It was a gorgeous day out today. We had a morning of saling, then an oil change for the van and this evening we had some friends over to help eat some of Joel's famous ribs. When we are at the dealership getting the oil changed, the lady checking us out asked me how old Tyler was. I told her four and she said that she was wondering because he seemed to be very articulate for his age. She said you could tell we must work with him quite a bit. I almost responded with: "How would you explain this one?" and point to Deacon. Deacon has some words, but he's nowhere near as articulate as Ty was at this age, so it obviously has very little do with us.
Ty's been talking about fishing this week. He really wants Daddy to take him. He saw some fishermen in a boat on the way home and said: "Mom, you know what we should do, we should get on a houseboat and go fishing." Ever since then, he's bugged Joel every night to take him fishing.
Deacon's been his normal self terrorizing his big brother, his daddy, his mommy, the dogs. You name it and he antagonizes it. This morning he looked right at Joel and upended his drink on the chair. He did it completely on purpose. His memory for things is outstanding except for when it comes to bad behavior (or else he chooses to ignore the consequences). This morning after breakfast, he walked to the basement door and said "bike". Months ago in February, I'd let the boys ride in the basement on their bikes and I left Deacon's little trike down there. I couldn't believe that he remembered that from all that time ago. He is such a smart little boy, but as Joel says he uses his genius for evil. Just kidding.
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