Justus had just poured the dry ingredients for the waffles we were making in with the wet batter. The Kitchen-Aid was turned on but didn’t get the sides clean. I suggested that Justus get a spatula. He did. But it was a metal spatula, and metal spatulas just don’t work too well when cleaning the sides of a bowl. Never assume they know the basics.  I felt like I had Amelia Bedilia in the kitchen; you know, the lady who takes everything literally. It’s just so completely adorable how these little guys think. Enjoy the moments with your small children today, they pass quickly.

Four boys. Oh, the things that can mean to a mother that was raised with only 2 other sisters.  Boys, for whatever reason, seem to have a natural inclination to things we girls don’t think are pretty, lovely, nice.  Things that tend to be on the, shall we put it mildly(?), nasty side. Haven’t had a bath in a week – “What’s the sweat, mom?  I don’t care.” Sleeping on sheets for a month or two – “Who cares mom?” Know what I mean, mom’s? Boys Actually Become Civilized (well, not completely) Now things are some better now that they are older.  They do get more baths.  Thank goodness!  Hey they actually do grow up and decide that baths aren’t the enemy. On the other hand, things could be better. …

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My Justus, who is 7,  started collecting dryer lint.  He had a handful that he put into a 13 gallon garbage bag, so you can imagine it was basically empty.  After having it set around for several weeks, I tossed the lint and used the bag.  Well you know how it is.  As soon as you toss something, they think of it.  Of course that is what happened with Justus – he went looking for it.  I had to tell him that I had thrown it away and since I thought he wanted it to build fires I told him that he could always just go and get some out of the dryer when he needed it.  That’s when he informed me that that wasn’t…

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