Needs Salt

James came in the living room tonight, handed me a bunch of books and said:
"Here Dad. Read these books. They taste (smacks lips) booky."

Is that a rock?

The boys were throwing rocks in the pond. Rees said to James:
"If it sinks, it's a rock. If it floats, it's cow poop."

Do Something Else

The kids were playing in their room this morning when the noise began to crescendo, culminating in James screaming. He came trotting into the front room where Jess was:

Jess: James no screaming. If you don't like what Rees is doing then use your words to tell him or go do something else.
James: Ok.

James then went back in his room.

James: Rees, I'm going to do something else.
Rees: Ok, I'll do it with you.

Fun with the Scanner

When I was a lad (5 maybe?), my mom photocopied my hand and then framed it. I have it somewhere. I tried the same with the boys last weekend except using the scanner.

Moda and Baby Jesus

We found this Buddha statue outside yesterday. James really likes it but can't quite pronounce Buddha which sounds more like Moda. Today James found the Baby Jesus from the Playmobil nativity set and decided that they should be buddies.

Rees' Prayer

Rees:

Our Father in heaven,
thank you for this day.
Thank you for Mommy, Daddy, Reesie and Jamie.
Thank you for Percy's claws.
Thank you for Funniest Videos.
Thank you for Little Einsteins.
We say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

James:

Don't forget the library Rees!

Rees:

And the library.

Ouch! My nipples!

I don't remember how it started but the kids began yelling "Ouch! My Nipples" the other day while in the bath. I think that Rees has taken an unhealthy fascination with the word nipples ever since we tried to get him to stop pinching and otherwise manipulating his nipples.
Every night we talk about something, usually the same three things. Tonight Rees asked to talk about all the regular things and then threw in for good measure "nipples". I asked how that went and he yelled,"Ouch! My nipples!" with James joining in with the same chorus.

Once I get the audio off my phone, I will post the sound clip.

Hats

For some reason James has a fascination with hats. Knit hats. Here are a couple of shots that I took tonight.