So ... Dad had to go home Sunday evening and left Mom at the lake with the two little ones.
Courtney and Chloe had to be home for a softball game on Monday and on Wednesday and Mom decided to keep the little ones at the lake for the week.
The twins and Dad will return to the lake later on in the week for more Spring Break fun.
In the meantime ... Mom announces, in the car on the way to Wal-Mart for a Sunday evening grocery run, that she thinks it might be fun for her and the little ones to go to a movie - maybe on Monday night.
She suggests that maybe the movie should be Horton Hears a Who.
Little Billy, sitting in the seat directly behind his mother perks up and says, "Really! If we did that - we'd love you forever and ever!" very excited at this proposition.
Alexis squeals with delight, "Yeah - forever and ever," also very excited!
Little Billy then says, "Well ... we love ya a lot already," realizing that what he first said might upset his mother.
The mom smiles.
Then, in a very quiet whisper, the mom hears the boy say to his sister, "Shew ... that was close."
The sister whispers back, "Yeah - that was close."
On the upside ... Sometimes, I am just like a big dumb *Horton* elephant - hearing things I'm not really supposed to be hearing ... but hearing it anyway - you know! Or maybe, I'm really like a little Who Mama - living in Whoville - hearing stuff I'm not supposed to be hearing - but hearing it anyway. I rather like the idea of being a little Who Mama rather than a big dumb elephant - now that I think about it. And ... living in Whoville with all those other crazy Who people - YES - I definitely would rather be thought of as a Who Mama living in Whoville. Never mind the big dumb *Horton* elephant comparison. (I'm over-thinking this - aren't I?)
*Note to self: Horton is not real! Whoville is not real! Give Alexis back her Dr. Seuss books - buy yourself some grown-up books before you permanently start talking in riddles and rhymes*