Broccoli

For lunch we had Mac N' Cheese and hot dogs with banana and broccoli.  When I asked how many the boys wanted, (thinking they would say none) Alex said "one with dip on it", Noah said "I'll take four", and Carter chimes in with "I will have 2...and a half."

So exact! :)

First day of Preschool!

Today was the first day of Preschool.  Alex was very excited and so was Carter even though he wasn't going to school.  Carter was not happy when he was the only one without a backpack, so I got a little Toystory backpack to pretend with (he was thrilled).
Alex, Lily (a 4 year old I watch), Carter and I all walked the four blocks to Preschool.  It took about fifteen minutes, it was a leisurely walk.  When we got to the school the kids were even more excited.  After I took a few pictures and walked them to their classroom, Carter and I started our walk home.

There were no tears, just excited smiles.

Knock knock

This afternoon I was in the kitchen and all I could here were knock knock jokes and laughter coming from the living room.  The three boys Alex, Carter and Noah (a three year old I babysit) were sitting on the couch taking turns saying "Knock, Knock.....Who's there?......Alex.........Alex who?.........Alex pitcapan (a made up word)." After one of them says the joke they all start laughing hysterically. They took turns inserting each others name in the joke.  It sounded like they were having a great time, and they had fun with this game for quite a while.

It is really nice to hear the boys entertaining themselves and making each other laugh, it is a refreshing feeling.  What is better than children laughing?

M&Ms and Flying

Carter was watching me make trail mix today, when I was mixing all the ingredients together Carter asked "do M&Ms come from our garden."  I had to laugh, then I said "no they are made by people, the food in our garden grow from seeds."

Alex came up to me moments later and said "I had a dream last night that I could fly, and I flew over to Grandma Sylvie and Grandpa Judd's."  "I would really like to be a butterfly and fly around."  Then Carter, not to be left out said "I had a dream that I was Buzz Lightyear (from Toy Story) and I walked over to Woody's house."

They are so imaginative. :)

I am going to be a Super Hero

Today Alex told me that he is going to be a super hero.  He came up to me and said "I am going to be the Green Lantern and Superman when I grow up", and I told him that was great.  Then he went on to tell me "I am going to have the ring just like the Green Lantern too."
Each day he would like to be a different super hero.