This and That

Some more of this and that... little clips of life around here.

The other night Jonah had a particularly interesting bath... at least the things that he said and did were entertaining to Erik.  He began the bath by peeing on his sister.  Thank goodness she had no clue.  He peed on her back and she was looking the other way.  Though gross, Erik thought it was SOOOOOO funny.  Then, when it was time to wash Jonah insisted that we wash HIS girl parts.  We tried explaining to him that he didn't have girl parts he has a peanut (his term for penis) instead.  He just laughed and said, "My peanut hangs out."  Good observation, J.  To finish his bath he ripped one and said, "Ha, ha.  My farted. My peed in the bathtub."  He seemed very proud of himself.  Great, now I have two men in the family with a very male sense of humor.

I got a text from Erik that said, "Jonah was complaining that he didn't want butter on his bread so I turned it over. While he was watching.  And he ate it."   Wow, Daddy, you sure know how to pull one over on J.  I hope that Jonah is this easy to fool/appease in the future.

On our way home from ballet Cairo poked a hole in her ballet tights and completely ruined them.  When I voiced my displeasure, she told me that I could just buy her some new ones.  It's time for Cairo to have a reality check.  I told Cairo that instead of going and getting ice cream this weekend, I would take that money and buy her new tights and she could watch the rest of us enjoy our ice cream and remember why she didn't get any.  When we got home, she said, "Can't I use my Easter money?"  I told her no. that we put her money away in the bank to save for college.  I left the room while she changed from her leotard into her pajamas.  When I came back a few minutes later Cairo was just sitting there crying.  She looked at me, her face crumbled, and she said, " I don't want to go to college." More tears, more tears, and I think a sob, too.  I told her that she could still live at home when she went to college and that it was a long time away.  I just hope she remembers how much she wanted to stay at home and NOT got to college.