Boys vs. Girls

Okay, so last week Owen went to have lunch with Molly at school ... Molly loves to have us come for lunch!  Caleb - not so much.  Unfortunately, when Caleb was younger (kindergarten, 1st/2nd grade), I didn't even realize parents could have lunch at school with their kids (I don't remember parents coming to lunch when I was a kid).  By the time I realized we could, Caleb wasn't interested in having us eat lunch with him & his friends.  Luckily, Molly started school and is still super excited for us to join her at lunchtime. :)  So after lunch with Molly last week, Owen asked Caleb again about having lunch with him ... he even said he would bring whatever Caleb wanted (bacon cheeseburger, pizza, etc.) but to no avail.  Then they got on the subject of who Caleb sits with at lunch.  Turns out this just changed in the last couple of weeks.  He used to sit with one group of friends until girls started sitting at the table.  Apparently, there are a few 5th grade "couples" that now sit together at lunch.  Actually, it's three couples and another boy who obviously doesn't mind being the seventh wheel.  They aren't even really couples ... just boys & girls who like each other.  But Caleb still finds girls annoying - for the most part - so he just moved on to a girl-free table with another group of friends. 

The same night that this came up, we had family dinner night at Pizza Pro (our fave restaurant). :)  Molly starts to tell Owen about how she was "dating" a little boy, but then she "broke up" with him because he was "dating five other girls."  What???  I happen to know the little boy she's talking about, which made it even more amusing.  (Really, him???)  We've heard the boyfriend talk from Molly before and told her she's too little for all that.  But girls will be girls!  I remember when Caleb came home on the bus in kindergarten and asked me what a "crush" was ... now Molly's already dating, being cheated on and breaking up with boys in 1st grade!  She does watch the tween Disney shows like Wizards of Waverly Place & Good Luck Charlie (pretty entertaining, I must admit) so I could blame TV ... but I was chasing boys on the playground at Molly's age and calling boys by the time I was Caleb's age.  And I turned out fine.  So I won't worry about Molly - yet.  Right now I'm just happy that Caleb has no interest in sitting at the couples' table because who knows how long that will last! 

Liar, liar pants on fire!

Owen has really been helping me out with the kids in the morning ... I'm so glad he works from home!  If he's in town, he'll feed them breakfast, pack lunches and take them to school while I'm feeding the baby (or catching up on sleep). :)  Yesterday, he had already left to take the kids to school when I came downstairs with the baby.  On my way down, I said good morning to Catherine, who promptly left the kitchen table and headed in the opposite direction as soon as she saw me.  Within a minute, Owen walks through the front door (where she's standing), and she says to him, "Daddy, I got this Oreo for you" and hands him a cookie.  What a little sneak!  Of course he said he didn't need it and that she could have it ... so it worked out well for her. 

This morning, I came downstairs to find the light on in the pantry and Catherine in the living room with something in her mouth.  She told me it was a "hard Oreo" that Daddy gave her.  Sure.  Turns out it's a gobstopper.  She admitted lying and spit it out in the trash with no problem ... probably because it was too hard for her to chew!  My sweet, precious Catherine is turning out to be quite the conniving little 4-year-old.

My first blog!

I've been thinking about starting a blog for a few years now and am finally getting around to it ... now that I have all this free time on my hands with a two-month-old. :)  Really, I just want to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) to hopefully keep a better record of what's happening in our family!  I'm realizing how fast my kids are growing up ... now that they are 10, 6, 4 and 2 months ... and I want to remember these times!  I had good intentions of writing down all the funny things they do and say, but it hasn't happened.  Unless you count the few baby book entries or times I've jotted something down on a post-it note (and subsequently lost).  I guess I thought I'd remember everything, but I can barely remember what happened last week ... much less what happened 10 years ago.  So here I am, trying to jog my memory and start a blog ... wish me luck!  Before I forget, I want to give a shout out to my good friend Nickole who has branded our family the Hunny Bunnies - the inspiration for my blog's name. :)