Biscuit Season!
Our "sleepy song station" on the radio has turned to a Christmas music station. I wouldn't mind if it were December already, but it's not quite yet. However, our children seemed to enjoy it today, and they insisted on Christmas decorations at daycare the day after Halloween, so this isn't as bad.
Anyways. We're listening to the "Cracknutter Suite" (according to Quentin, all nutcrackers are cracknutters, in case you didn't know - we hope it stays that way) and letting Quentin know that it's a ballet and that it doesn't sound like something only girls would dance to, is it? He said he really liked the song and that it was so good that ONLY boys danced to it. (Don't worry, we'll find it somewhere this year and show him what it's really like!)
Then "Deck the Halls" came on.
- Mommy, this song is called 'Deck the Halls.'
- Yes it is! Very good. (It was instrumental.)
- And you know what the silly part of the song is?
- What is it? (Thinking it's the falala parts.)
- It's where they sing "Biscuit Season to be Jar-ly."
We decided not to tell him the real words quite yet.
Warm fuzzies
So I'm scrubbing the tub in preparation for the children's bath, and Quentin is in the bathroom talking to me. He starts by telling me that he was praying during dinner to thank God for the wonderful food and his wonderful toys. (We don't normally say Grace.) He then said that he wanted to pray every day at dinner to say thank you for the wonderful food, the ingredients for the food, our toys, our nice bathtub, our nice blue towels...
I agreed it was nice to say thank you for all of this, and that there are many people who don't have food, toys, or tubs. ("They only have showers." was Quentin's first comment on that, before I talked about people without homes. He realized they only get to shower in the rain which is cold and not always nice.) I then talked about how we're going to make cookies for our church's cookie project to give to people who don't have homes. He said that we could make all types, maybe even gingerbread, and we need to put them in cans first (they do go in tins). Then, he added on that we should give them stuff to wash their hands, and maybe even give them a drink of water.
Just thought I'd share what I sweet boy we have.
Halloween and costumes
The kids did a lot of trick-or-treating last night. Jade seemed eager to go longer than Quentin. It was Quentin who said, both at the mall and then when we were out, that he had had enough and wanted to go home. We went to visit a house that had some pretty scary stuff outside...Quentin wouldn't even go to the door but it was the best part of the night according to him. If you asked Quentin, he would say he was a green skeleton on a black background. Jade's story changed every time you asked (before last night). She would say a pumpkin, a ladybug, and many other things, but didn't like those costumes when we went to look at them. Daddy also dressed up as a skeleton (white on black though) and Mommy was also a witch. It will be some time before we see those pictures though, so don't hold your breath!
When I got this film developed, yes film!, I found some pics from
Gramps' costume birthday party this spring and thought I'd include one. (It's the pirate and jester picture.) Quentin has changed a lot this year...and grown a lot!
