Just Checkin’

Ben was  invited to a birthday party for a girl in his class.  We are so used to having to deal with boys, it was a shock to the system to walk through the “Pink Aisles” in the toy department.  I don’t think Ben and Andrew were too thrilled, especially since we had to walk past the Lego, Star Wars, Transformers, and Hot Wheel aisles to get to the Polly Pocket/Barbie section.  That is...

Patience…

Another classic from Ben…we were running a bit behind last week, after swimming lessons and needing to get some dinner and run some errands, so my patience was running thin with “special” drivers and red lights. Ben and Andrew were busy telling Jeff and me stories the whole drive to the restaurant. Getting a slight headache and annoyed with the driver in front of me when I missed the...

FBI Visit

Ben had a very interesting story to tell his Auntie . . . Ben:  Leslie, the FBI stopped by at our house! Leslie:  Why did the FBI Stop by your house? Ben:  Because dad wanted to order pizzas! Okay, probably need to explain this one a little more.  Ben sometimes likes to dramatize his stories but this is a truthful story . . . kind of. It was a cold, snowing evening at the Davis household when there was...

The power of .com

Ben has recently stumbled upon the concept and power of .com.  He has developed an eye for .com addresses and can spot them on billboards, signs, posters, commercials, and on crayons.  (Don’t tell anyone but he stole a broken crayon from school because the crayon had a .com address printed on it – http://roseart.com) As we are driving,  an excited voice from the back seat . . . Ben: ...

Nothing to see here, keep it moving . . .

As parents, we are painfully familiar with the locations of bathrooms within the Rochester area.  Besides the normal embarrassment of Benjamin talking too loud in the bathroom stall, dad had another funny experience with Ben and Andrew. Andrew is a big fan of using the big boy urinals (even if it means tip toeing to reach it as dad nervously watches on).  Even though he thinks of himself as a big boy for...