Farm Dogs

So at the fair a guy passed Max and I and he was leading two cows.  Max asked, "what are those?"  Thinking he was goofing, as he knows what a cow is, I respond with "big dogs."  A minute passes and Max goes, "Are they farm dogs?"  Can you say gullible?

Hello again!

Sorry I have been away, unfortunately (or fortunately) work and grad school have been keeping me busy.  We have had quite a few priceless comments coming from the older two.  JMJ jr. has wondered, "Do monsters have noses?"  He has broken out in song many a times, along with NCJ, both armed with guitars and AKJ singing backup.  The songs are original numbers, the latest about an electrical line coming into our house being severed, which I proclaimed it was the possession of the devil.  Needless to say a song was written entitled "The TV is Possessed by the Devil."  There is some truth to those words.  I need to start videotaping, could have the next YouTube hit!  The latest, of which my FB friends already know, is Max breaking out at dinner with the chorus from the Run-DMC classic "It's Tricky."  Indeed it is.  Now that I can blog from my phone, maybe (although no promises) I will keep this more up to date.  Oh yeah, Nathaniel's love for bacon still exists.  Bacon-wrapped chicken on a stick was the only way I could get him to get out of the pool and eat.  My kids rock.  My wife rocks even harder, she has to deal with their shenanigans all day.  I love em all!

Peace out for now.....

Man-Beautiful

JMJ jr. has coined a new term - Man-beautiful.  Definition: wearing clothes that include buttons, zippers, or an outfit that includes "ties and fancy jackets."  Genius.

Booger pockets

Never knew these existed, but apparently Max has a booger pocket located on the side of his bed, and one night he warned mom that she almost put her foot "in his booger pocket."  That's gross man.  But funny nonetheless.

an oldie but a goodie

You know that song, "People Are Crazy," (God is Great, Beer is Good, and People are Crazy.)  We wer putting the boys to bed one night, and this song was on, and as it get's to the chorus, NCJ in perfect timing changes the lyric "people are crazy" with "mommy's been drinkin'".  She hadn't been, but damn this was funny!

pirates & church

Sorry I've been slacking, grad school takes priority.  but that's all done for now.  This happened a few weeks ago, but it is a great story.  This was a conversation on the way back from Easter mass:

NCJ:  I saw a guy today with an eye patch.  I wonder what happened?
me: Maybe he was hurt, or is blind in that eye. 
NCJ: yeah, or maybe he had a sight problem.
me:  Did he say arrrggghhh when you walked by?  Maybe he was a pirate.
NCJ: (without hesitating) No, he probably wasn't a pirate.  Pirates don't go to church.
me: (holding back laughter) why not?
NCJ:  I don't know, do they?  Maybe cause they're bad.

This continued on for the rest of the ride home, with an in depth discussion on why pirates should go to church.  I never knew I could have such a theological conversation about pirates.

BTW, this has been followed up with the song Talk Like a Pirate Day," which we get a good chuckle from.

Arrgghhh!!

JMJ jr. 3.24.10

Apparently he knows about a hole in the hospital that all the dead people go in, "just like Michael Jackson." I do not know this place, but can only assume he means a morgue.