The Great Flood

As four year old Nico has a soft spot for his big sis, he often sneaks into her bed in the middle of the night.  On one such occasion, Sierra woke up and exclaimed, “Nico, you peed in my bed!”  Nico looked around and surveyed the damage and gave Sierra an exasperated look.  Then he took a deep breath and responded, “Well I wasn’t planning on it!”

November 15, 2010 – I just witnessed three terrified boys run by, followed by a fourth small child chasing them with a dirty diaper. 

November 22, 2010 – I just overheard the boys having an argument and had to intervene when Christian called Antonio "Obama" and Antonio retorted with "Biden" before it got any uglier...

Today was Antonio’s and Christian’s first day of school. The whole family loaded up to wish them a farewell on their big day. The first stop was their school; Sierra’s was second. We waited at the gate until it opened. Once they got out of the car and walked through those pearly (okay, fine, they were steel) gates, Tony and I looked at each other and said, “Yes!” emphasized with a high-five. From the back seat we heard Sierra respond in shock with, “You guys better not do that when I get out of the car.”

July 28, 2010 - Raymond is four days old today.

Sierra: Mom, is bi-polar when you’re just fine one minute and then the next you’re really, really mad?

Me:    Uh, sort of.

Sierra: Oh, well then is that what Raymond has?

May, 2010

As we were in the company of non-Spanish speakers, I gently corrected Nicolas (4 years) with a, “...¿Quieres que te pegue?” also known as “Would you like a spanking? He looked at me with an exasperated expression, raised his hands up in the air, and replied, “What? I don’t understand when you talk crazy!”

April 3, 2010

In the spirit of the Easter holiday, I spent various times with the kids discussing why we celebrate Easter and what it really represents. On Friday, when I asked them what this Friday was called, I got responses that ranged from “Good luck Friday” to “Black Friday”. Then Saturday night, when I asked Nico (4 years) what Easter is about, he responded with, “Spring break.”  I am no longer sure that I qualify as a Sunday School teacher.

She followed the trail of a dozen egg yolks and broken egg shells along her bedroom carpet until they led to a once cute but now guilty looking four year old. He shall be missed...

Today when I told Tony (9 years) that he had to clean his room he said he was calling his lawyer.