Andrew:  When there is lighting, does that mean that God is mad?

After a little bit of discussion, the boys began to discuss other weather patterns and tried to relate them to God.

Ben:  If it is raining, God is crying . . . or maybe spilling water.

Andrew: . . . . or peeing?!?

After a quick chuckle, we explained . . . No, definitely not peeing.  By then it was too late . . . let the bodily functions begin . . .

Andrew:  Thunder means he’s burping . . .

Ben:  . . . or farting.

Ok, so our boys have learned bathroom humor . . . God, please forgive them.

The party was at a local hotel with a swimming pool and water slide.  I drove Benjamin to the party where he was one of 3 boys to attend.  Scheduled for 3 hours, I hung out for a bit before sneaking out to let Ben have some fun on his own without the pressure of Dad constantly keeping an eye on him.  Ben also seemed pretty reserved with me being there.

After coming back to pick up Ben, the party was running late so when I got to the room, they were just starting with the cake.  Other parents started to show up but had to patiently wait as the kids were waiting for the Birthday Girl to open presents.  The kids started to gather around the Birthday Girl and Ben gave me a look . . . I told him to join his friends.

After a few presents were opened, Ben suddenly popped up in middle of the kids . . . with the commotion of kids gawking at the presents, he loudly said:

Ben:  Dad . . . . are you doing okay?

Dad:  Yeah Ben, I’m fine.

Ben:  Okay.  **Sitting back down**

As he sat down, another parent standing next to me looked back and asked . . . “Was he checking on you?”  I had to simply nod my head yes.  Here I was worried about him . . . turns out . . . I think he was more worried about me at the party

Dad being Dad, decided to mess with Andrew.  Kicking back during a lazy afternoon, Dad sat next to Andrew while he was playing Lego Batman on his DS.  Dad picked up Ben’s DS and began to play.  Noticing that Andrew kept looking over at his screen, Dad started to jump in one place, claiming that he didn’t know how to get to the upper platform (ignoring the ladder right beside him).

After a couple of glances Andrew chimed in . . .

Andrew:  You have to use the ladder.

Dad:  ** Making Batman jump in one place against the wall **

Andrew:  The ladder . . .

Dad:  I am, it’s not working ** Against a wall decoration that wasn’t the ladder **

Andrew:  The ladder . . . right there . . . not that thing . . . right next to you!

Dad:  He can’t seem to get up there?!?

Andrew:  Just let me see . . .

He preceded to grab the DS away from this amateur gamer and successfully jumped onto the ladder and grabbed a blue lego to complete the necessary task to get to the next level.  Once complete he handed it back.

Andrew:  You see . . . there you go.

Dad:  Oh, okay . . . that ladder.

Not sure if you ever watched SNL with Jimmy Fallon as Nick Burns, the Computer Guy.  That is who Andrew reminded me of . . . . “MOVE!!!”

Dad:  Ben, does daddy’s haircut look good?

Ben:  If I said no, would you feel bad?

Dad:  Why does it look bad?

Ben:  Oh, no dad . . . you look handsome.

I think I’m being paranoid now because I sensed some sarcasm in that last statement

In the morning, Ben and Andrew were hanging out in their bedroom.  They were bored so decided to make a fort out of their blankets on the bunk bed.  Proud of their efforts, Andrew came in to tell Mom and Dad about it.  From a previous experience, Dad was a bit nervous about hearing this story since the last time an effort like this ended with almost everything on the floor and their room in a complete mess.

That in mind, Dad said . . . “You guys are going to have to pick all that up later!”

We then overheard Andrew go into the room and tell Ben . . . “Dad says . . .”  now he just didn’t repeat what Dad said but actually put a spin on it and lowered his voice to do his best impersonation . . . “YOU BOYS HAVE TO PICK ALL THAT UP SOON!”

Dad looked over at Mom to see if she heard what he heard.  She did . . . that was great way to start the day . . . a good laugh.  Thanks Andrew!

Here is an example . . .

Mornings are very hectic in the Davis household.  Mom and Dad do our best to get the boys up and going, setting out their clothes, feeding the dogs, getting ready for work, etc . . .

As we are in middle of our routine, Mom walked in on Ben and Andrew . . . picture if you will Ben squatting in the middle of the floor with his pajama shirt over his knees . . . Andrew with bundled socks trying to stuff it under Ben’s pajama shirt . . . Mom walking in the middle of this process:

Mom:   What are you guys doing?

*Ben and Andrew looking up innocently*

Andrew:   Ben’s laying eggs.

Mom:  Okay then [walking away shaking her head]

. . . Never a dull moment.

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Ben:  Oh Dad, I got a phone number.

Dad:  What?

Ben: A girl at school gave me her phone number so I gave her mine.

Ben reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to Dad.  Opening up the paper, in green highlighter was some numbers.  Very cute . . . instead of 507 it read 705.  There were other 7′s and all the sevens were written backwards.  A few dashes and a total of about 12 digits.  (I might try to post a picture of the written number)

This was too cute.

Dad: *smiling* Ben . . . go show your mom.