The scene: Lex is sitting in the living
room in the big blue chair. Alan walks in holding a banana to
his ear.

Alan: “Hello? Yes, he’s here.
Just a moment.” puts the banana down and says to Lex, “It’s for
you. Do you want to talk or should I take a message?”

Lex: stares at Alan for a moment, then says,
“You should eat the banana.”

Imagination
is not his strong suit :)

Apparently Eve is not an outdoorsy sort of
girl. The few times I’ve been able to get her outside this
spring she has been less than pleased. God forbid I put her
feet (shoed feet, not bare) on the ground and she’ll start
SCREAMING! Today was beautiful and warm and we made it out late
this afternoon, Eve scowling the whole time. I put her down
once or twice, put her in the swing, tried to get her to walk,
and made every effort to show her how the yard could be fun —
but she wailed like she was walking on hot coals. She loves
walking and wearing her shoes inside, so it’s not a pain thing.
We’re going to have to work on this though, because I can’t get
much gardening and yard work done with her in my arms. Maybe
she needs a trip to the country :)

We are spending lots of money on medical
expenses this year! This morning we added to that with an
emergency visit to a pediatric dentist. Lex and our 3yr old
were playing happily then somehow his chin collided with her
head, resulting in a lot of blood from his mouth and a loose
tooth. Luckily she’s ok! Alan came home quickly to watch the
girls while I took Lex to a new dentist who was very nice and
said the tooth is probably just “bruised” (he had some fancy
medical term that I don’t remember) but may potentially be
broken. We will be going back tomorrow as a family so I can
hold his body while Alan holds his head and the dentist takes
x-rays. We tried today, but Lex was none too keen to sit still
for me. I hope it heals and doesn’t fall out! The 3yr old was
very excited that Lex has a loose tooth and was telling him
that the tooth fairy will come and give him a coin soon. We’ll
see!