A Pleasant Sound

The sound of Steve and Amanda playing the Wii and laughing together in the other room.

Be Quiet Already

There is a way to get the woman you love to shut up quickly when she is chewing you out.

Give her a giant, smooshy, manipulative kiss. It will stun her and make her heart melt. She will try to sound firm when she continues her speech, but you will have won her heart.

Today Evan picked up his kitty and threw him across the room. It must have been a testosterone moment. I really don't know what made him do it. I firmly began to give him a lecture on not being mean to his kitty, why it was wrong, how the kitty must feel, and on and on. About 20 seconds into it (I can say tons in 20 seconds) he looks at me with a dazed, lost, man look and plants one on me. A giant, smooshy, adorable kiss.

It melted my heart.

Invisible Things

"Mom, is air the only thing that is invisible?"

"I think so, Ian." This was a few days after Christmas. I was in a daze.

"No, sound waves and things that go up your nose...molecules. Those are invisible."

"Yes, Evan. That is true. You are a smart boy."

!!!!!! I have a genius four-year-old boy....or maybe he just watches too much Sid the Science Kid.