“Do you know what? When I take a shit it feels soooooo good. But can you check if my butt is schmeery?”
-my son Leo
“Do you know what? When I take a shit it feels soooooo good. But can you check if my butt is schmeery?”
-my son Leo
“I love rock music. Rock music is the best. I want to listen to LOTS of rock music. Not hip hop. I can’t stand hip hop. I don’t even know how people can listen to hip hop. I think rock is the best.”
-my son Leo while playing a really [...]
For the last few days I’ve been working on a little painting project in my basement, trying to cover up almost six years worth of nicks, scuffs, and pop bottle explosions with a fresh coat of semi-gloss beige. Because why should I try to clean the walls, when I can just cover them up? [...]
“Leo, do you want to take these treats to pass out to your class?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“It’s against my personality.”
“You wanna hear my new motto? ‘Leo: Tastes just like chicken!’ “
–my son Leo
“Don’t you know that watching too much TV at bed time causes BRAIN LESIONS?”-my son Leo
“Mom, I have two words about this mornings breakfast. Best. Cinnamon rolls. Ever.”
“Mom, can I have a glass of water?”
“Yes.”
“Well, that glass of water is NOT going to get itself!”
“Mom, why do you only ever make cereal or Toaster Strudels for breakfast? Why can’t I ever even maybe have some scrambled eggs?”
“You can, but not this morning because we are out of eggs right now.”
“OUT OF EGGS? It’s like we are poor or something.”
Leo wrote this note last night and taped it to his wall. For those of you who have trouble deciphering the chicken scratches of a first grader, it reads: Note to self…Do pranks on people.