List-o-mania

I love lists. My earliest list dates back to when I was around 6 and is a list of potential playground boyfriends. In the last two plus decades, they have evolved from a list of to-dos (not to be taken in context with that last sentence!) to really just the way I think. They have continued to be a means of tracking progress and accomplishing goals, organizing the un-oganizable and helping focus an admittedly over-stimulated mind. I often worry that I have so much going on that I will forget the small things that made up these years of my life. So in a nod to the small things, here are some lists of things I have been keeping track of:

Things Hanibel Hunie took a bite off (not just put in his mouth and chewed, this is an actual bite)

 1. Nail File - Heavy duty type

2. LUSH Oatmeal soap – it does smell tasty but the actual taste should have put him off (he went for 2nds…)

3. His pajamas (he tore off the bottom footie)

4. A playing card

5. A box of crayons, he dumped out the crayons and proceeded not just to bite but actually tear up and eat
the crayon box until I could pull the car over and take it away. He got through two thirds of it …

6. Playdough: Common, yes, but he actually flattened it out and took a bite as if it were a pizza!

7. Carpet – he picks at it until he gets a savory piece and runs off to eat it.

8. The foam from Tingu’s goal posts

 Hoons eats everything – paper, plastic, playdough and especially anything that is Tingu’s. He takes it all – smiles smugly and runs off to a corner of the house and swallows. Tings once heroically leapt across the room and fished something out of Hunie’s mouth. Tings is the only person who seems to be able to do this without his finger being in jeopardy of amputation by the Jaws of Hunie!

From the Mouth of the Babes:

1. ‘Don’t call me a grown-up Mom. That is NOT polite!’

2. ‘How many raisins can I get in my ears?’ After I fished out 3, I found one more stuffed in the top crevice…

3. ‘Mommy what is God?' Seriously, we were gardening! I thought these questions hit a little later on?! Anyway, he laughed at my answer and said, ‘No, it’s not (x)!’. Great to know a 3 yr refutes my theory on life.

4. ‘Nana, it is called break-ee-o-saurous!’ Tings loves to get out his big dinosaur encyclopedia , make everyone read to him and then sometimes gently, often loudly, correct their pronunciation!

5. ‘Ello, fatty fellow’ mimicking Uncle S’s British accent and greeting dear Hunie

6. ‘I am a hero and hero’s don’t wear underwear to bed!’ This was in response to his Nani wondering why he was going commando at night. She then explained his pajamas would get stuck in his bottom. This seemed to resonate with little Tings and he decided to give up hero status for the evening and wear some underwear.

7. ‘Hunie is free! Hunie is FREE!’ Tingu bellowed from upstairs, excitedly jumping up and down, in response to Hunie’s first successful attempt at getting out of his big-boy bed and running out of the room.

8. ‘Party! Party!’ ~ Hunie, with a giant smile on his face after getting free from his room and wanting to come downstairs…..and in case you are wondering, yes, we partied!

9. And finally from B, after searching all over the kitchen, thought out loud : 'If I were Hunie, where would I put a cheese grater?' Found immediately, using this mentality! Bottom shelf of the big, corner cabinet Hoons loves to climb in!! (Note to self: Remove Swarovski champagne flutes from here.)

I was looking to get to a nice round number 10 on both lists, but alas, that is all I have. The lists, like life at the moment, mostly does not go according to my plans but is hilarious in all that it is –

The week:

Cooled off from the sweltering heat with secret service Dad!

Hoons thinks he can swim. Luckily B was able to keep him contained for a while..


We have been ardently watching the world cup, alas both our teams are out, but at least we had some good parties! Tings and Hunie are very good at screaming 'Goooaallie!' and whenever you say 'England' Hunie triumphantly raises both fists in the air!

Hide & Seek Hoons: