see you next year, brewers!

light the night

dominic and jada walked to raise money for the leukemia & lymphoma society. my friend michael just finished chemo & radiation, he's pictured here with his wife maria and his mom lisa. our team raised $3,500!

dominic appleseed

i love chaperoning the field trips for dominic's class! this was our annual trip to the apple orchard where we learned about johnny appleseed & picked some yummy apples

2009 dominicisms

march 2009

• while watching the program 'planet earth', the equator was mentioned. dominic said, "the equator. it's hot there. really hot. you need lots of sunscreen."

• driving past a grave yard, dominic asked what it was. i said that it's a place where people remember loved ones after they've moved to heaven. dominic said, "people move to heaven when they're old and crumbly." "crumbly?" i asked. dominic said, "ya, you know, bumpy."

may 2009

• dominic was an airplane (on my feet while i lifted him into the air) when he farted. i asked, "what was that?" he snickered and said, "the airplane ran out of gas."

• "oh for heaven sakes in the beer."

july 2009

• dominic asked, "mommy, what is fire made of?" "i don't know, dominic, that's a very good question", i replied. "well i know!" said dominic, "you put milk into a generator in the store, then put in some potatoes, and fire comes out."

september 2009

• bath time was wrapping up and dominic was wringing out the wash cloth when he said, "it's like milking a cow, see mommy?" as he motions as though the wash cloth was an udder.

2008 dominicisms

dominic has always been a great talker. he could put full sentences together well before the age he was "supposed" to. i've been keeping a journal of some of the funny things he says and i decided to start publishing them here on the blog.

to catch up on what i've documented since he was 3, here are my journal entries:

may 2008
mommy: "who is the best cook?"
dominic: "mommy"

mommy: "what do you think about nanny's cooking?"
dominic: "only when i have to sleep with them"

mommy: "when did you sleep with them?"
dominic: "when i was camping."

mommy: "do you want to go camping again with nanny?"
dominic: "no. that was too boring."

october 2008
during the presidential campaign, i did a little interview with dominic to learn about his political position.
mommy: "are you a democrat or a republican?"
dominic: "what did you say?"

mommy: "are you a democrat or a republican?"
dominic: "i'm a boy"

mommy: "well, do you prefer elephants or donkeys?"
dominic: "donkeys"

mommy: "so you're a democrat. are you voting for obama then?"
dominic: "mommy, i don't want to be a donkey."

mommy: "so what do you think about these high gas prices?"
dominic: "um, twenty dollars."

mommy: "would you vote for horton if he ran for president?"
dominic: "he doesn't got any presents"

mommy: "if you were president, what would you do about global warming?"
dominic: "cold"

mommy: "there's been an awful lot of rain in the midwest. if you were president, what would you do to help?"
dominic: "i'd get a sump pump and a tube."

mommy: "would you give them money?"
dominic: "um, twenty dollars."

while trick-or-treating, dominic pointed up to a tree and said to my mom; "one day, when i was a baby, my mommy threw me up in that tree and i couldn't get down 'cuz i was stuck."

december 2008
"my great grandmother says it's not christmas until dinosaurs eat fire."