This Never Happens

I walked into the living room this afternoon to find Joey totally passed out on the floor. THIS NEVER HAPPENS...

Milo and I spent some time watching the Fantastic Four and enjoyed some quiet. Milo must have either gotten bored... or perhaps he just gave us a deeper glimpse into himself.

I saw him laying on the floor beside Joey. Suddenly, Joey sat up and Milo shouted "It's Alive" in a Victor Frankenstein tone...

As Joey climbed up on the couch Milo stated "I woke him up by whispering weird stuff in his ears..."

What did he whisper??? Or do I really want to know....

Hey Look At That Squirrel

"Hey Look At That Squirrel!" was what Milo shouted while looking out the window today. At first I expected to see a glimpse of a furry tail disappear in the distance. I was wrong.. the squirrel was on a tree limb a mere arm's reach from our window.

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Milo Manners

The other day Milo did about the most grown-up thing I could have possibly imagined... something far ahead of his age and certainly something I wasn't prepared to do at his age -

When I picked him up from school he had a little friend with him. He said. "Dad, here's someone I'd like for you to meet. His name is Preston."

I still have trouble making proper introductions sometimes.

Milo is already becoming a little gentleman. sniff...

Milo Good, Live on the scene with the story...

So last week we treated the boys to sundaes at McDonald's...

As we pulled in we saw this scene. A woman had mistakenly turned right instead of left and drove her infinity right off the 4 ft embankment.

No one was hurt... but the woman looked half embarrased and half scared of what she was going to tell her husband.

When we sat down inside the McDonald's we saw a little girl sitting by herself. At first I thought maybe her parents just went up to get their food or something. Turns out it was her mother who wrecked the car. When the mother came back in Milo asked her "Why did you crash your car?"

It was funny the first time... but Milo probably asked her this question 6 or 7 times with no response.

Good Behavior by Joey *

So on Friday I picked Joey up from school. As I bent over to pick him up and give him a hug I asked him...

"Were you good today Joey?"

"Yes" he shouted.

I followed up with "How many spankings did you get today?"

"Two!!" replied Joey, very excited I must add.

* Editor's note: Joey's school does not administer corporal punishment. The irony here is that not only did Joey totally fabricate the report of his spankings... but for some reason he feels that TWO spankings still qualifies as good behavior... like some sort of golfer's handicap or something!

"It's a Day!"

For the past several weeks Joey has gotten out of bed each morning and, with much jubilation, proclaimed "It's a day!"

I think there's something we can all learn from the little guy. If we all started getting out of bed and we're able to get that excited about the mere fact that we get to get up out of bed and can chalk up one more day for ourselves on this planet.... I think the world would be a better place.

Milo Sums up his Love Life

At age 5 Milo has figured out the secret to happy dating. Today he shared the following words -

"I don't kiss girls and girls don't kiss me because love is dumb."