I knew the answer to this...

I stepped out of the shower to find Joey standing right by the door. The following conversation ensued...

Daddy: Joey, why are you out of bed?

Joey: Milo call me stupid!

Daddy: Joey, why is your shirt on backwards?

Joey: Because I NEED it on backwards!

Joey's Not-So-Surprise Birthday

This year we're celebrating Joey's birthday with another trip to Schlitterbahn.

I had a few presents ordered that I ordered from Amazon hidden under my desk. Bad thing.. I forgot about them and when Milo came to the office with me on Sunday he found them in about two seconds.

He actually understood the fact that they were Joey's presents fairly well. However... understanding why Joey wasn't getting them today was another story.

On our way out he kept asking me "Are you going to give Joey his present? Then we can both play!"

I told him that we had to wait until next Monday and in the meantime we were going to hide them in the trunk of Mommy's bug car (VW Beetle).

When we got home I went to the kitchen to crack open a Diet Coke and I heard the front door open and Milo say "Hurry Joey... there's a Spiderman truck for you in the back of mommy's car!"

I Hope That Was a Pop Tart

Today's breakfast had an unusual twist. Joey was enjoying some sort of fudge-filled pop tart pastry. When I saw him walking to his room I noticed a smudge near his ankle that was.... well... brown, dry, and crusty.

I said "Oh my God... Joey, what the hell is on your ankle? Is it poop?"

"Nah... " he said confidently, "It's pop tart!" Then he twisted around almost trying to moon me and pointed to his little behind with his thumb and said "Poop is in my butt!"

A Gentleman and a Scholar...

Milo's Pre-K graduation was today. His class did a little skit from "Where the Wild Things Are" and Milo played a tree.


We are so proud of the little guy... he can be shy sometimes but he made it through the whole ceremony without any trouble at all.


With him being a tree... it reminded me of a song by Guided by Voices. I think it is very fitting for this moment in our little guy's life.

"I am a tree, I show my age when I don't cry.
I have the leaves that will fall off when wind blows by.
Don't strip off my bark - I have been stripped of it before.
Yesterday's gone and tomorrow has so much more in store."

Here's the actual song if you'd like to check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1fPyh53Ik

A Game Only Boys Could Enjoy...

Mommy had to go to a meeting tonight... so this new game we made up is called 'Laundry Basket Rodeo'

You really can't see from the pic, but Joey is under the basket and kicking up. Milo was just trying to stay of for 8 seconds.

Good times had by all... and certainly much more humane than an actual rodeo.

"Joey, don't brush your penis with your toothbrush!"

This was an actual quote from Mommy at 8:40am on Sunday, May 9th (Mother's Day.)

This is just one of the wonderful bits of advice Irene shares with our boys to make their lives better every day.

Happy Mother's Day Irene and to all the Mother's out there in the world!

Milo Good, Motivational Speaker

Tonight Milo asked me the following question...

"Dad, when I was in Mommy's tummy, was she as fat as you?"

Well... so much for the last 18 months of running....