Traveling home from the pet store after purchasing one small white and orange goldfish (to replace a recently deceased - may he rest in peace - betta fish), our family was trying to decide upon a name for the new little guy.  This was the ensuing conversation.

Lucas:

I know, Bluey Blue. (The name of our recently deceased - may he rest in peace - betta fish)

Dad:

But he doesn’t have any blue on him.

Ethan:

Then let’s call him Bluey Orange.

Dad:

But he doesn’t have any blue on him.

Ethan:

I don’t know what to name him.

Dad:

What other animal has white and orange on it?

Ethan:

I know, a cow!!

Dad:

Do cows have orange on them?

Ethan:

No.

Dad:

Then, what kind of animal has white and orange on it?

Ethan:

I know, a cow!!

Dad:

I don’t think a cow has orange on it do you?

Ethan:

No.  But it has white.

Lucas:

A cow has black and white.

Dad:

You are right Lucas.  Does a tiger have white and orange on it?

Ethan & Lucas:

Yeah!!

We decided to name the fish Tiggy, after Mom suggested Tigger which was modified slightly to differentiate it from the popular Disney character Tigger.  Car ride conversations can be very entertaining.

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Lucas is really getting into playing his guitar.  The other day I was playing guitar with him and decided to try and teach him a little about music.  He likes to play everything loud, so being the typical father desiring peace and quiet, I tried to teach him the idea of playing quietly, as well as loud.  We spent time playing softly and then gradually getting louder building to the loudest we could play, and then quieter and quieter again.  Naturally I want him to know the proper vocabulary for what we were doing, I told him that this was the dynamics of music.  He had a lot of fun playing guitar with me like this.

This morning, after breakfast, he trucked on up to me, guitar in hand, and asked to play diarrhea.  Struggling to remain calm and straight-faced, I came to the conclusion that he meant “dynamic,” but had confused it with the word “diarrhea.”  I really don’t know where he got that term, it’s not like that’s something we say around here very often (but as in any young family it has most certainly been fully experienced).   I responded that the word was actually “dynamic,” but he repeated that he wanted to play music and specifically he wanted to play diarrhea.  Apparently Lucas thinks that music has diarrhea… and for some types of music I’ve heard, he’s not that far off.  Somehow in his mind when he says the word “diarrhea” it is really “dynamic” and it was fairly clear that it was going to take some work to correct this misunderstanding.  Leaving this job for another day, we walked off to get my guitar and spend some time playing musical diarrhea.

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Just some sweet pics of the Vile kids over the holidays…. enjoy!

Alayna’s First Snow… we love those cheeks and can’t stop kissing them!!!

No such thing as a perfect picture these days so this will have to do… Alayna was sliding on the wood floor and Lucas was not cooperating (go figure). I love it though!

So big… at 4 months

Christmas Day

Ethan’s always smiling… Lucas could care less and Alayna doesn’t know what’s going on.

This kid’s smile is wide open… too cute!

And she always loves to stand!

Ethan and his new glasses… he is doing great with them and Doc says all is going well!

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All Lucas wanted for Christmas was “a guitar with strings and a pick”. Needless to say he was thrilled when he opened exactly that on Christmas morning. He now tells everyone that he has a guitar (just like his dad). He loves watching the worship band on Sunday mornings … especially the guitars and will often say “when I get big I can play too”.
The other day he was in the sun room singing and playing the most recent song he’s learned by Bob & Larry (Veggie Tales)…
Enjoy!

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The other day this conversation was overheard in the Vile household. Let me set the context first. Ethan is the bathroom doing his business (that was the best way to put it), Lucas is in the family room, and Alayna is in her highchair crying. (Where Mom and Dad are remains to be seen).

Alayna: WAAAHHH, WAAHHHH!!!!!!

Ethan (from the toilet): Alayna, I’ll be right there. Just a minute.

Alayna: WAAHHH, WAAHHH, WAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Ethan (still on toilet): Lucas, do something silly, she likes that!

Alayna: WAAHHH, WAAHHHHH, WAHHHH!!!!

Lucas (bouncing up and down while making silly faces): Bleh, Mmmhh, Brg, Pooty, Rrgy…

Alayna: WAAHHH, WAHHH!!!!!!

Lucas: It’s not working!! She’s still crying.

Ethan (you know where): Okay, just a minute, I’ll be right there!

Needless to say it’s both loud and hilarious here sometimes!

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Here’s a snippet from a car ride conversation (or should I say debate?) last night:

Ethan: The moon is out. But where is the moon?
Lucas: Moon sleeping, o-tay?
Ethan: No it’s not sleeping! The moon is out.
Lucas: Eet-an, moon taking a nap, o-tay?

Our car ride conversations are always entertaining!

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Just posting a little video… maybe we’ll post more in the future… stay tuned.

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