I was listening to the boys playing while they were in the bath.  There seemed to be some sort of battle going on between Iron Man, the sand people, Yoda, Batman, and "Snowflake" the orca whale.

The boys packed bags to go to Aunt Amie's tomorrow.  Henry packed a modest backpack while Walter packed an over sized grocery bag.  He filled it with plastic animals, mostly dinosaurs, and hiked the straps of the bag up on his shoulder.  As he did this, the weight of the back shifted behind him turning Walter all the way around and knocking him down.  He then agreed that maybe he had packed too much and took out 3 toys....

Henry and Walter cuddled up next to Moki as he peered out our window. 
"He's looking for something to hunt," said Henry, "like a mouse, or a squirrel."
"Or a dinahoo," said Walter wistfully.

I was sad about something the other day and snuggling with Henry.  He looked me straight in the eye and told me that he came out of my belly to protect me.  I explained to him that he doesn't need to protect me, let him know that I can take care of myself and him too -- but I won't lie, I thought it was the sweetest thing he could say to me.

Stories

Henry asked to watch tv before school and we argued about it for a bit, and then finally I said he could watch for 2 minutes.  He left and returned 5 minutes later saying that he knew he could only watch for 2 minutes, so he had turned the tv (and the lights!) off and returned upstairs.  I gave him a high 5 and praised him for listening and being responsible.  "Way to go, Kid!  What a good listener you are!"
Henry smiled and said, "You know, that's the way you should talk."
That's right, Baby!

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I woke Walter up and he said, "Why you woke me up?"
"Because it's a school day," I replied.
"The sun is out?"  He asked.
"Yep, it's out."
"Ok," he said and got out of bed too.