some kid funnies

This is a game Sarah likes to play:

Sarah - Where's your smile, Mama? (so I smile and she smiles back)

Ben, where's your smile? (he smiles)

Dada's smile is at work.

Ben - No he doesn't! (he heard Dad smiles at work)

She also often comes to me with "a surpresent for you". I figure it's a surprise present. She might have anything from sticks, to clean hands, to the diaper I asked her to go get - hidden behind her back. It always makes me smile.

Ben's just too smart sometimes. He was talking to Sarah in the car about stop and go.

Ben: g-o-e, that spells go

Me: Actually it's just g-o

Ben: Well, what does j-o-e spell?

Me: That spells Joe.

Ben: They rhyme, so it should be g-o-e.

Me: I don't know, Ben.

I have a hard time explaining a lot of stuff about spelling to him - some of it just doesn't make sense!

This afternoon, as I was on the computer, my kids were quiet in the other room. I knew Sarah had been asleep, but then I heard kids out front. My kids get in trouble often for being in the front yard - I just don't feel safe when they're out there. So I went to check on them and ask why they were out there. This is what I found. Sarah had fallen asleep on the couch with a pillow as a blanket. I guess Ben liked the idea and so he joined her - he has just his feet sticking out. This is how they sleep at night, too. She covers up pretty normal - but Ben sleeps with his head covered and his feet out. He heard me taking this picture and got up, so it was a short nap. Oh, well. I think Sarah is going to be weaning away from her naps as well. Some days it's such a fight.

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(from Ben - he said "I've been planning that forever - well, not forever, just like a day. But, I had to wait until you were doing a blog.")