Honorable Mentions

Here are a few kid funnies that I have to share:

The other day, Devin came home for lunch so that we could fill out our absentee voter registration stuff and send it off. Devin was really concentrating as Josh kept trying to talk to him. Finally, Josh looks at him and says, "Daddy, what are you doing?" "I'm trying to fill out mommy's voter registration." I looked over at Josh and he had that furrowed brow, and you knew he was trying to figure out what all of that just meant. Then I heard him mumble..."Hmmm...voter implication. Dad, why are we going there on vacation?"


I was helping Claire in the bathroom (as usual...since I have to put ALL of the toilet paper up as high as possible so I don't come in to see that the toilet paper roll is empty and the kids are swimming in toilet paper...), and after, I washed my hands. I told Claire, "Come wash your hands with this nice soap, Claire!" Claire asked me what kind it was, and I said it was berry scented. Then she looked at me and said, "Mom, we need to use Palmyra soap!" (I didn't think Palmolive and Palmyra would be something that would be mixed up, but there you are!)


While we were on our trip to Foumban, we did a lot of shopping. Thankfully, there were some wonderful girls there that helped me to keep track of my kids...and the kids absolutely adore them!!! :) Well, the girls gave Claire 50 cfa (roughly the equivalent of about 12 cents) and said that was her money, and she could buy whatever she wanted to if they would take it. Well, it turns out, Claire is a natural! She had that money clasped in front of her, and when they would go into a shop, she would hold it out, smile adorably and say "Pleeeeeeease?" or "S'il vous plait" (which really got 'em!) and the vendors would smile at her and pat her head and give her free things because they thought she was so cute!! She got a necklace and SIX mini masks all for free--she even got to keep her 50 francs! :) What a girl!! I'm going to have to lock her in her room when she gets older! :))


Josh didn't have such good luck while we were in Foumban. He LOVES to run, as anyone who knows him knows. But he was so tired and off-kilter while we were there, his balance wasn't so hot. We'd gotten to the hotel, and he and the other kids started running around the 'tennis court'. I think they were playing tag. Well, Josh biffs it. Poor kid. So, I come running...thankfully, Devin packed bandaids in the diaper bag, and I carry around neosporin type stuff, and I was able to patch him up a bit, and he was happy to have his Scooby doo band aid on his left knee. Well, about 1/2 hour later...I hear Josh screaming his head off. I run out: Scooby Doo is plastered across the pavement, and there are more rocks and dirt to clean out of his knee. *Sigh* So, I told him he couldn't run anymore that night. Next day, they were running around in the courtyard around some vendors as some of us were shopping...and...SMASH! Once again, Josh is on the ground and scooby doo comes to the rescue. Same knee. More rocks. Next day...a different place...another courtyard surrounded by vendors and a perfect place to play tag--or soccer, I think it was this time--and down he goes! Timber!! My poor little boy! His knees are going to look like mine--scrapes and bruises and scars from falling down a lot in foreign countries! That kid used up all the Scooby Doo band aids on ONE spot on the SAME knee! Now that we are home, he hasn't fallen again...yet! :))