Weirdness Wisdom

So Jordan says to me:
"Mom, I think I'm the weirdest person even IN this family. No, actually, you are. I was born from you so before I was born you had all my weirdness and I had all your weirdness. But I do have my own actions and you have yours. I have to make my own choices about those. . . But the weirdness - " and he trails off leaving what I can only assume is an accusation or maybe a resignation to the facts. I'll never know. I'm just too weird.


In other news:
Sedona has been having a hard time getting to sleep the past few days and when she tip-toes out of her room she immediately reports "My tummy not go sleep right now. My tummy can't go sleep 2 minutes." What does this mean? Such an elaborate placement of blame for one so young. It isn't her fault at all that she is wandering the house after bedtime - its her tummy's. She does, however, consistently come to me to report this so I don't worry too much about her roaming unattended unbeknowst to us but then yesterday I thought I heard something as I was sitting here in the office but she never appeared from around the corner so I was sure I had imagined the squeak of her bedroom door. So a few minutes later I went into the kitchen to refill my drink (yes, vodka tonic. ok no - water but how much cooler would it have been to say -'went to freshen up my drink'? and i don't really know that you "freshen" water. eh well) when what do I find?

Sedona tip-toeing in circles in the middle of the kitchen with exaggerated arm be-quiet- gestures and an expression words can't possibly describe but imagine, again, EXAGGERATED quietness - big eyes, almost surprised mouth, slight smile, definite deviance.
But there she was. tip-toeing literally in circles for no apparent reason.
Too bad Jordan missed seeing that before he made his weirdness diagnosis.

It's a snow day.

Ah. Truly a rite of passage that we thought our children would miss out on in this Deep South climate of St. Louis. After a 1/2 inch of ice and a couple inches of snow, the entire State of Missouri closed down for at least 4 days. This gave us plenty of time to play in the snow. Jordan and Jeremy constructed an igloo in the front yard - Sedona discovered a newfound joy in licking the ground and Jana laughed and looked pretty. Oh, the kid in the elf costume. That is Jordan's alterego "Dingle." That's right, Dingle. Jordan got that part in an upcoming school play in which he helps Mrs. Claus save Christmas. The beautiful costume was handmade by Dingle's mom. He will go down in the annals of history as Dingle-boy. (Click the thumbnails for full-size versions).