And he says...

Tomorrow there are parent/teacher conferences at Schmoo's school. As we were eating I asked him, "what are your teachers going to say about you? Will it be good or bad?" He thought for a second and said, "I don't know, but there's only a 5% chance it will be bad."

And he says...

Last night I heard Schmoo talking to himself in the bathroom.  He said, "From the makers of Head and Shoulders, 3 new products:  'Knees and Toes', 'Eyes and Ears',  and 'Mouth and Nose'." 

Lol! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

So I just read this scathing article on about how too many parents overdo holidays for their kids. Hmm. I didn't spend days handmaking shamrocks to hide all over the house, nor did I cook an entirely green meal.  But if I had, So what?  Why would someone else care?  I've got one kid who's only going to be little once.  As long as I am raising him to be happy, polite, and thankful--I have no problem giving him little things here and there, especially since we do not give in to his whims at the store--and he stops asking once we say no.

Ok, vent over.

Anyway, here's his St. Patrick's Day surprise :) 

He loved it!

And he says

After school I was asking Schmoo about what he did in various classes today.  He was describing some activity and said, "Well, Sections 1 and 2 in the classroom are infested with girls, so...."  I laughed out loud and said, "Infested, huh?"  And he responded, "Yeah, they're EVERYwhere."

Then tonight he asked how I got those triangle holes in the top of the broth can.  I said I used a "can punch" type of opener.  He asked, "Like a bar fight type of punch?"  Excuse me, what?  I asked him who he'd been discussing bar fights with.  He said, "You, Mom.  3 months ago you said my teeth were so crazy it looked like I was in a bar fight." 

Ok, my bad. :) 

Restaurant Week

So since moving here, we keep hearing about "Restaurant Week" but we've never participated.  So in a given city (Atlantic City right now) all participating restaurants have a special prix fixe menu at the same cost.  Schmoo has heard us talk about the Melting Pot before--so he was begging to go since they were participating in Restaurant Week.  Um, it wasn't hard to say yes :)  Hey, what can I say? There are certain times when only having one child isn't totally depressing.

We told him it would take "about 3 minutes" to cook whatever was in the pot at the time.  He couldn't wait...so he was timing it.

Giving this restaurant 2 thumbs up.  He said it was almost better than PF Changs.  Atta boy!

Chocolate fondue is some serious stuff!

 My cute, happy guys!

Today at work I was showing a couple of coworkers a picture of schmoo.  Mr. Spanish Teacher says, "Oh, he's cute.  He must take after your husband."  Other coworker and I bust out laughing while I throw things at him.  He has no idea why what he said would be perceived as an insult, ha! 

And he says

Schmoo is mad that I asked him to take a shower after school today. He stomped around his room for a while protesting before yelling, "FINE! I'll take a shower! Maybe I'll even shower myself with my tears!"