The Katie Chronicles: "One of Those Weeks" Edition

Katie had a tough one last week. Her class had a sub part of Tuesday and apparently Miss Thing decided to put the lady through her paces, so.....Katie got her "Choice Card signed," which is the modern version of getting a note sent home from the teacher. Katie wrote a note of her own back. Then, the next day she fell out of her chair, bumping her head bad enough to go to the school nurse. Later that evening we were playing Hi Ho Cherry O and she told me that it was fiction because it's not real, as opposed to non-fiction, which is real, so I guess her noggin sustained no permanent damage. 

Muscle Man

Ethan asked his grandmother for some hand weights for Christmas and we were a little mystified. I found out today he wants the weights because he has a crush on a girl and he thinks if he makes his muscles bigger she'll like him. His dad is on the case, giving him Lady Tips such as, "try talking to her." His first crush!  The "aww factor" is almost too much for me.  I want to pinch his cheeks, and high five him.  But....I've been sworn to secrecy, so shhhh.  ("Secrecy" in this case means I can tell others but I can't say anything to him).  For now I'm just keeping my prayers to myself: Please be a nice girl, please be a nice girl.

The Katie Chronicles, Mamma Mia Edition

(Background information: Ethan likes to greet us occasionally in the morning by laying on top of us and we call this being covered in Ethan sauce).  Katie and I were laying down on the couch together and she says, “Ethan!  Come here!  We need some Ethan sauce!  Mommy, you are the big spaghetti and I am the little spaghetti and Ethan is the sauce!”  I say, “Then what is Daddy?” Pause.  “He’s the meatball!”