Parents of the year.

Courtesy of the New York Times, "Thrill-seekers watched the tide at Hampton Beach in Hampton, N.H."

Evacuation orders and natural disasters always bring about some interesting behavior, but these people really need to get their kids away from the biggest storm to hit the US, maybe ever. Especially that sweet girl in pink clinging on for dear life. She needs to be home snuggled with a blanket and some hot cocoa. 

Conversations with Carter

Carter really does say so many things that catch us off guard or are just so funny, I can't even remember them all. This is my attempt to capture some recent treasures-

Last night, when getting ready for bed:
"Daddy, it's getting dark outside. The earth is rotating."

Driving home from school, when I was trying to ask him how his day was:

"I'm not telling you about my daaay! It was just lots of things that were boring. All my friends were just ransacking. I'm just kidding about that."

The boring thing is a variation of what we sometimes tell him when he asks about work stories we're telling. Also, to my surprise, he correctly defined ransacking. 

He is so into Star Wars right now. When I picked him up from school, he was perched on top of a tunnel/toy thing they have and he exclaimed:

"Mama! I was racing to the planet! It was about to explode! but I saved it."

His teachers may start questioning our parenting. 

Weekend Recap

1. SeaWorld at Halloween with small children is awesome. Two words: Treat Stations.

2. Getting stuck at the top of the sky tower is not. Two things you don't want to hear from the ride operator: "the mechanics are on their way up" and "this is making me a little nervous, too."

3. Three story Targets are cool, but I think I'll stick to my one story Target.

4. Jillian Michaels is trying to kill me. Level 3 of the 30 Day Shred is not kind. I was yelling at the tv, and today I'm sore in places I don't even understand.

Hebrews 3:13

But encourage each other every day, while you still have something called “today.”

Sidenote: this is from the "Easy-to-Read Version." I did not know there was such a thing, but for some reason I think it's funny. And although it feels like a less Holy version of the Bible, I like this particular translation. And this spoke to my heart this morning.