I cracked up laughing when they came down the hall like this. Don’t they look like a couple of bank robbers? The best part is that later that week when I went to put this pair of underwear on my son, he told me, “Mom, I can’t wear these, they are my mask!” Check out 5 Minutes for Mom, for more Wordless Wednesdays.

Isn’t she a cutie? I’m embarrassed to admit that twice in the last week I took my poor baby girl out in these shoes. Yea… go ahead take a closer look incase you missed it at first. Same style, but ummm different color. The first was on a Sunday morning. I was doing that mad dash for the door b/c we were already going to be late and I was literally just grabbing whatever shoe I could find with hopes that by the time I reached the door I’d have at least one match in my hand (and banking on that fact that if I didn’t, the other half would be waiting in the van).

As my kids were getting ready for their bath the other night the following conversation took place. Sister: What’s that? (she’s pointing at his nipple) Brother: It’s the thing you guys (pause) girls have to give babies milk when they don’t use bottles. I know that I shouldn’t be, but I am continually amazed by how much the information kids absorb just by watching the world around them, and how much they remember!

I was brushing my daughter’s hair the other day when I noticed how long and pretty it was getting. Me: Wow, your hair is getting long and so pretty Daughter: No I’m not Me: Why not? What do you want it to be? Daughter: I want to be nice and kind. (My son starts giggling at this point) Me: Hmmm that’s good, but you can be nice and kind and still have pretty hair.

I am all about keeping it real, folks. And Jessica at Farm Fresh Iowa has a carnival called, It’s Real Life which I totally love because it’s all about showing the real you. This week the assignment is to create a real life video introducing yourself to the blogging world. I wish I could tell you that we staged the video because I just thought it would be so funny for you to see my kids fighting with each other while I am videoing.

With Halloween in the air, I decided to post one of my favorite trick or treating pictures of my middle child. It was taken last year when she a little over 18 mths old. She might have been little, but she could hold her own. Check out the grip on her trick or treating pumpkin. And the look on that face says, “No body go near my loot!” This isn’t a damsel in distress kind of princess; she can handle things herself, thank you very much.

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Last week the kids and I were looking for something fun to do during that difficult time of day between nap time and dinner. We went in the yard to collect some leaves for leaf rubbings and I got another idea of what to do with the leaves when we were finished with our rubbings. We gathered leaves of various colors and types from the yard. I then took some strips of clear contact paper and peeled the backing off of the contact paper, leaving it sticky side up on the table.

Today the following conversation took place between me and my 4 year old son as we were driving home from the store. Son: Mom, can I see a real brain some day? Me: You want to see grain? Son: No a BRAIN pause (and I had been trying to figure out where to find grain…if only…) Me: I don’t think so, that would be pretty tough Son: Well, if someone died and then we cut their head open, then we could see what their brain looked like

Bil Keane originally published this in the 60’s…isn’t it great to know some things never change?