Christmas Morning

- "Can you unhung my stocking, please?"

- What do you suppose in that gift?
"I don't know but I sure hope it's something good!"

- "Well, if Santa isn't real, he must be an angel because he always brings those presents."

Starting Young

"Mom, I know you probably want to know what took me so long?" Pause. "Well I was just doing my exercises, you know workin' out." Excercises as it turns out are four-year-old versions of pushups and situps, but they are called in his mind two kinds of pushups. When demonstrated, the "Regleear Pushup" is in traditional form, but the up and down motion is led with the rear followed by the head. The "Other kind of pushup" looks like a situp, except you push up from behind with your arms. According to brother this works the back muscles and really gives a great pump to your arms. He says dad taught him these excercises and that it's good for your body.

Love ya!

When I left for work I said, "Bye Brother, I love you." My comment was matched with, "I love you too mom and I'll kiss ya when you get home!"

Time travel

Brother built (out of pillows, blankies and end tables) a solution to the age old question of what the future may hold.

"Come in my time machine," he said. "It's really fast. I'll steer."

"Mom, hurry!"

"It's time for you to choose or I will have to go without you."

And so I went, of course, but alas, his time machine went backwards.

As it turns out we saw dinosaurs and even brought some back to the house to play. But as brother pointed out -- just the nice ones, of course.