Engineer in training

Tucker was in the habit of chewing his sippy cups so that they'd leak and he could walk around the house pouring his drink out. To fix the problem, we bought him this (pricey) Camelbak bottle that we thought was indestructible.

 

And it's done a great job for about a month. 

However, today, Tucker yet again outsmarted his parents:

It's a good thing he's so cute, or I'd have to be mad.

Side note: At his 18 month check-up today, Tucker was 29 lbs, 10 oz and 34.5 inches tall. Big boy!

Four-year-old fashionista

It's been a bit busy around our house lately, but Grace was able to bring a smile to my face today with this gem:

Courtney: Were all your friends at school today?
Grace: Yes, everyone found something to wear, so they all came to school.

*smile*

Happy Easter

The 2011 Werth family photo.... a few months late, but who's counting.

Hope you all had a happy Easter!

It's getting morbid around here

This morning as I'm brushing my teeth, Grace comes running into the bathroom screaming:
"Mom, come quick. Tucker's bleeding. There's blood everywhere and I don't want him to die."
Turns out he cut his lip somehow and was finger painting with the blood on his hand. We're all OK now.

Then at lunch, Tucker was screaming so loudly that Grace looked at me and said: "I think he could wake the dead."

That's a lot of death talk from one little girl!

It's the little things

When I told Grace that we were going to spend the afternoon bowling with her friend Ian, she responded: "So that means no quiet time today? Yes!"

And here I thought she'd be excited about going out with her friend.

Just like momma says

Court: "Grace why didn't you nap today?'
Grace: "I had too much things on my mind to sleep."

My thoughts exactly.

In a van, down by the river

Today, as Jason was complaining about having to work tonight, Grace told him matter-of-factly:
"If you don't work, we can't have a house, or a van or food and we'll have to live under a bridge and be cold and stuff."

Maybe, just maybe, there's a lesson in there somewhere.