Heard (and seen) around our house

Keeping me entertained this week:

• Julia needed to go to the bathroom during dinner the other night. At the time, Benjamin had been making funny faces at her to get her to laugh. So when she asked to be excused, she said "Mom, I need to go potty - can you pause Benjamin for me?"

• Benjamin helped to unload the dishwasher and then load up the breakfast dishes Wednesday morning. After we were through he found another dirty spoon on the table, brought it over to the dishwasher, had me open it, and then proceeded to put the spoon in the utensil holder. He put it in and then I noticed him looking at the other spoons in there... after a couple of seconds, he took it back out, turned it around (so it faced down like all the rest), and put it back. Wow. I can only hope for your future wife's sake that you always pay so much attention!

• Julia spent some time with Grandma Les on Tuesday, helping in the garden and around the yard. When she came home we needed to plant a few things in our yard. As were putting a thyme plant in, she spotted a pom-pom on the ground. She then proceeded to pick it up, dig another little hole, and plant it. She explained to me that she was growing pom-pom bushes and that she had planted some at Grandma's too! It could be interesting to see how this develops! 

• And, in case you're wondering, the pom-pom she found was dropped for her by a bird. We have scavenger hunts almost daily to see if any pom-pom birds left her presents overnight!