When David was a kid he accidentally knocked a baseball through his neighbor’s window. His parents sent him over to apologize and offer to pay for it. The owner of the window was Mr. Andes of the famed Andes Candies. After the apology, Mr. Andes patted David on the head and said all was well. He then gave him a big box of Andes Candies.
My kids have heard that story a thousand times. David always ends the story with: “ . . . and after that I always aimed for that particular window when hitting baseballs.” Oh the things we teach our kids.
I was watching the news the other day and learned that Al Gore is thinking of running for president in ‘08—his campaign slogan will be “Re-elect Al Gore.” As part of the 31% that still love President Bush, we think this would be just a sad attempt at appealing to the Bush haters.
Nonetheless it reminded me of how David taught Jonathan to name many of our country's leaders by the time he was two. Right after the election between Bush and Gore, when asked the question, “Who is Al Gore?” Instead of his old, “Vice President of the United States,” he would reply, “He is a loser!” Though this response always got quite a few chuckles when he said it, I never felt quite right about teaching our kids to dog someone who had served our country in such an honored position. Oh the things we teach our kids!
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Remember when Jon taught your kids to hold their hands up in the air and do a fake snap when they wanted something. He's now taught Jordan. Every time she wants a bottle she does this move. Perhaps we should ban the Hasz boys from having interaction with their children :-)
Men! My dad used to babysit Jenna for me a couple hours a week when she was about four years old. They had a blast. He would let her microwave her ice cream and many other fun things. When she asked him what an achoholic was he replied, "Someone who wears their underwear backwards on their head". Jenna loved this answer and went around telling everyone we knew this new definition. Ahhh!
PS Thanks for adding me to your list. I don't know how to do that.
Your are Nice. And so is your site! Maybe you need some more pictures. Will return in the near future.
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