"Nuffin"

Anthony made a little Easter basket at MOPS yesterday, and there were a couple eggs with candy inside. He insisted today that I must not "break" (open) the eggs. So he disappeared for a while and came back chewing something that was running down his chin. "Anthony, whatcha got there?" I said.
"Huh?" such a boy response.
"What are you eating, Mijo?"
"Nuffin." he said, convincingly. In fact if I hadn't seen the evidence dribbling down his chin, I might have believed him.
"Are you sure about that? Are you eating something?" I was giving him every opportunity to tell the truth.
"Nuffin."
"Nothin' what?"
"Nuffin."
"Anthony, I think you have something in your mouth, and it's okay, but can you tell me what it is?"
"Um....nuffin." I think he thought I was going to make him share.

He was probably right. I had already dipped into the egg without his knowledge.

The Greatest Show on Earth

I took the big boys to the Circus today -- well, the other circus, because let's face it, this house tends to get pretty circus-like at times. I am a complete moron and I totally forgot the camera, so the only pics I have are from after the show, with the boys sporting their (astronomically-priced) loot. But they prohibited flash photography during the show anyway, so we wouldn't have gotten many pics at the arena. Vincent had the time of his life. He was captivated pretty much the whole time. This was the first time he had been in an arena and he did pretty well with it. Anthony was more interested in climbing the stairs (no surprise there) and running back and forth down the aisles.
It was such a fun show. There were all kinds of animal tricks: elephants, horses, dogs, & cats. There were acrobats, and daredevils, motorcycle riders (they rode around in a crazy round cage sideways and upside-down), a trapeze guy, of course clowns, and much more. Vince desperately wanted to do a loud whistle like me, but he settled for shouting "woohoo!"

Silas stayed home with the babysitter, but he got a consolation prize ;)

Anthony picked a motorcycle and Vince picked a twirly light-up toy.

These hats came with the cotton candy. Usually I don't give the kids super-sweet stuff, but this seemed like a perfect time for a special treat like cotton candy. Turns out they don't like it! It's nice to know our efforts to teach them to choose healthy foods has been effective.

Silas is 3 months old!

Silas turned 3 months last week. Today I took the kids out to Mariah & Eric's house for some good outdoor play and to have Silas's 3 month pics done. We all had a blast and once again, Mariah took some awesome pics for us!