Tell Me a Story

Ren: Mommy, can I tell you a story?
Me: Absolutely!
Ren: Ponce a time there was a engine that came from the smoke.
Me: And what happened next?
Ren: He got water in his boiler and went away.
Me: Was he still smoking?
Ren: No. He went to visit Percy!
Me: Is your engine named Thomas?
Ren: Yes, it's Thomas!

I think I've got a Thomas-obsessed child. I have to say my favorite part of all his stories (he's been doing this a lot lately) is "ponce a time".  :-)

Impossible!

Ren: I want a snack.
Me: If you want a snack you need to get Dad.
Ren: I'm not getting Daddy. He's impossible!

Out of the mouths of babes... ;-)

Break Into Song

Ren has "sung" before, but today we got a full song. Repeated many times. :-)

Ah, Technology, How Do I Love Thee

None of us slept well last night, so we all crashed once Ren went down for a nap. I woke up around 6, and wandered around for a bit before noticing my laptop and getting online.  I wanted to see if Robb was awake so I could ask him a question but didn't want to go upstairs in case I woke up Ren.  FB to the rescue!

Is Farren still asleep?

Yes

Hmm. Well, I want to go to Savers.

Go

Should we get dinner ready, wake him up, and all go together, or should I just go?

PS: I love that we are doing this via FB rather than me going upstairs.

PS2: We have stuff for tacos.


Just go. I'll take care of him if he wakes up

/when/


PS3: My shirt smells like strawberry shortcake.

Alright, I'm out. Thank you

Cake Feet

"Mommy, I cake feet!", he tells me as he drops the cupcake box lid on the ground in the living room.

I now know his stride is approximately 12 inches (after cleaning up the frosting from every other step.) :-)

Beating New Paths

So I just skimmed a few chapters of Chime, by Franny Billingsley.

I didn't like it enough to want to read the whole thing, BUT, I found myself intrigued by the way it describes beating new paths in our minds. It's like CBT, but described in a new way, which improved my understanding of the concept. Beating new thought paths is so incredibly difficult. Why is that? And how do we get such distorted thought paths so deeply worn in our minds in the first place? 

While I didn't like the book (the writing style irritated me, which is why I read the first five chapters and skipped to the last two), I'm grateful I read part of it! 

A GREAT GF sugar cookie recipe

Don't want to lose this, so I'm posting it here.  A friend shared the link with me; it's from www.glutenfreeonashoestring.com and make delicious GF sugar cookies. Ren helped me (I should have taken pictures), and they have his seal of approval, too.

http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/soft-frosted-sugar-cookies/