heaven

my dad passed away and the boys were talking about heaven.

artist: i think heaven is like a party, with people talking and stuff.
football: i think it has lots of balloons cause that's where they end up when people let them go and that they serve cake to all the new people.

plus, a little gallow's humor. football was talking about cremation and called it disintegration instead. lol.

a little baseball family

artist told football that he wanted four more brothers to play baseball with - one for each base, a pitcher and a catcher. he'd even let them sleep in his room on the floor. :)

to exaggerate or to not exaggerate

my uncleinsurance is great at telling stories. they are 'tall tales' and they make you laugh. football was telling him about his baseball game and uncleinsurance was trying to help him make the story a bit more entertaining through exaggeration. football listened to him very seriously and nodded several times to show he was following along. when the lesson was over, football said 'thank you. but that's *not* what happened.' it made me smile because my son is such a truthful boy.

a happy sad

football asked 'why do all dogs look so sad?'
artist replied 'because they can't smile like we can.'

bizarrely, i think he might have gotten it right.

school is great, but...

we always tell the boys that school is their job.

when i picked them up from school today, i asked how it was and football replied 'school was great, but i think i would like to try a different job next year'.

:) um... no. sorry kid. you are stuck with this one for a while.

water drips

artist said 'i've never cried when i was happy before, but sometimes water drips from my eyes.' sorry son, but those 'water drips' are called tears. lol.

save your money

nana and i were talking about her getting braces. cost came up and she said that it was going to be around $10,000 because her insurance wouldn't cover it. football was eavesdropping and was amazed at the amount. 'nana, you should not get braces; they are too expensive. you should save your money and give it to me instead.'

hmmm, i'm not sure he understands the concept of saving. :)