Laughter makes a great ab workout....

and after the stretch marks my boys gave me laughter is the least they could do.

Lately my kids (Jonathan in particular this time) have been tickling my funny bone. I know that everyone thinks there kids are so funny. Well I'm one of THOSE parents. Here are some examples lately... this will all mean more of coarse if you know my boys to begin with. This is a few of the things I have observed in the last 24 hours.

This first one isn't so much ha ha funny as it is a cleaver thing to try.

Ode to a spanking

So Jonathan had been having a rough day. He finally took it too far and was informed that he would be getting a spanking. Now he doesn't get them very often since he knows how to dance around the line with grace without crossing it. He is also a very sensitive boy and unlike his brother Ian who doesn't really care if he gets a spanking, Jonathan very much cares if he gets one. So in his attempts to get out of it he pleads with Daddy, "daddy I didn't deserve that! I didn't deserve to get this spanking" Then as a last ditch effort he brings in the big guns " I'll throw up if you spank me!" Now if you know Jonathan you know that he isn't saying this in a threatening manner he is saying with sincere concern that he is going to blow chunks or at lease that is what he wants you to think. At this point James and I can't help but laugh but the spanking proceeds as planned and thankfully no spew came forth.

Handy

Every time we get in the car now that the boys are both in booster seats Jonathan promptly buckles up and Ian screams while he gets frustrated (while not really trying) aimlessly hitting the buckle with the seatbelt. Sometimes he gets it when he finally settles down and occasionally Jonathan will help a brother out. Well tonight was just such a night. So in an effort to encourage his helpfulness we tell him that he is doing a great job helping his brother and we really appreciate it. To this he responds without pause in a prideful manner "Yeah, I come in handy" i

Cannibals and Ketchup.

Sometimes with kids you just pause and think... I can't believe this conversation is really happening. This combination of topics should really never ever happen. So tonight we were on the way home from getting the boys hair cut after an unsuccessful attempt to get them to try tilapia (which jonathan did an impressive gag on). We had just walked out of a grocery store where we refuted several attempts to get food with " sorry you didn't eat your dinner" ~side note... we are not a clean your plate family but we are a "you need to eat the 2 tablespoons of the new food we offered" end side note~ We get to the car and
Jonathan asks " can I have ketchup"
to which I respond "by itself?"
Jonathan - Yeah
Mommy - No you didn't eat your dinner and ... Yuck.
Ian - you can have people with your ketchup (he is always saying silly things that don't make sense so this was no surprise)
Jonathan - You can't eat people (to which jonathan always responds in all seriousness)
Ian - Yes you can
Jonathan - no you cant ( you can see where this is going)
Finally Jonathan - Mommy can you eat people?
Mommy (carefully). - No WE don't eat people
Jonathan - Well that is good cause if we ate people then we would all be eating each other... then all that would be left is one big fat guy.

So there you have it funny or not, this is what we laugh at.

Sarah