Out of the mouth of a babe!

Going to work on Thursday, Todd seemed a little off. I ask him what's wrong and he says, "my head hurts." I tell him I am sorry, hope he gets to feeling better.

A few minutes later, I tell him I love him and ask how his head is, "It's ok mama. Love you too."

He then starts in on his questions that I don't have answers to and other fixes to the world's problems when he stopped for a breath of air. I ask him how he felt, was his head better? To which he responds, "Mama, if you would just be quiet for a minute my head wouldn't hurt anymore." :|

M'kay, gotcha, I get the blame for all your talking! Love you, baby and thanks for making mama's ride to work that much more enjoyable!

Questions on a Four Year Old Mind...

So if you ever thought that a four year old does not think past what toy he will play with or what is his next toy he will mutilate, well, come ride for an hour in my van!!

The other day driving to work (at 7 am in the morning!) Todd is pondering about the universe and all its marvels. After much talk about asteroids and meteorites, he asks this question, "Mom, why do we live in the Earth?"

"Well, we don't live IN the Earth, we live ON the Earth." Extremely proud of my answer, thinking that would satisfy him, he comes back with a raised voice,

"MOM, the Earth is a ball. We can't live on the Earth or we would fall off the Earth, so we HAVE to live IN the Earth. M'kay mama, it's a ball, which is round and we live in it so we don't fall off."

Alrighty then, now that all my geography is shot and I am sure some science is shot there as well, you have the thoughts of a four year old on why we live in the Earth!

I really need to google to find the book of all the answers to "why".

WHY:
did dinosaurs kill other dinosaurs?
did God flood the Earth?
do I have to sit in this carseat?
can I not touch my tongue to my nose?
is your car faster than the other cars?
must we get to places on time?

I just know there is a book out there to answer all my early morning, brain not yet functioning questions that come from the backseat of my van!

A new milestone!

I have finally achieved a new milestone in my life!! Time for living in a house of all testosterone to pay off now. The time has come when my dinner will no longer be cold, come back to the table to a plate of food that has been generously eaten from (thanks DH for testing the food for me to make sure I wouldn't get sick!) or my drink finished and waiting for a refill. My four year old REFUSES to go into the women's restroom. YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! So now, it's dh's job to do all the bathroom duties while out in public!

Now, with that said, I didn't realize the boy was ready for this step. I was eating with my mother the other day and he had to go to the bathroom. I stood up, let him out and he took off running and went into the MEN'S restroom. OMG, I panicked, I could not go in there and get him, he surely would not wash his hands and probably had his pants and the nasty ground. And then it happened, "Mom, I need you." I call for my oldest boy to come over there and send him in, I got the eye roll from him but I sent him in anyway. I could hear Todd say, "NO, I want mama." So, I did what I didn't ever want to have to do, I had to go into the men's restroom.

Had I known, I would've come prepared with a can of Lysol and a clothes pin. I informed Max he was to stand there and not let ANYONE in, absolutely NO ONE. Thankfully, it was a one stall bathroom and sure enough, the boys pants were hanging on the floor. After getting him out of there, I took a deep breath and thanked Max for standing guard, and went into the women's room and scrubbed myself down!