You Could Use A Comb, Mommy

So, its record breaking hot in Seattle and last night we sat outside with our feet in the baby pool. My girlfriends Kelly and Natalie and Oscar and I all ate dinner poolside. Oscar walked up next to my chair and as we were talking, he noticed my unshaven armpit. I'm not proud, but its been maybe three days since I shaved. He was really interested, checked it out for a while and proclaimed "Mommy, need a comb for that." I laughed. Then I encouraged him to see if Natalie and Kelly needed a comb, too. Then Natalie made the funniest remark to Oscar, "You're gonna get a lot of girls with that line."

Adventure

The other day we left the house with no plan of action. I just needed to get out and do something. Oscar kept asking me "Mommy, where are we going?" So I finally responded, "We're going on an adventure." he said "Oh, I looove adventure...(pause)...Mommy, what's an adventure?"

Big Clouds from the Sky

My son Oscar, AKA Tornado, has been retelling me a story for a few days now that goes something like this: "Big clouds come down from sky on the dirt. I no like big noisy. Make light on the ground." I think it was a dream he had about thunderstorms, as he first told me upon waking from a nap. It comes up pretty often, appropos of nothing usually. Today when it came up the story evolved to include the lizards at Nana's house and the fact that he was sitting on a table NOT a big rock. Hmm, yes, of course.