Tooth hurty

Today during primary the sharing time leader called Eirik up because he said he had a story to tell about a time when he was honest. He said, "this is a fish story. One time I had a toothache at school so I had to go to the orthodontist at 2:30. Get it, "tooth hurty." 

It was balsy and inappropriate, but j have to admit it was pretty hilarious.  

Definitions

Teig told me, "Joren is nocturnal. He is awake at night. I'm nonturnal. That means I don't sleep except for naps sometimes."

"This food looks discussing.  What is it?" It's vegetarian and delicious. Eat it." "I can't,  I'm desertarian." said Eirik.

11 years on the 11th

Our best anniversary yet. 10 years was fun but I'll admit, a bit strained. This year was pure joy. We've had so much adjusting to do in the last year and a half with all things new. We both grew in a lot of ways and we grew together too. Having someone say, "I accept you just like you are, no matter what" has to be the best thing in the whole world, right?

Paul picked a restaurant on Division street called Ave Genes for our dinner out. Patty and John took the kids overnight. Did you know you could eat pickled fiddlehead ferns??? I'm not kidding! And they were delicious. I was amazed by all the food. I mean, I was shocked by the flavors and varieties. We had a melon salad with toasted pine nuts and jalapeños! It was crazy good. We had polenta and homemade pastas with homemade sausage. I can't say enough how delicious it was. The restrooms were a whole amazing experience as well. All the fixtures and plumbing were imported antique marble and brass pieces from Italy. The whole menu was in Italian so we basically went to Italy for our anniversary but it got even better from there. We sauntered outside on a warm Portland summer night, walked past the wall painted with sunflowers and what do we hear?, live Parisian cafe music. We had to stop and have a visit to the country of love and indulge in a key lime tart o let and creme and fraise while we listened to the musicians. 

After we walked around more and found 15 other restaurants we can't wait to try, I told Paul he couldn't top this date; Paris and Italy in one night, but then he offered to take me to Home Depot and, well he "had me at Home".  

That would have been a good date if it had to stop there but then Paul announced that for his gift he was going to take the kids to the beach for the weekend and let me stay home alone, by myself, solitary, just me for 2 whole days. I honestly can't remember the last time I was alone for longer than a quick car drive. I have a pretty amazing man. Thank you for such a great year. It is truly getting better with time, this lovely life we have made. 

Logic

"Teig, I asked,  "Where do you think you lived before this earth?"  "I lived in an alien space ship and floated in space in a rover."  "How did you get to earth?" I asked.  "He brought me here. He was a peach black alien with black eyes and he dropped me off. I was walking around and I found a nice house and went inside. Eirik was there and he said, "you look nice." I was a baby. Then Joren said, "you should stay here.""

Then I started singing, "I lived in Heaven  long time ago, this is true..." the primary song. Teig interupted me and said, "Ya, but I lived in an alien space ship."

I said, "Thanks for hanging out with me Teig. You're my favorite." "I'm your favorite too." he replied.

Back to school!

Our boys have been back in school for one week and today Eirik came home in tears saying, "now I remember why I hate school so much! I just hate having people tell me what to do all the time. I want to be in charge of myself."

Then I was talking to Joren in his room. I asked if he wanted me to hang something he brought home from school on his wall and he said,"no, I'm not really the school type mom." I asked him what he meant by that. He said "I'm just not good at it." I asked what he was not good at and after some persuasion he finally said, "I'm just not good at listening. I want to do my own thing and just be me." 

It's going to take some getting used to. I don't know if I've fostered their indipendant free thinking tendencies or if they have just come that way, but they both fight me on just about everything. I don't envy their teachers. We wrote a 4 page letter to Jorens teacher telling him some of his successes and challenges from his previous school teachers hoping it would give her some insight on how to best approach his learning. 

Dizzy

"Did you know that when you get dizzy it is really just the moon and space shaking." Teig