Things heard around our house this week...

Me: "Mary Beth, please pick up the craisins you dropped on the floor."
Mary Beth: "No, Mommy."
Me: "Please obey me."
Mary Beth: "I don't want to obey. I want to DANCE!"
Guess who danced her way to time out?


Thomas was eating a cheese pizza at Panera earlier in the week....
"Mommy. I have something to say that is going to make your day."
(This statement is frequently made by Thomas.)
"What's that, Thomas?"
"I love you more than I love cheese pizza!"
Considering how much the boys loves food, I felt very honored! It indeed made my day!

There is an ongoing debate in our house as to what to call our daughter. I usually call her Mary Beth. She usually intoduces herself as "ME" because the boys call her that. The only problem is that it sounds like "Amy" so we are trying to get her to say Mary Beth. All week long, she has been calling herself "Mary Elizabeth". I asked her this morning: "Do you want to call yourself Mary Elizabeth or Mary Beth?" She thought about it and said, "Ummmm....Just Mary Had A Little Lamb!" That's a new one!

And finally to Matthew. Let me preface this by saying that I have a rather impressive list of pet peeves. At the very top of this list (maybe the top 5?) is whistling. It drives me CRAZY to hear people whistling. Guess who learned to really whistle this week? Since coming home from school on Monday, Matthew has been whistling nonstop. This is trying my patience, but I am allowing him to do it. What if I crush his whistling spirit? What if he was meant to be a world famous whistler and I held him back? What if he decides that he really likes to whistle while he works and will start doing a better job keeping his room clean because of the distraction? Well, at least the weather is getting better so he can whistle OUTSIDE!

Have a great weekend!