It's 2:30 am. Do you know where your kids are?

Overheard earlier this evening, from Ashlyn: Mama, guess what? When Loryn gets older, I'm gonna tell her all about how evil she was in her babyhood. And in her 5 years, and 4 years, and 3 years, and 2 years, and 1 years. And in her 0 years.



And in a conversation between Shelby and Tori (much hollering between the 2 girls, while playing Maple Story. Tori was upstairs and Shelby, downstairs):



Tori: I've only got 4 bubbles, so don't expect much.

Shelby (from downstairs): I've got 10!

Tori: Cool!



And later:



Tori: Shelby, are you AFK?*

Shelby: NO!

Tori: OK!





And later still:



Shelby (typing to Tori, still on Maple Story): Are bubbles safe to eat?

Tori (typing her response): I don't know.

Shelby: Wanna try?

Tori: Sure!


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Right now, at 2:30 am, my 13 year old and my 9 year old are happily playing a very cool MMORPG together. My 8 year old is downstairs with my 13 year old, watching The Whitest Kids U' Know, on Fuse. My 5 year old is brushing her teeth and playing with her Bob the Builder toys (not concurrently, though...she goes back and forth).









Right now, at 2:30 am, there are many, many kids who are in bed but unable to go to sleep. Maybe they wanted to stay up later and play a game, or post a blog entry, or read a book, or watch a Netflix movie. I mean, it's Summer Time! There are so many cool things for kids to do, when they don't have to get up early for school the next day.



I should go to bed, because Dave is off tomorrow and we have some things we want to get done (mainly working in our yard, mulching and planting and such, but we also want some World of Warcraft time, and I have a couple of Netflix movies that I'd like to watch with him), but I wanted to take a moment to share. I wanted to focus, for just a minute, on our quiet happiness that's occurring right here, in our own home...at 2:30 am.

*AFK is chat/game-speak for "Away from keyboard" (for all you noobs).

Unschooled Girls go Wild!

Loryn got naked at Park Day last week (at Wildwood Park, in Bridgewater, VA), and decided to go for a little dip.

Shelby and Tori were just mortified, of course. I thought it was pretty cute.

I just had to get this shot.

I heard Loryn in the kitchen the other night, her little voice going, "Hep...HEP!".

Of course, when I went to appraise the damage, she wasn't upset in the least. After all, she had climbed on top of the fridge (by climbing up from the stove-top), so that she could reach her beloved "babeenas".

First, she plays with her poop, now this?

It's getting to be a fucking zoo around here.

Random silliness

Here's Loryn, standing on top of the stove, trying to reach her birthday cake:





















And here she is, later that night. She had been playing with some of her new birthday toys at the dining room table, and fell asleep...just like that! This, from the kid whom I've had to nurse to sleep almost every night for the last 5 years!

QOTD: April 26, 2007

From Ashlyn (early morning Thursday, as she was still awake and acting very silly):

"Mama...if I have an armpit...do I also have an asspit?"

Overheard in our home today...(Take 2)

"Money, I love you. Money, I need you. Money, come to me NOW".

This, from Ashlyn, who was holding her little Asian-inspired fuschia purse while chanting aloud.

When I caught her in the act, she quickly told me, "Mama, I need more money, and I think if I say this over and over, money will just come to me!".

Crikey. Now this kid is following The Secret? What next? ;-)