Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Anna Marie reminds me regularly that not everything in life is a competition. I reluctantly agree. But, I believe I can make anything a competition, and sometimes I get a little confirmation. A couple of recent examples:
I challenged Anna Marie to see who could have the most friends on Facebook. At first she maintained that she [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here’s an actual conversation between Robb and me this weekend:
Anna: I should get the lawn mowed this weekend and maybe clean out the car.
Robb: I’m going to try to get some ironing done.
We have what might be described as an unconventional marriage in which we play to our strengths. I like mowing more than Robb. He [...]
Posted in Things Kids Say on August 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m not a loud person. I can be, of course, if circumstances warrant, but me being loud is a rarity. Anna Marie has compensated for this throughout our marriage in several ways. There’s the traditional “What?”, the somewhat more direct, “If you’re going to talk to me, you need to be in the same room,” [...]
Posted in Things Kids Say on August 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Today our girls were working with Anna Marie, their Mom, to complete an application to certify our backyard as a wildlife habitat. The goal for us adults is to get a free magazine for the girls. When the application was finished, Shyanna asked, “Do we get a prize?”
To this Anna Marie replied, “No, we get a sign.”
Having no [...]
Posted in Things Kids Say on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I was at the park with the girls. They played for some time on their own, but eventually they coaxed me over to give them a big spin on the merry-go-round. From opposite ends of the platform each started yelling “hello” as they passed by my position. So as they were spinning, I was hearing [...]
Posted in Things Kids Say on August 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The other day I was trying to move my daughters along. They are easily distracted and I wanted them to get their seat belts on so we could get moving. I turned around to them and said, “Get ‘er done!” to which my youngest replied, “Get HIM done!”
