Ryan's 100's Day

Has anyone seen Ryan?  All I see is a 100 year old man.  He was super excited to dress up really old for the one-hundredth day of school.

Andrew and His Carwash

Andrew is such a funny little guy.  He absolutely hates the carwash.  We usually go to one by the Smith's near our house, and just about every time we have to go to Smith's Andrew nervously asks, "We don't need to wash our car, right?"  He does not like the spinning brushes and the blasting water and will even cry if we have to go through when he is in the car.  We try to avoid having him with us, but seeing as how he is with me all the time sometimes he has to endure the torture.  That's why I found this so funny.

We had gotten out the big bucket of baby toys for one of our neighbors and the boys decided to keep it out to play with it for another day. (I guess it's one of those instances when you don't see them for a while they are a novelty again.)  Andrew found these gears and what did he decide to build?  Yes, that is a car going through the carwash spinners.  He was very intent and played like this for a long time, making sure to wash all of his cars.  I guess the pretend version isn't as nearly as scary.

Forts!

These boys are really into building forts all of a sudden.  Every day they lug all of their blankets and pillows downstairs to create a new set of structures.  Today they combined them all together into one megafort.  It was pretty awesome.

On the drive home today....

I had just picked up the two older boys from school and we were on our way to pick up Zachary from preschool.   I asked the kids how class went and we were having our usual conversation about math, recess, lunch, etc. when the topic somehow to changed to girls.  Yes, girls.  Out of nowhere Ryan said he had a crush on a few girls.  Matthew responded with, "Really?  You like girls?" To which Ryan matter-of-factly replied, "Sure.  I like millions of them."  He then went on to tell us about a couple of girls that he liked and one that apparently has a crush on him but of whom he's not so sure about.

I just had to document this little conversation because 1) Girls are never discussed in our house (at least not yet).  I'm not even considered a girl very often - I'm just Mom.  2) This is coming from the same kid who shuns just about everything girl-related, i.e. almost dry-heaving as we walk past the Barbie aisle in the store. I thought it was cute to hear him be so casual about it too.  I guess you just never know!

Happy New Year!

I know I am super behind on the thrilling life and events of the Tams family, but it seems the more I try to get caught up the further behind I become.  In the meantime I am missing out on current everyday moments.  I am hoping I can work from both sides and meet in the middle somewhere, so grandmas and grandpas be sure to check in from March 2013 forward every now and then.

For today, just some funny things the kids said that I wanted to record.

At dinnertime:

Ryan: You don't need hair or underwear to survive.

Kevin: Well, you may not need hair, but you definitely need underwear.

Ryan: You need underwear?

Kevin: Yes.

Ryan: Because you might die of embarrassment?

Kevin: Exactly!

We have spent a lot of the Christmas break playing football on the Wii.  The boys have had a blast playing tournaments against their Dad.  Andrew is a little too young for it, but recently he has started insisting that he be included in the club.  This was our conversation right before bed:

Andrew: Momma - tomorrow I going to play Wii booball wif Dad.  

Mom: You are?  That sounds like fun.

Andrew: Yeah.  And I will be da 49ers and Dad will be da Colts.

I have to admit that I was only a little surprised by his declaration.  My little baby wants to be a big boy so fast and tries to do everything his brothers do.  It makes me a little sad, but it's also fun to see him so excited about growing up.

And to finish up the evening, we FINALLY made gingerbread cookies today.  The kids were very excited to decorate and eat theirs before going to bed.  Happy New Year!