Ha ha ha!

We've been laughing a lot lately. Kids are natural comedians, and sleep deprivation can create some pretty funny situations too. Here's a collection of things that have made us chuckle over the last couple of weeks...

• Last night as I got Madeline ready for bed, Rob ran the garbage disposal in the kitchen directly beneath her bedroom. The low rumble sounded like a distant storm, and Madeline matter-of-factly said, "That's punder."
  
• This came maybe 20 minutes after asking us in a barely audible voice to "whister" at the dinner table because her Little Baby Boy was trying to sleep.
  
• On a regular basis, Madeline waits until no one's looking and in the blink of an eye, charges over to our neighbors' house -- breaking into their minivan for the Cheese Nips she knows are there, or sneaking into their garage fridge for a stash of Capri Suns.
  
• And finally, the other night Madeline got so excited when she saw her daddy's car getting home from work. Rob pulled her into his lap for her first driving lesson. After a particularly intense day of toddler independence and boundary-testing, my mind flashed forward to driver's permits, curfews and teenage years. Oh boy....
  

Then there's little Charlie! Just look at this guy with his pot belly, double chin and bald head wearing a "Chicks Dig Me" onesie, a gift from our friends Erica and Craig.

And finally, there are the whispered calls I've gotten from Rob at the office, bleary-eyed from Charlie's newborn sleep schedule, the pre-dawn alarm clock and from getting ready for work in the dark. The first call came because the poor guy forgot to shave. He pulled off the interstate, bought a razer and shaved in a gas-station bathroom. Another time, he got mixed up and wore jeans a week early for a company-sponsored records retention day (he jokingly told people who teased him that he was "raising awareness" so other's don't forget). And my favorite... He called whispering so quietly I had to ask him to repeat himself several times. When I finally heard what he said, tears streamed down my cheeks with laughter. He had worn two different shoes to work!