Crack Me Up!

The kids and I literally just got home from getting their flu shots. Well, actually they got the flu mist (up their nose) but that's not really part of this story.

As we were driving home, the kids were talking about Max having gum in his mouth while he got the mist. Of course, Maggie got rid of her before she went in (because she is such a good rule follower) and so she asked Max if he thought the nurse knew he had gum.

And his reply almost made me have to pull off the road so that I didn't pee my pants.

In a very serious tone, he says, "Yeah, she (the nurse) knew I had the gum...cause of those eyes in the back of her head!"

And then he says, "Right Mom, all the parent moms have those eyes?!"

"That's right son, that's right!"

The boy can S-P-E-L-L

The first full week of kindergarten was great for Max. He's doing better with not being so tired (I honestly think his allergies were making him fell a little cruddy!) and he got a refresher course in how to spell color words.

We stopped by to see Grandma Bonnie over the weekend and when she asked how school was going, he did the standard reply, "Good!" So, I started to ask Max to spell his colors. This is how the conversation went.

Me: Max, how do you spell red?

Max: R-E-D

Me: Good job buddy, now how about green, how do you spell green?

Max: G-R-E-E-N

Me: Great, next let's do blue.
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Max: B-uhhh I? uhhh (Maggie whispering L in the background) B-L-I?

Me: Okay...well we'll need to work on that one. How about yellow... Max how do you spell yellow?

Max: Y-E-L-L-I-V-A-N!

We all looked at each other and then exploded into laughter. The double L's in yellow made him think of his last name. So then he just rattled off the rest of his name. It just amazes me how their little brains work. It was a nice try and I've gotta give him a little credit for that!

Hey, and you never know....someday it might just be a new color in Crayola's box of 64.

Funny Farm!

The kids totally couldn't figure out how to get the windows to roll down in one of the pick-up trucks on the farm. That's when daddy explained to them that they needed to turn the crank to roll the windows down.

Max thought it was a super cool "old fashioned" car.

Boy do I feel old!