Happy New Year

The Hampton boys choose to ring in the new year with a 2013 chocolate cake and a family pillow fight!

It's not champagne at midnight, it's way more awesome.

Another Superhero

So I'm unloading the dishwasher this morning, while "Batman" and "Robin" play upstairs, when I'm approached by a tiny boy holding a mask.

He hands it to me, points to his head and says, "Piderman?"

Tis the happ, happiest season...

For those of you not on facebook, I wanted to share our most priceless Christmas photo.

Zane is on Joe's knee and would have NOTHING to do with Santa!

Zane's New Words

So Zane's current favorite thing is coloring.

Anytime he sees a piece of paper, any pen, pencil, marker or crayon he starts yelling, "I color, I color!"

Zane has also invented a new hybrid word. A piece of gum, candy or anything yummy is called a "numnee." If he sees something sweet he starts pointing and saying, "Mommy, numnee. Mommy, numnee."

Health Nut

So I took Wyatt to a birthday party over the weekend.

The host announces, "I need everyone to line up and move into the other room, we are going to have cake and ice cream."

All of the kids cheer. Except Wyatt.

He raises his hand and says, "Is there going to be any healthy food?"

That Explains It!

So Colt is by far my strangest kid. He says odd, off the wall, ridiculous things ALL the time.

This morning I asked him, "Colt, what made you so weird?"

He responded immediately, Dad did."

Alphabet Snob

So we had parent-teacher conferences this week at the boys' preschool. We learned that both are smart, sweet, well behaved boys.

We also learned that Colt has a quirk. When it is "circle time" on the rug and all the children gather to listen to a story or play a game, Colt will only sit on the "C."

If another child is sitting on his "letter" he will stand in front of them until they move, or go get the teacher and ask her to move them.

Apparently, if nothing else, he is learning to protect his turf.