Monday, February 28, 2011

milo's first e-mail to me

Habe heute von Milo meine erste e-mail grekriegt:

"From: Milo Gerhard
Subject:

Wie redeemed mann geld fon itunes giftcard?"

milo said...

Milo just got spacers on his bottom teeth for crowding.
Milo: "mom, i can hear you talking to other grownups and suddenly you start talking about my dental problems. Just talk about your own dental problems."

Friday, February 18, 2011

Milo at cubscouts

We were at Helene Madison Pool for cubscouts. There was a vending machine and the kids were of course begging to get some soda or some candy.
Suddenly I see how Milo is on the floor and a bunch of scouts are cheering him on. He had managed to get his hand through the lock system and was touch and messing around with a soda. He finally gets it out.

I asked him to return it and say "I stole this soda but I want to return it" - which he did.
Later in the car he said:
Milo:"Papa, ich habe mein Gehirn benutzt um die Soda da rauszuholen. Ich habe gemerkt dass wenn ich die buttons an der Seite druecke, die Soda released wird!"
Me:"Und natuerlich haettest du die Soda nicht getrunken weil Gerhards nichts klauen, stimmts?"
Milo:"Natuerlich!"
Watson:"But Milo you said you would drink it if you could get it out!"
so funny.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Milo WTF

Okay so I admit it. I said in the car "WTF - what's that guy doing?" Milo immediately picked up on it:
Milo:"Papa, was heisst WTF?"
So I told him what it meant. He thought it's the best thing ever. So he got this exam at school to fill in true and false questions:
















He added the "W" to all the true/false questions to turn them into "WTFs". Didn't keep him from getting all the answers ritght. Teacher didn't pick up on it either. Then this:





The question at school was to add into the bubble what these folks may be thinking about world peace. Looking at their faces, they're clearly thinking "WTF".
Then the drawing about world peace. All the intricate detail that went into the killing and the killing methods. Then of course, all that evil has a cross over it, with a sloppy "handshake for peace" drawn to the right of that. One knows exactly where a boy's true loyalties lie.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Leila kann gehen!

Es ist endlich so weit! Sie kann jetzt richtig gehen. Und schaut Euch das Video ganz an. Watson ganz lieb krabbelt zu ihr hin. Er macht das immer. Er will immer lieb zu ihr sein und mit ihr spielen, auf ihrem Niveau.
Wir sagen immer er hat ganz hohen "Emotionalen Quotienten" (im Gegensatz zu Intelligenz Quotient). Er weiss genau wir Leute sich fuehlen, was Leute dazu bringt sich schlecht zu fuehlen und wie man es wieder besser machen kann.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Watson...

Kids come home after the first day of school in the new year. They were a little bored so Milo turns on the TV.

Milo:"Wow, Mythbusters is on!"
Melissa:"OK, you can watch a little while I cook."
Watson:"But I don't want to watch Mythbusters. Can I zoke? At least I use my thumbs and don't just sit there."

He said that because we always want them to exercise or play outside or move in some way.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Milo und Watson helfen bei der Gartenarbeit

Wer haette das vor 9 Jahren gedacht? Damals wurde die Nacht durchgeschrien, und es musste dauernd sorgfaeltig gefuettert werden. Vorwaertsgespult, heute zahlt sich die Investition aus: sie haben doch tasaechlich ohne gross zu fragen geholfen im Garten die letzten paar Blaetter vom Herbst aufzufegen. Es war auch ein wunderschoener Tag.