1) The second car is definitely photoshopped…but it’s still funny.

2) I don’t like cats but this one impresses me

3) Internet Fame….is it worth it?:

4) My new bucket list

5) This is my sun son, Alex

1) Crazy Goat

2) Shopping Carts

3) How things used to be

4) A dusty car becomes an art canvas

5) Thank God for Sunday

The boys were painting their pinewood derby cars for this weekend’s upcoming race. They were at the kitchen table and I heard Jen ask “Joshua, are you being careful not to get paint on you”. Joshua replied, “I’m being careful but the paint isn’t being careful about getting on me.”

And then tonight, Jen was trying to alleviate his concerns about the logistics of our upcoming vacation. He was concerned about how we would get around once we got off the plane if we had left our car at the airport. She was able to alleviate some of his concerns when she explained that when we got off the plane, we would be renting a car. He said “I hope we get a limo. I really like limos”.

I don’t know if this is real, but this is amazing:

And this is why I don’t hunt:

Who needs a truck?

Joshua makes me laugh every day. He is very funny without intending to be, as are many 5 year olds, I am sure. Still, the things he comes up with and they way he says them strikes me as really funny. I need to make a more consistent effort to journal these little tidbits but here are a few quick stories from this week:

Let’s make a deal

Alex and Joshua were playing in the next room over. I wasn’t really paying attention but basically Alex was trying to con his brother into trading him something. He tried to convince Joshua that they agreed to a swap.

Alex: This is mine now and that is yours. We made a deal.
Joshua: What deal? I didn’t shake on anything.

At the movies

Monday we took the boys for a fun day which included seeing the movie Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. There is a scene in the movie where Darth Vader and Oscar the Grouch appear together. Joshua is a Star Wars fan, mostly because of the Lego Star Wars video game. When the two appeared I heard him start mumbling.

Joshua: That’s Darth Vader. The black one. The black one is Darth Vader.
Me: Who is the green one.
Joshua: (shrugs) I dunno.

Theater

Today our family went to Sight and Sound in Lancaster, PA to see the play “In the beginning”. On the way, Joshua was riding with my brother, sister-in-law, and his cousins. The theater uses live animals in many of the productions, including this one. In an attempt to get the children excited about the play, Abby (my sister-in-law), told them about how they were going to get to see many animals in the theater. At this, Joshua replied, “We know that there are really people inside them.”