Happy Mother's Day!

When asked why Jack loves __________, he said...

Great Grandma: "She lives in a great big, tall tower."

Grammie: "She is soooooo nice about me."

Grandma: "She makes good angelfood cake."

Mimi: "She has a big, big, huge, HUGE bathtub."

When Emma was asked the same questions, she just began spitting. It's her new thing.

And now to play catch up a bit. Congratulations to Josh and Angela Hill on the arrival of their new baby boy, Link Maddox. (And I hope you don't mind that I am unashamed to have stolen these pictures.) Enjoy that baby, you two!

Storytime, everyone! Jack asked me one day recently (yes, from the backseat... it's where we talk, ok?) if I knew what "suck" meant. I immediately started chuckling. I teach school. I know exactly where he heard it and in what context he heard it, but I ask anyway. "Well, how did someone say it to you, Jack?"

"Paige, at school, says that Girls Rock and Boys Suck. What does suck mean?"

So I begin to explain the details of the meaning in what boils down to... "It's not a nice thing to say, so don't say it, ok?" He agrees but then clarifies that he CAN say "rock" cause that's a nice thing to say. Yes, Jack, you can say that. So a few minutes later I hear, "You rock, Mom."

Happy Mom's Day to me...