Did I mention it was cold?

This is the drainage culvert that runs when one of our ponds gets too full. It runs under the county road and empties in our West Hill pasture on its way to the river. Since the weather has been just a little on the chilly side here lately the water has not gotten very far in its travels!

I have to share a story that I received via email today. I have read this little story one other time but at the time I found myself questioning its truthfulness, however since having Jake I have to say that I in no way doubt the truthfulness now.

First I will show you the email story and then I will tell you my own.

Have you ever asked your child a question too many times? My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly. One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch, in between errands It was very busy, with a full dining room. While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, she was clean. The realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while. I asked him if he needed to go, and he said "No". I kept thinking "Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me." Then I said, "Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?" "No," he replied. I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse. Soooooo, I asked one more time, "Danny did you have an accident ? This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled "SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!" While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing, he calmly pulled up his pants and sat down. An old couple made me feel better, thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!

Now for the version staring that lovable little boy we all know as Jake.

A few months ago we were having an issue with toliet paper and knowing what exactly it is to be used for. Life is hard when you are a 3 year old and you have so many places to be and have so many things to do that slowing down and taking that extra minute to "clean up" is just a waste of time...at least according to Jake it was. So we were really on him about how after he used the restroom he needed to make sure he took the time to finish the job, so to speak. Well after a few days of our constant badgering he was gettting pretty tired of us asking each and everytime whether or not he had done it. After one such time he came out of the restroom after only being in there for a minute...I was sure that he had not had enough time to use the restroom, clean-up and wash his hands. So when he came out I asked "Jake did you remember to wipe your bottom?" To at which he said that he did. I told him that there was no way that he could have done everything in the time he was in the bathroom so please go back into the restroom and finish up. He told me again "I did!" Still not believeing him I told him to get his bottom back into the bathroom and finish up. At this point in time, to his father's delight, my son dropped his pants and spongebob underware, bent over and spread his little cheeks wide and said "SEE, I DID!" Brad started laughing so hard that I thought we were going to have to take him to the hospital.

So when I first read the story above I thought to myself, yea right what kind of kid would actually do that? Well folks let me tell you what type of kid would do that... A BOY that's who. My girls would NEVER have thought about doing this. So this brings me back to that saying I am now famous for...Boys are DEFINITELY different then girls!

This picture was taken this evening while the girls were doing their version of wrestling. As of right now they are not too good at it. It mainly consists of them trying to knock each other down, I know that will eventually change and they will start trying to actually kill each other but for now it is still fun.