Joseph's Preschool Graduation

I can hardly believe it-Joseph's going to kindergarten next year! He had a wonderful time in preschool and loved his teachers.

His preschool class put on a very nice presentation. Then we were all able to enjoy a luncheon for all of the families.

I had a lot of fun making the cake, and I think it turned out pretty well-it sure tasted good:-)

I Love Word Girl

Word Girl is a show that my children like to watch on PBS, and thanks to Word Girl, I just heard Joseph say the greatest thing.

Joseph: Do you know what 'depulsive' means?

Emily: No

Me: Do you mean 'impulsive'?

Joseph: No, 'depulsive'-it means "awful, horrible, or unpleasant"


I then realized that he ment 'repulsive' and also found a new appreciation for television that instead of turning my children into zombies stairing at the tv, actually teaches them some great things! Yeah PBS!

A Joseph Story

I'm not sure if Joseph is so entertaining because he was born that way, or because he's a 4 year old boy, but he sure makes me laugh. At church this past Sunday, we were sitting in a row next to one of Joseph's favorite friends, Ben Petrini. They were sitting right next to each other and were actually being pretty quiet. Well, Joseph was having a little snack of dry cereal and he says to Ben Petrini, "Do you want some Tutti-Fruities?" (This is the store-brand of Fruit Loops). Ben then says, "Those aren't Tutti-Fruities, those are Fruit Loops!" Joseph then says, "No, these are Tutti-Fruities, but they won't make you toot!" He actually said it loud enough that most of the row behind us heard him and were laughing pretty hard. You gotta love the funny things kids say. I'm just glad I have this blog to keep them and not forget them.

Presidential Security According to a 4-Year-Old

Have you heard that President Bush spends a lot of time at Camp David? Well, he does (and I would, too if I were him). We often see the presidential helicopters passing over Germantown on Fridays and Mondays from the President's weekend break. On the way to Burger King today, we saw the president passing over on his way back to DC. I pointed the helicopters out to the kids and told them that the President was in one of them and the other had a bunch of Secret Service security guards. They asked why the president had guards, and I told them that some bad people want to try to hurt the president because he's such an important man. Joseph then said, "I want to be a guard! I want to be in the Secret Service!" I told him he'd be a great secret service agent and that he could definitely do that when he grew up. He them told us all, "When I'm a secret service agent, I'll just walk up to the people and say, 'Are you a good guy or a bad guy?' If it's a good guy, I'll let him in and if it's a bad guy I'll fight him." If it were only that simple.