Mommathon

I don't know if there is a chapter about siblings in Love and Logic, but I love that Liam is now using it on Colm. He gives him choices and he also gives him consequences just like I would. It is so funny to hear him parroting things that I say to him. The funniest part though is that sometimes, SOMETIMES Colm listens to him.

Today Sean wanted to go get some custard. Liam piped up that he wanted some too. I reminded him that he chose not to eat his lunch, therefore, he could not get any custard.

His reponse?

I wish I ruled.

Too funny!

You know your kid's not feeling well when he suggests that you make a graph representing the number of times he's coughed that day. Poor guy. I think it's all the mold that's outside after all of the rain we had last week that's making life hard for him.

The number of days our house has been on the market. I don't get it. (Actually, I have had a gazillion people tell me the market for selling a house is bad right now. Yes, I know. I am living it.) Everyone who has been to our house thought it would sell in the first week. It is in a cul-de-sac, we have a great backyard with huge trees, four bedrooms, an office on the first floor, a finished basement, 3.5 baths, a sprinkler system and I think the thing that makes me sickest about it not selling sooner is that it is a GREAT house! I love this house! We have had zero problems with it. Zero. Hopefully someone will buy it and learn to love it like I do.

Yesterday as Liam and Colm were happily coloring in the backseat on the way to our outing Liam asks me, "Mom, what happens when everyone on the Earth dies? Does the world explode?" My response? "That's a good question, Liam."

One of the few veggies that my kids will eat that even slightly resembles a veggie gets recalled.

Yesterday was another rainy day and Sean was out of town, so my in-laws and I took the boys to the Toy and Miniature Museum. My step-mom had mentioned that my brothers used to go there a lot when they were little. I had never been, but I thought it might be a nice outing. It is defnintely not a hands-on type of museum and someone who is really into dolls and dollhouses would probably really like it. Even if you aren't a big dollhouse person, you still have to appereciate the dollhouses that are in this place. They are so ornate and so realistic and detailed. Also, many of the toys are so old it is amazing that they are still in one piece and in working order. There are rooms dedicated to dollhouses, rooms for trains, rooms for airplanes, dolls, farm-themed toys, animal-themed toys and marbles. The most amazing part is that most of the collection belongs to two women. I can't imagine where they must have kept all of it before they had a museum to put it all in.