Lasterday.

After school yesterday, upon completing his homework, Kyler told me that he was bored.  I jokingly said, "Then now would be the perfect time to work on your Christmas list."  Without another word, he grabbed the laptop and headed into the living room.  About twenty minutes later, he returned and handed me a long list that consisted mostly of ds games, complete with pricing and stores where I can purchase said games.  On the bottom of the list, he wrote: Don't forget 7% sales taxes.  I see that he has much confidence in my shopping abilities.

Today, Kenny asked me if I would pick him up some deodorant at the store, "...because I'm tired of smelling like lilacs and powder..."  I said, "Have you been using my deodorant?"  And he said, "Well, mine's all gone."  He then disappeared back into the bathroom, only to come running out moments later yelling, "I'm losing a lot of blood!!!!"  This was quite alarming so I jumped from my seat and asked, "What happened?!"  He replied, "A double-pimple on my chest!" and then he removed his hands to reveal a tiny spot of blood on his chest.  As he saw my face change from worried to annoyed, he said, "It really hurts a lot more than it looks like!" and then he turned and stormed back into the bathroom.

Kenny has also proven to me that encouraging him to exercise can actually backfire on me.  As I was running on the treadmill, he decided to run in place next to me.  Except he stared at me the entire time and matched my bounces with a really goofy look on his face.  After falling off of the treadmill in a fit of laughter, he proclaimed that I'm not a good exercise partner and I've ruined it for him forever. 

And one last Kenny story.  He's got a habit of mixing up words when he's trying to argue.  He thinks the argument up in his head but it never quite comes out like it's supposed to.  And it always ends in me laughing at him and not being able to argue anymore...which I suppose is good.  These new Kenny-words somehow make their way into  my everyday vocabulary and often confuse people.  I caught myself speaking casually of "overjammies" just the other day.  I forget that not everybody knows my memories.  Anyway, our Kenny-word of the week is "Lasterday".  This one was especially hilarious because when it came out, he stumbled over the next few words and then decided to act like it never happened.  He went on for a while as I stood staring at him with my arms crossed.  When he felt that he had finally made his point and gave me a chance for rebuttal, I simply said, "Lasterday?" to which he threw his arms in the air and said, "I KNEW that's the only word you would hear!!!"  Argument over.

And here's what Mae and I have been working on.  I was going to wait until it was finished to post a picture, but then I decided that it is a never-ending work in progress so I may as well update as we go.  This has quickly become our favorite mommy-daughter hobby.