Being a very warm spring day, Max asked if he could play outside. In his new birthday clothes, he headed out the door. I called after him "Max, Don't. DO. NOT. play in the dirt! Okay?" In reply, he said "Okay. Only the mud!" Glad he clarified. Welcome to spring!!

I was talking to Max the other day and the subject turned to moms and why we have them. I asked Max what he thought a mom's job is.
"Moms get kids in trouble," he said. "So they can help kids be on Santa's nice list."
Okay....so I guess my job is to be the bad guy and Santa pretty much gets credit for all things good.

At the Dr's office today:
Dr: "Are you the big sister?"
Bria: "Uh-huh"
Dr: "I bet you are a big help, too."
Max: "And I'm a SMALL help!"