Kids certainly say the darnedest things. We were at the local market the other day to fulfill our grocery list. Ryan chose to ride in the little car cart. The one that is completely filthy from being outside and having other kids just beat the crap out of it. So he is sitting in this car, spinning the steering wheel and leaning out saying goofy things. We get to the deli counter behind a large lady. I think I was in a zone of some sort so did not fully comprehend what was taking place. But once I came to I realized my son had his hand out of the car, pointing at the lady while yelling, “Look at THAT belly, mommy!” I had to give him a scolding.

Today Dominic did a lot of walking without holding onto anything. He is so proud of himself. When I got home I watched him take a few steps, then pivot on one foot until he was facing the direction he wanted to go….THE STAIRS….then walked to the first step and started climbing. He goes into little rants about Dada and Mama with fits of laughter sprinkled between.

Ryan is loving preschool. Today he sang the songs they were taught and danced all around the house. He was chanting something about apple sauce of which I didn’t even know there was a song about. How can you not be extremely proud of this stuff? At the moment he has become quite a story teller. His imagination is crazy and he throws things into his stories that I did not even know he knew about. Recently he became very curious about God. Last night he asked me if he can play with God and told me God is in heaven. Not an easy concept to grasp as three year old.

We added two new kids to the mix. Nim and Jaws. Nim is about 3 inches long and a very rich orange color goldfish Ryan won at the Schagticoke Fair. He lived in a bag which prompted us to buy a fish tank. We recently bought a friend for Nim and named him Jaws. Jaws is a goldfish but does not really resemble one. He is about 2 inches long and has some smatterings of the goldfish orange but mostly a white-ish color with black tipped fins. Early on they stayed at opposite ends of the tank but now they seem to be hanging out together.

Total kid count 5 including Max.

Ryan and Nim (Jaws behind the coral)