Valentines Day

Mimi and Arthur worked together on a box for Valentines Day cards. After seeing the other kids', Arthur admits his is pretty much the worst one in the class. Mimi asks him whether he feels bad about that. Arthur says, no, he just figures the other kids had more "craft"-y moms.

Waiting for Santa

Stephen: The only strange sound I heard was Arthur snoring!

More from Stephen

Today, Stephen was playing with a halloween spider ring, and he told me some day he would have a wedding ring. I asked him what he thought his wife might look like and he promptly said, "Like you Mommy, but with blond hair and maybe taller." I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Stephen recently

to Mimi: Mommy, are there some families where the Daddy is the boss in the family?

Recently was teary and unable to sleep because of "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon." -- "It's so sad!"

Shutter the windows!

Stephen was freaking Mimi out today by more than once walking up to her and saying,

Mommy, we're being watched!

Delicatessen

I was just at the deli with Lizzie in the cart, (the boys are at school,) and the deli guy looks at Lizzie and launches into "Ni hao!" and something else that he explains means "Aren't you pretty and what is your name?" in Mandarin. He tells me that he thinks babies must be comforted by hearing the language they first heard in the orphanage. This would have all been vaguely offensive if it hadn't been hilarious.

Stephen to his teacher at the start of his violin lesson

"Sit down, have a drink, and enjoy the concert."