August 2008
10 posts
After 3 weeks in New Hampshire
Kelly: I'm thinking of an animal that catches mice and birds and...
Luke: Meerkat! Barn owl!
Kelly: I can tell who you've been spending time with! :) (Nana and Karney).
Conversations in Rehab
Charelle: Was Gabrielle born white?
Kelly: Do you mean the color of her skin?
Charelle: Yes.
Kelly: Yes she was. :)
Charelle: Why?
Kelly: Well... Her mom and dad are white.
Charelle: So?
Kelly: Well, I'm her mom, and I'm pretty white. And her dad is pretty white too.
Charelle: Hmmmm....
Kelly: Children usually look similar to their parents.
“If there were no spiders, the other insects would take over the whole world.”
– Gavin
Exiting the bathroom first thing this morning
Luke: I want to go see Mommy and Gabby.
Duff: Me too Luke.
Luke - after falling down the stairs
Duff: Luke, are you ok?
Luke: (crying) I fell down the stairs.
Duff: (picking Luke up off of his back at the bottom of the stairs) Which part of you got hurt?
Luke: My hair.
Duff: Wow. Your head got hurt? Which part of your head hurts?
Luke: Just all of it.
“Dad! Look what I found on the bookshelves upstairs! Can I read these?”
– Madeline - carrying a pile of books over her chin at the Old House. She must have 30 books in her pile at this point.
“Dad, it looks like a perfect day for a fire in the fire pit.”
– Gavin - every single day at the Old House
“Dad and I were trying to make a 1 match no paper fire. I think it might end up...”
– Gavin