"Nice to meet you!" & others...

As I'm frosting (literally) french bread with garlic butter for dinner...

Tanner: "Mommy, what's your name, mommy?"

Me: "My name is Deanna." I feel like I'm in 4th grade again.

Tanner: "Oh! Djanna. I like that name, mommy. I Tanner." Tanner pats his stomach.

Glad to know you approve, son!

We're eating dinner tonight and Tanner is playing with one of my hair clips.

Tanner: "Look mom! Your clip!" Holding it up for all to see.

Me: Looking and nodding, "yup!"

Tanner: "I make it disappear! Where did it go?" Rolling it in his hands, and dropping it on the floor.

Me: "You made it disappear!!! Wow, Tanner!"

Tanner: Nods in approval. Taylor laughs hysterically and smears meatloaf in his hair. The rest of his meal he made his french bread, orange, milk and meatloaf disappear...and didn't even eat a bite.

Every time Tanner says something is going to disappear, it reminds me of Home Alone, "I made my family disappear!" Apparently we've watched that movie too many times.

This is what my 'boys' do when I'm at work. Boys will be boys!!! And Ryan's encouraging it...

I know his face is messy with lunch, and his nose snotty from teething, but I miss my boys...and doing these fun things with them! I missed out on this time of Tanner's life because I was student teaching...I'm looking forward to this weekend with them! :)