Phonics 101

As Sophia says...*Picture this...*

We are driving in the pouring rain today.
Traffic in Orlando is bumper to bumper.

We have just spent over an hour LOST and I am in serious need of caffeine.

Or something stronger.

Only to incur this conversation...

Nicholas: *Mom, what is pennis??*

Me *What? Pennis?? Where do you see that?*
(smart Mommy knows he was reading something)

Nicholas: *Right there. On that car. I love pennis.*

I look around the cars next to us and I see it.
Ya' know - the car that hasn't had a bath in more than a year.
That some nim-ka-poop has written with his pointer finger through the almost-mud on the back of the trunk.

Usually something to the affect of WASH ME.
Or HEY! I was here!

Nope. Not this one.

It had a completely different message.

And my 10yo thought it read *I love pennis* (that's how he was pronouncing it, any way.)

There is no pennis, people.
Subtract an *N* and stay with me here....

Nicholas: *See??*

Me: *Oh, that's a T, Nicholas. Those people love TENNIS.*

Nicholas: *Oh. Tennis. Yeah, that is a T.*

(Whew! that was close....)

Until Maggie sits up and chimes in.

[Did I mention this was the longest red light EVER???!]

Maggie: *Where??* (pronounced Whayar?)

Nicholas: *Right there. That white car.*

Maggie: *I love pennis. That's NOT a T, Bubby. That's a P. Pennis. Mom, what's a pennis??*

Mommy: *Mag, from where I am sitting that is a T. Tennis.* (as I am cringing in my seat)

Thank GOD the light changed.

But that car was turning left with us.
So, as we made the fastest left turn in history, passing the car that needed more than a washing on the outside of the vehicle - Nicholas is up-close-and-personal with the trunk. *Yeah, that's Tennis, Mom. They must really like it.*

(sigh) Until he goes home and thinks about it 2 days from now and realizes what it really said.....

:(

Not Me Monday

I will not begin this post telling you that I should be posting pics of our life over the last 12 days instead of this one. I would NEVER back-date blog posts. But it's just that I would NEVER have an entire folder of pictures to use for Not Me Monday post! ha! No. Never! Our life is as dull as watching paint dry! Not!

I would never embarrass laugh with my sweet daddy and tell you that he was cold the other night at a fancy restaurant dive and borrowed Bryan's jacket - only to put it on BACKWARDS! lol! No, never!



I also won't tell you that my children who are ALWAYS on their Ps and Qs, especially in public, would NEVER swing like wild monkeys on a luggage cart, nor would Nicholas ever play at a public park with a garbage can lid and a stick he carved as a sphere. Shirtless. Nope, not me! (This gives a whole new meaning to *looks like trash*!) ha!


All of you Northerners have also been on our minds alot, too. We are cold FOR you! Just reading the temps in your areas is enough to make me put on another pair of socks. For real. And I for sho won't tell y'all this was our kids last week when the temps were in the 60s.



Sad, I know. No, we would NEVER survive living where it is REALLY C.O.L.D.

And while I'm at it...I won't tell you that my super-guru of a husband asked for a kid's menu the other night at Cracker Barrel. FOR HIMSELF!!


Nope. Never would I tell you people all of that. Gotta love him! ♥

Go hop on over to MckMama's and see who else is Not-Me-ing...
Happy Monday!

My Fave Peeps

(Maw Maw may get me for posting this one.) Sorry, Mom. I'm sure Photoshop could open your eyes. I just don't know how to do it. :(
You are BEA-U-TIFUL anyway!

Moppin Mag

Mag spent the night with Mom and Dad last night, and I don't know what spell Mom put on her, but I sure hope it lasts!!

The girl called me giving me the play-by-play of her mopping for MawMaw.

Now, she has mopped. Plenty.
But MawMaw's *fancy* mop (aka The Swiffer Wet Jet) was top-notch!


She even talked Mom into letting her bring it home.
Now, mind you, I cleaned today - including mopping - but she was persist ant that she needed to mop.


Fine. Have at it. She can do it again next week, too. Same time same place!