school, death, (deaf) and doggies

We have been so busy lately. Not with anything all that new or exciting just taking kids to and from school etc. I somehow thought that when the kids started school that there would be more time but that is not the case. I do feel like when I have less time I actually tend to use my time more wisely. Anna loves school and wishes that she could go everyday. She also wishes she could ride the bus, but then says that she is "too shy to ride the bus". When school first started Ethan was not too keen on doing his work. Even when held back from recess to finish he chose not to. I was pretty worried that if we couldn't motivate him now what would we do later. After much discussion of what his responsibilities were he still did not seem overly concerned and felt that his work was boring and "takes too long". One night after having yet another discussion I told Ethan that he was going to have to go hungry that night because I just didn't feel like making dinner. I told him that "it takes too long". With that and the promise of a sticker chart he has done his work everyday, even before recess. He's such a funny boy.

In the car the other day Ethan asked me "Mom do know what death means?"
me: What does it mean
Ethan: it means you can't hear.
Me: Oh...you mean deaf?

After he understood the difference he went on to tell me that people who can't hear with their ears, listen with their eyes. Which is funny since Ethan often will say to me "so...it sounds like you're folding some laundry" He always says sounds like instead of looks like and for some reason it just cracks me up.

On another note...Kate is saying some real words and it is so much fun. Her first word was tickle, She says tickle tickle tickle. Her second word was doggy. She is in love with anything that moves and calls dogs, cats, rabbits anything doggy. you can ask her what a doggy says and she says woof woof. She blows kisses and waves and says bye only she says it like she a southern gal. Just yesterday she said uh,oh after she dropped something from the table. We wanted her to say it again but since then she will only say it if it is actually in context, like something has dropped. She is such a cute patoot and we love her. Needless to say with her love of all things doggy, she is going to be a pink poodle dog for Halloween. Good times at the Wilson house.