the antidote to cuteness (and I'm truly overwhelmed by your kind words and support, thank you all so much)

I spent the last twelve hours asking Sean and Will to stop storing pen caps in their mouths, pointing fingers at old ladies while yelling "look Mommy! she's wearing a costume maybe she's going to a birthday party too!", lying completely flat on a sidewalk grate to "see if there's a treasure hidden down there", blaming me because they can't put on their socks and singing songs that combine the words "butt" and "hole".

please, don't tell me things get easier as kids age. 5 is so much fun already.

Comments

[Chris]

I feel tired just reading about that little adventure!

[Heather]

oh I love that!! 5 does sound like fun.

[meredith]

This made me smile :) Enjoy your 5 year old boys, my girls are 6 and 8 and are still driving me bonkers in the very best sort of way.

[kristen]

Try adding a fresh mouth to the mix, oh and rolling eyes and you'll begin to wonder if your almost 6 year old has done a Freaky Friday and is housing a tween inside. (=

[C. Flicken]

I'm feelin' ya. Wait for seven, when they know everything.

[Aimee]

What songs have "butt" and "hole" in them?? I want to hear!

5 is fun so far.. I look forward to it. :)

[C. Flicken]

And also?

You bettah RUHHHHNNNNNN!! Cause your twins likah PUMAAAHHHHHH!!

hee hee heeee!!!

[athena]

it gets easier when they get older? who told you that! :)

[Angela]

Your sons sound incredibly cute and wonderful. My 5 year old son also loves to make such lovely comments in public like "why is that man so fat" or the time I took my daughter to a hardware store and she asked very loudly "why is there so much junk and garbage in here?" to be honest though, the store was a real mess, but the owner was very elderly and just couldn't handle running a store anymore.

But remember 5 also brings comments like "when I grow up I'm going to live next door, then we can see each other every day"

[Charmaine]

And it would be butt and hole in French, huh? 5 is a great age! Soak it all up, Irene. Before you know it, they're 13 and well, 13.

[bella]

Oh, girl - it get's so much more better, so much more fun! 5 is a great, great age! Enjoy it!

[Waya]

It must be a boy thing, my middle child calls everyone "bum bum" including their grandmother. Oh, it gets much better when they retain much more in Elementary school from their friends. JOY!

[the bee]

Your boys are adorable! I love the comments they come up with. It does not get better in the teen years.
Enjoy the sweetness.