{So convenient}

Olivia just got herself a drink of water from the fridge and after taking a couple large gulps asked me, "Mommy, can this be my bedtime water?"  Not sure what bedtime water was, I asked her.  "It's like when I'm sleeping and I wake up and I ask myself, 'Hey Olivia, wouldn't you like something to drink?' And then it's there on my vanity and I just get up and have a drink. That's what bedtime water is."

{Dear Santa}

We had an impromptu visit with Santa the weekend of Thanksgiving. We headed into Georgetown for lunch and yummy cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcakes.  As we were walking through the mall to our destination, Phil and the kids were literally grabbed by Santa's elves.  Apparently Santa was bored because there wasn't a line of children waiting to see him. Though I was planning on their first (and only) Santa visit to be at SantaLand in NYC next weekend, Will & Olivia readily jumped up on his lap and made themselves comfortable.

Afterwards, I asked them both what they had asked for.

Olivia told me excitedly, "A pink castle!"

Will surprised us all when he said, "I told him I wasn't sure what I want. I said I'd have to think about it a little bit and get back to him."

Wow. I bet that was a first for Santa!

{Ad Man}

I was wrapping some presents the other night using a Scotch brand pop-up wrist dispenser.  Will came downstairs and saw the tape's packaging.

"Hey mom. Is that Scotch Tape?"
Yes.
"Oh yeah, cuz I saw a preview (commercial) for that the other day. Hey! You must have seen it too and that's why you bought it!"

{Open Air Radio}

Today on the way to school, while we were rocking out to Adam Lambert's new CD, Will said,  "Hey mom. Open the windows." Why? "You know how sometimes you can hear people's music in their car when they have it turned up real loud and their windows are open? Well, I want to be one of those people!"

Because I'm so awesome, I of course obliged, but it was too cold to leave the windows down for too long.

"Thanks mom! I sure hope someone heard us!"

{Pink Positive}

This morning Phil took Will and Olivia to play basketball at the church.  On the way home, they wanted to listen to Pink, so Phil played her song, Please Don't Leave Me.  Will asked what the song was called and Phil told him. He observed that she sure says (the title) a lot, and decided that was why the song was named that.  Olivia then guessed that it was called that because her kids had just kissed her and she wanted them to stay with her and not leave.

{Restricted Dancing}

On Saturday we were driving home from Georgetown after a yummy excursion to Georgetown Cupcake with Grandma Kat.  We were all in great moods, listening to music and chatting away.  A new hip hop song started on the radio and Will perked up, "Hey everybody! Dance!  Get out of your car seats and Dance!"

{NEXT!}

Today, although we are busy preparing Thanksgiving Dinner, my mom made Will & Olivia waffles with strawberries and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Will ate 4 waffles. Seriously, is this boy a teenager already? Less than an hour after eating, they are both began pestering me for a Halloween Candy (aren't we out of that yet?!) and I nicely told them no.

After an unsuccessful bid to Grandma for the same, Will exclaimed, "But I'm still hungry! I could sure go for another waffle."

Olivia,  without missing a beat, tackled Will on the leather armchair and said, "I could sure go for another brother!"