Oh is that what it is...

So just a short little conversation Ian and I had the other day. I'm doing dishes he comes into the kitchen talking about some toy that's downstairs and he's wondering if I know where it is. He tries to describe it, with no luck.

Mommy: "I'm sorry Ian I just don't know what you're talking about. Can you describe to mommy what this toy does?"
Ian: "Ugh, Mommy, it's a toy. It's just a child's play thing."
Ian walks off leaving mommy shaking her head and laughing.

Oh just a child's play thing. Where does he get this from. Is his speaking going to be just as intelligent when he's a teenager?

What have I created?

So, months ago now at some point one of the boys had a toy in their mouth. I took it away and must have without thinking about it said something about it not being safe and being made in China. Since then there has been much conversation in our house about where toys are made and if they're safe or not. I'm not going to get into the whole safe toy thing here. To keep it brief we do not discriminate against toys made in China. We are careful about which companies our toys come from and what materials they are made out of. Anyway, Ian is always coming up with something to say about the safe toy issue and I swear I do not feed him these lines. Tonight we had some friends and they have a toddler about Joel's age so there where 2 "babies" in the house. I here Ian fighting and crying and I go to see what he's doing. He was being stopped by Joel from putting the baby gate up.

Mommy says: "Ian what are you doing?"
Ian: crying quite hard says rather adamantly "I just don't want the babies to put China things in their mouths"
Mommy: "What?"
Ian: showing me a plastic piece of railroad track laying on his floor "These things are probably made in China and I don't want the babies to get them in there mouths, so I have to put up this gate"

While I appreciate his concern for the children I do wonder what sort of damage I'm causing by him being afraid of things from China?

Christmas at Aunt Joyce's

We had our first Christmas celebration of 2007 with Matt's Dad's side of the family. Ian got his first remote control car which he loves and Joel got a noisy hammer, yeah. Really it was great fun. Good food, nice people, the boys loved their gifts and nobody cried the whole way home.

Christmas at Aunt Joyce's

A hunting we will go...

The annual great Christmas tree hunt went off without a hitch. Nobody got too lost for too long. Although there were quite a few confusing moments. Also nobody fell off the van as has happened in years past. The boys are getting so big and simply loved tromping around the Christmas tree farm this year. Joel is simply amused by the long grass sticking up in his face, oh to have the fascination of a 1 1/2 year old. Enjoy some pictures. :)

Tree Hunt Day

Beautiful fall days.

I just love beautiful fall days when it's warm enough to play outside, but cool enough to wear long sleeves. We had two days in a row just like that. I took the opportunity to enjoy them outside with the boys playing in leaves, riding bikes, and taking lots of pictures. Take a look at the pictures on our web album.

Outside Photos

Why that title?

Good question. Simple answer I asked Ian what the title should be. I explained what a blog was and he thought this title was appropriate. Actually, I agree with my 3 year old. I explained that it was going to be about our family and the things we do. Really, on any given day if you called and asked about my day it would most likely include something like....and then the smoke alarm went off. For those of you that wonder, probably after getting off the phone with me, no we really don't live in utter chaos. We do have a busy household with these two energetic and inventive boys, but mostly we just have fun.