Overheard

This is the last part of the conversation I picked up on....

Colby: "Well, who would take care of us, then?"
Quinn: "Nobody. We'd take care of ourselves."
Colby: "What would we eat?"
Quinn: "Bubble gum."
Colby: "But we don't know how to drive!"
Quinn: "I had a dream I learned how to drive. I can do it."
Colby: "We'd need the key to the restaurant..."
Quinn: "I found a key, remember?"

At this point, I made my presence known.
Mom: "What are you guys talking about?"
Quinn and Colby: "Nothing."
Quinn: "We're not talking about sneaking away at night to a restaurant."
Colby: "But we'd come back, Mom."


HMMMMM. Five years old, and they're already scheming about sneaking out at night. Am I in trouble or what?

Current Career Dreams

Periodically, Rob and I ask the boys what they want to be when they grow up. It used to be that Colby wanted to be a space man, and Quinn a chef. Then Quinn decided on a chef in space. About a month ago, it was a vetrinarian for both boys. Tonight, after a day celebrating their graduation from Kindergarten, we asked the same question. Colby wants to be a "real" doctor now, instead of an animal doctor. Quinn wants to be EVERYTHING, as long as he can do it in space. OK then.

Figures

Last day of school, and both boys have fevers. Figures. What a way to start summer vacation. Colby said "good thing we don't have school tomorrow, mom, or we'd have to stay home sick!" Great.

The Vet

The boys found "pet" catepillars last night. This isn't hard to do around here, given our current infestation of "tent catepillars". I insisted that they stay outside, to prevent the infestation from moving indoors. The boys put their pets in a jar outside in our 90-some degree weather. This morning, those catepillars were REALLY STILL.

Quinn: "Mom, the catepillars died".
Mom: "You can't put them out in the heat like that with a lid on the jar, and expect them to live."
Quinn: "We really need to take them to the vet!"
Mom: "It's a little late for that. Plus vets don't work on bugs."
Quinn: "WHY NOT????"

Too Much To Do

So, after a full day of school, after-school program, then playing outside in the yard, I had the boys come in to shower. It was an hour past bed-time by this point, and I found Colby crying on the stairs.

Mom: "What's the matter?"
Colby: "I was going to run through the sprinkler today, but I didn't have time!"

The kid couldn't even keep his eyes open, he was so tired. I assured him that this oppressive heat would still be around tomorrow, and we could run through the sprinkler then. Just not enough hours in the day, is there?

A Visit from The Tooth Fairy

The tooth fairy FOUND Quinn's teeny-tiny little tooth under that huge pillow, thankfully, and left him one gold coin worth a dollar. Quinn spent the entire next day singing "I'm RICH! I'm RICH! I'm RICH!"

Gap-Toothed Grin

Quinn finally lost his first tooth today, thanks to some overly-rambunctious play in a jump house. That method of tooth removal actually worked out really well, as the simple "pull it out by yourself" method didn't seem to be getting him anywhere. The tooth is currently nestled underneath his pillow, but the tooth fairy is a little worried about finding it in the dark, as it's SO DANG TINY! Colby is secretely hoping that the tooth fairy accidentally gets them mixed up and leaves the money under HIS pillow.