http://inmytree.org Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:11:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Miriam, while listening to Paul Simon: "Mom! He is saying the wrong words! She doesn't love him like a rocket, she loves him like a rose. A sweet, sweet rose. He is silly." Simon's writing assignment from school: Title: Cats and dogs Cats and dogs are mammals and give no barth to no eggs. they only ... http://inmytree.org/2010/03/11/quotes-of-the-day-march-10th/ We were talking about GoBob in the car the other day. A motorcycle had taken off very quickly from the light and Simon was immediately convinced that he was going to get one as soon as he could. Aaron and I (as good sensible parents) began the tricky persuasive talk ... http://inmytree.org/2010/03/04/may-your-kingdom-come/ We told Simon and Miriam that they were going to go visit with Judah this evening. Oh, Judah! He's so cute, says Miriam. Is Uncle Seth going to be there too? asks Simon. On being told yes, they both reply, Oh good, we can do our flips! Miriam says, I was ... http://inmytree.org/2010/01/08/those-darn-buffalos/ We haven't gotten Simon a haircut in quite  a while. It's on the to do list.  Today he came out of the bathroom smoothing one of his growing sideburns and asked me if he looked like Alvis. Then turned his head to show me the other and said, Look mom, here ... http://inmytree.org/2009/12/24/alvis-and-the-beard/  Have you ever tracked the amount of time you spend doing a certain activity? I would be very interested to know how many minutes I spend doing laundry, or picking up hot wheels, or little dolls.... Although perhaps it's best not to know. Simon has become an avid reader. That is ... http://inmytree.org/2009/12/09/book-it/ Last night Simon had a stomach ache. He was "really, really hungry" at dinner. So I let him have the 2nd and 3rd tacos. How was I to know? He is a growing boy and he's been sick with not much appetite lately. I figured he had depleted his stores ... http://inmytree.org/2009/11/10/gross-but-funny-the-johnson-way/ Simon was playing with his farm animal math counters at dinner this evening (not doing math by the way, he was making farm pens for them out of crayons). He asked me which animal ham came from, I answered, and that began the protest of Miriam.  "No, Momma!" she exclaimed. Her ... http://inmytree.org/2009/11/04/miriam-becomes-a-vegetarian/ I'm not sure that I've ever had those words said to me. Granted, it's a little old-fashioned and I'm not in the habit of regularly attending dances. Yet I have heard my little boy say those words. To his sister. Some days being a Mom is all goodness. http://inmytree.org/2009/11/03/may-i-have-this-dance/ I need to install this feature in my brain. I need a programmed reminder so that the instant I think to go to Lowes, it will kick in and drive me to Home Depot instead.  Every time I need to go to a hardware store I immediately think Lowes. And Everytime ... http://inmytree.org/2009/09/24/auto-replace-lowes-to-homedepot/ Aaron and Simon were away at Bears training camp. I'm kinda thinking it was more Bears FAN Training Camp as Simon came home all fired up. He now talks about the players by name and position. I'm convinced that you have to be born and raised in or near Chicago ... http://inmytree.org/2009/09/16/just-the-girls/