A dating tip from Lane

Each of my children are so unique, but the dynamics of their personality change when they are alone with me. Lane woke up EARLY this morning yelling for Porter. I said, "Go back to sleep, Lane. Porter is asleep and you're dreaming." He said, "You can't be awake if you're dreaming, Mom! And, I am awake!" He woke up and woke me up. He talks a lot and loud when he's the only one awake. He said, "I'm the man of the house because Porter is asleep!"

I asked him if he wanted to go to a fancy restaurant for his birthday date with me. He said, "Yea, let's go to Subway!" I said, "No, I was going to take you out to a really nice restaurant." He said, "Mo-o-om! You can't take me out to a restaurant, I'm taking YOU out." I said, "Lane, it's your birthday. I get to take you out." He said, "Mom! Whenever you go on a date, the man has to take YOU out. I'm the man. I'm taking YOU out for my birthday."

E=mc2

My feeble words cannot even begin to explain how awesome it is to have kids! I learn so much from them, it makes wonder how we get dumber as we get older. Or, if they are just that much smarter than we were. Lane begged me to play Skylander with him because Porter was asleep. I feel like I did when we would try to get my Grandma Lane to play Ms. Pacman at the pizza parlor. I remembering thinking how I was always going to be cool enough to play an arcade game. That's the only reason I floundered with a controller while my 4 year old (for only three more days!) tried to explain to me how to use the controllers.

Yesterday at the pool, Porter asked me if I had let the air out of their pool swimming tubes. I said no, I just put them in the trunk of the car. He wanted to know why they were a little deflated. I said it's because when the weather or temperature changes the tubes can go flat. That wasn't enough for him. He wanted to know how that happened. I said I don't understand. I said it's something to do with condensation. The air molecules are little tiny bubbles and they get tighter when it's full--but the heat can make the bubbles smaller. He said, I still don't understand. I said, yea I really don't get it either and I'm confusing myself. I just know heat can make a tube deflate. He said, I know, BUT I want to understand it! Can you explain it to me? I was like, yea, not really. Stop trying to be so smart.

Lane is so excited about learning everything. He already knows what most kids learn by the end of kindergarten. We checked out books at the library that he can read. He loves reading to me. I told him I am so proud of how much he knows. He said, "I am really smart, Mom!"

The kids came up with an idea that we should get them a house. Then Brant and I could take turns staying with them. That way, the parents have to move between two houses instead of them. They said it would be more fair that way, since they're not the ones who made the mistake. lol. How wise they are!

Fire Station 56

I am fortunate enough to have gone to high school with a man who is now a Fire Captain in Las Vegas. He let me take the kids to his Fire Station and give them a tour.   It was awesome and the kids loved it. They sprayed the hose, toured the station, and rode in the fire truck. They said they were so lucky they’re mom had a connection. I told them, “I’m the bomb.com.”