Photograph by Oliver Klink
The 6-year-old as we walked behind a couple who were holding hands.
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Tagged Family, Funny, Holding hands, kids, Relationships
Escaping Elegance 