Some stuff...

The troop
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Here's a picture of Megan's scout troop. Yes - there are lots of them. This is why my stress levels are high. That's a lot of kids to register, organize and keep busy. What was I thinking?

Megan came with me to watch the Chicago Marathon a couple of weeks ago. It was pretty chilly that morning, but she was a great cheerleader.


Some of my friends asked her if she was going to run a marathon someday and she was pretty positive that she would. On the way home from dropping Jake off at school today, Megan was asking me if I ever won a race. I explained that I had when I was younger, but not so much lately. I asked her if she was going to be a runner and she said, "Yes....and a doctor. I can be two things, right?"

There's one more funny Meganism that comes to mind. Often, she will ask if we can watch the Hurting Show. Go on, take a guess as to which show that is! Yep, America's Funniest Home Videos. I guess someone is always getting hurt on that one.

Jake has decided that Halloween is scary and he doesn't want to dress up. When someone asks him what he's going to be for Halloween, his reply is either, "nothing" or "just Jake". I guess it's not his thing. He's not really a fan of the dark either. We usually have to turn on lights before he'll get near a room. One morning last week, the light in the stairwell was on and it was too bright so he asked me to turn it off. I was holding his hand when he stumbled a little bit on the stair and he said, "The dark felled me".

Ok, now the latest thing that my kids were up to. This morning, I went to the grocery store while Jimmy was home with them. Megan wanted to paint his face and he agreed. The following is what I came home to. They named him the clown lion. All I can say is he wins the award for being the most fun today.