Need Dirt for a Grave?

Have you ever read signs on the side of the road out of the corner of your eye without realizing it?  And sometimes they don't really say what you thought they did but they catch your attention with their absurdity?  Recently I thought a sign said "Need Dirt for a Grave?" but it really said:

Need Dirt

or

Gravel?

This was so funny to me it made my entire day.

For the last week I have felt like I do need some of that dirt because I have been very ill with some kind of stomach bug.  My four-year-old daughter had it too so we got to be miserable together.  Trying to take care of her, myself, a two-year-old, and a baby who just learned to crawl has really helped me to appreciate healthy days.

Oh, and by the way, in this case misery does not love company.

I have been flat in bed or on the couch (as much as possible) while the battle between good and evil has raged inside my body.  There were moments I feared all was lost, but good won again and we are finally upright. 

No dirt needed, thank goodness!

Quoting the Cute: Page Fourteen

My seven-year-old likes to write her own little songs and poems and for her sister's fourth birthday, she wrote this:

Me and you together make me feel better
Me and you helps me when I'm blue
And your smile too!
In my hart you will always be with me
It's like the world is a hart wher I love you.
Happy Birthday.

Four-year-old:  "Silly old me!"

Two-year-old:  "Wut up, doc?"  He's been watching old Looney Tunes on VHS.  He also tries to do the "get ready to take-off" thing.  Do you know the one I mean?  If you don't, you can see one here:  Wile E. Coyote does it just after the opening credits (0:43).

Seven-year-old:  "Please may you pass me the salt/water/ketchup/whatever?"

Four-year-old:  "I don't want to go outside because there are too many bugs out there!  I want to wait for [Big Sister] so she can squish them for me."

Two-year-old:  "Taaaa!"  (Which is his own version of "ta-da!")

The six-month-old baby is already almost as loud as his daddy.  Usually he's loud when he's mad, but sometimes it's just when he wants to be heard (which applies to both Baby and Dad, actually).