Army Men

Gerrit, my 5.5 year old, is obsessed lately with playing Army and playing with little Army guys. Funny thing is my brother played with them too so I was not hesitant to buy these for him today. What little boy didn't play with Army men?

Tonight I was in search for a cool Army movie with not so foul language (This is almost impossible!) We decided on Born on the 4th of July. It has been a few years since I have seen this movie so I wasn't sure what we were getting into.
About 45 minutes into the movie, if you remember, Ronnie (Tom Cruise) goes to Vietnam. The bad language starting picking up. Then suddenly there was a major shoot-out between his platoon and the bad guys (that what we call them) Ronnie gets shot and finds himself in critical condition in the military hospital. Lots of blood, suffering death. Chaos.
That is when Eric and I decided this was just WAY too much for them (I should have known better with it being directed by Oliver Stone). We turned the movie off.
Eric then asked Gerrit "So what do you think of the military now?" Gerrit responds "I don't like it anymore. I think I will grow up to fix iPhones like you, Papa. I only like fake Army men now."

We both just laughed and gave him a GIANT hug and kiss for being such an awesome kid. :)

Sweet Butt

A reader posted:

So the other day, I left my 6 year old, Aidan, in the car listening to music while I ran groceries inside the house. He was listening to his favorite Zac Brown Band song called "Let it Go." Now there's a line in that song that goes like this..."But you only get one chance in life to leave your mark upon it. When a pony he comes ridin' by, you better sit your sweet ass on it." (For the record, we all sing "butt" really loudly in the car.) 
On to the funny....I get back in the car and Aidan says...
"Hey Mom, you know the part where they say 'you better sit your sweet ass on it?' Well, I said butt." 

I love my boys!! 

"Nice Ascot"

Thijs and Gerrit love whispering in my ear from time to time "Nice Ascot". If you are familiar with Toy Story 3, when Barbie meets Ken for the first time she says to him, "Nice Ascot!" (Click here for the scene, forward to :50sec)
The boys think this is hilarious and of course so do my husband and I. Recently we were flying on KLM from Amsterdam to the US and of course the flight attendants were sporting silky blue ascots. I had to point this out to my guys.

As we are exiting the plane both boys tell each flight attendant "Nice Ascot" as they walk by. Of course Eric and I are cracking up because these dutch speaking ladies have no idea what they are saying. My husband had to translate "My sons like your scarf". I am sure they thought how strange but we thought is was absolutely hilarious!