good thing i've only given my blog address out to one person (hi bob). i guess i'm not much of a blogger yet.

i have a lot on my mind, but right now the big topic is "how can i get my boys to be polite?" HA. good luck. here is how this came about. the boys and i went to the lake tonite to play, and the hutterites were there having a picnic. this adorable little blonde girl in pigtails came over to play, she was so polite and sweet. it sounds awful, but i didn't want my boys to taint her with their talk of "tooting" and "butt-butt." i don't think hutterites say toot, heck they probably don't even toot at all. anyway, she's asking them what their names are and my youngest says "i just tooted on the slide."

doh. even though the girl is only about 4 years old, i'm embarrassed. my son is now singing a nonsense song about tooting on the slide and i tell him it's not nice to talk (sing) like that. by then the little girl has realized on her own that she wants no part in this. she gets on her bike and rides away, and crashes about 100 feet from us. she's crying and my oldest son says "she got hurt, mom, and she probably needs a kiss." i agree, but i see that an older gentleman from the colony has come to her aid. i tell my son that i don't want to intrude. he says "what does intrude mean?" i say "bother." he says "well, i really think it would be nice if you helped her. when you just stand here and watch her cry it's embarrasing to me."

about 3 seconds later my youngest says "yeah mom. and you know what? you tooted."

arghh.