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1) Today, Jones ran into the playroom carrying a toy he'd gotten in his stocking last Christmas. He thanked me first for unfastening a bulldozer that was chained to his big train, and then he said, "I brought a surprise for you! It's a rocket ship." I immediately ran over to him in the playroom from where I'd been siting in the office. "It's my favorite surprise I've ever gotten!" I gushed. In his best Goofy voice, Jones said, "Awwwwwwww, shucks."

2) I think I mentioned in a post earlier this week that the boys are beginning to run the whole house instead of staying contained in the playroom or den. This has equaled pure MAYHEM at home. This morning, they tried to stretch their borders even further by running a bath without asking.

At first, I told them no bath right now, and then I thought, "Why NOT a bath right now?" So I told them to climb in. Not long after, Jones hit Freddie on the back with his submarine toy. When I asked Jones about it, he said he'd hit him, because he Freddie had a bug on his back that Jones was trying to get off. He then asked, "Are you gonna give me grace?"

Then, Freddie turned the water on, though I'd told him not to. As soon as I saw his face, Freddie looked at me with a giant smile and, for the first time ever, asked, "You gonna give me GRACE?!"

This may be getting out of hand.

Oh, and two things leftover from yesterday.

Nearly a year after we gave him his bicycle on his second birthday, Jones FINALLY rode on it yesterday. He did NOT want to, for some reason - nor has he shown any interest in riding it all year. As I tried to coax him on to it yesterday, he resisted for a long time, telling me, "I'm a John Deere man!" At least, he's loyal.

Then, I told the boys that I was going to the gym when their daddy got home from work. This has become kind of the norm around here (which I hate, because I definitely want us to have that time together as a family, but at the same time, I gotta go when I CAN go, so ...). When he heard it, though, Freddie said, "I wants you. You come home?"

Yes, Buddy. I will ALWAYS come home.