Sara, "James, do you know why you're in time out?"

Sara, "James, do you know why you're in time out?"
James, "My heart says, what?"
Sara, "You're in time out because you hit mom."
James, "My heart can't hear you because it's inside my body."

I was at the pool with the boys yesterday, and James had wandered off along the side of the pool to get a better...

I was at the pool with the boys yesterday, and James had wandered off along the side of the pool to get a better look at what Nate was doing. After a bit he turned around and started running towards me. The pool being noisy, I didn't want to yell, so I put my hand up palm out in the universally acknowledged symbol for stop. James looked up as he was running, first at the hand and then into my eyes, slowing slightly as obvious recognition flickered across his face. Good, I thought, that was easy, I'm an amazing parent with incredibly well trained children. That's when I realized, he was now smiling with a look of determination on his face and running even faster. I was about to yell something but by that time he had closed the distance and was high fiving me...

I guess we still need to perfect our hand signals. On a semi-related note, James has perfected the sarcastic thumbs up. Which he sometimes pulls out when I do things like drop food on the floor while feeding Liam.

Guard mouse Halloween costumes.

Guard mouse Halloween costumes.