FIVE

"Don't I look serious? Like a real fireman?" Accessorizing while having to do breathing treatments is important. Nasty cold took forever to go away. 

 2020 week five

A love note I received from a highschooler. 

When I dumped the compost for the chickens, Karen decided to be right under the drop and continued to peck away with scraps on her back. Rocky just placidly stood by her pecking food off of her. 

Make your own pizza night. I slightly undercooked the crust, but the fun was in the making and the taste was excellent, so no problem. 

V only wanted parmesan cheese. It is the only cheese she likes.

Saturday night the kids got to have a grandma sleepover so Matt and I had a fun little date. We got Boba and then Nashville style hot chicken for dinner. I only got "hot" and it was hot but manageable. Matt got "hella hot" and suffered for it. 

Here's his face swollen and tear-streaked. This little place was barely larger than our living room. They warned us of the almost 20 minute wait while they fried our chicken fresh. I have never eaten hotter fried chicken. The bones inside were steaming. It was so fresh and such a fun experience -for me, because mine was edible. 

The kids got the traditional Grandma-sleepover-dinner of Chick-fil-, and they couldn't have been happier. 

Quotes

Theodore

"I'll show you the secret treasure in my pants."

Me- "What did you guys do while we were running errands."
Matt- "We ate pizza and watched cops."
Me- "So, Theo's perfect day."

Matt has been playing Zelda with the kids lately. V and T have started to incorporate the sound-effects into their play. Periodically I'll hear one of them go, "Hi-YAH!" And when Theodore finds something he was looking for, he will hold it up and hum the triumphant "You found it!" sound from the game, "duhm duhm duhm Duh Duh DAH!" He has also started to develop his own theology based on his understanding of Zelda and Jesus:

Me- "That was so dangerous, you could have been hit by that car!"
Theo- "But even if I died, I would just come right back to life!"
Me- "No. You absolutely would not!"
Theo- "Just like in Zelda!"
Me- "No. That is a video game and if you die, you stay dead!"
Theo- "But my teacher says because Jesus came back to life we will all come back to life!"

Veronica

She used her money to buy a box of tictacs. When the box was empty she started humming into it like an instrument.

Me- "Are you playing a flute?"
V- "It's my OCARINA!"