I love my little bear for so many reasons. One morning this week he was on a mission from the moment he woke up. In his blanket sleeper he marched right downstairs and declared it was time to go outside. It was the first really chilly morning we've had this fall. We got him all cozy in his bright orange puffer vest and his bright blue snow hat. This kept him warm while he rode his bike, hiked around the yard and pulled off and examined tree branches, and pulled apart many expired roses. It lo...

•   Alex watching the hot air balloon fly over our house: "Daddy, let's go in the hot air balloon!" Jeff: "Do you notice how they are up there and we're down here?" Alex: "Let's get the ladder, Daddy!! Get the ladder!" 

•   "Mom! Let's pump a rock!" (I have NO idea what this means or where it came from, but there it is, folks).‎       
•    Sitting at his desk looking at a magazine, "Look, Dad, I'm reading!"

•   "Hmmmm, where's the zebra?" (pretending not to see it in the book we're reading). "Oh ther...