Happy Groundhog's Day!

It was shortly after Groundhog's Day. Nicholas and Maggie had learned and talked about Groundhog's Day at school. As I was getting ready for the day in my room, I overheard Nicholas say to Mark, "Hey dad, did you hear about the beaver and his shadow?" He said it like it was just the coolest thing in the world. I love how much that kid makes me laugh!!

Where does she come up with this stuff??

Recently Maggie has been on quite a roll with funny little quotes. The other day she was getting ready to brush her teeth with a new toothbrush and toothpaste that she got at school. She looked at me and said, "If I have tears in my eyes, it's not because I'm crying, it's because I'm falling in love." Seriously.

Another funny was the other day when she and Mark were playing "lion." She had Mark under the kitchen table with the chairs all around because he was in his "cage." Mark got out to take a break and I asked him where Maggie was. He said, "I don't know, she said she is washing her lion or something." (She has a stuffed Simba that her sweet cousin Kasey gave her.) It dawned on me that she knew what cleaning a lion looked like. I said out loud, "Please tell me she isn't licking Simba!" From out of nowhere and almost immediately I hear a "Well, actually, I am." Mark and I laughed so hard neither of us could speak. I couldn't see her because she was sitting under the counter at our bar area. Mark said she was trying to pick the fuzz from Simba off her tongue.

She (and Nicholas) make me laugh EVERY day. Sometimes I wonder if all parents are as amused by their own children as I am. I look forward to everything they will say next because you just NEVER know what will come out of their mouths.