things i did NOT say today

~did you brush your teeth?

~you need a coat-it's freezing out!

~livie-PANS!

~put your backpack AWAY or tomorrow you'll find it on the street

~back off and stop reading my email!

~oh please-give me a break!

~HELLO! (sarcastic emphasis required)

~i have no idea (to the question at 4pm: "what's for dinner?")

~how was your day? (to which the answer from my husband is always: 'busy!!'. of course if he asked me, i'd have to say "nothing"...you know us moms~doing absolutely nothing all day. i think they think the laundry miraculously ends up in the drawers!!) ok, in defense of my husband-he definitely does his share around here to help me out!! love you E!!

~get in bed or i'll have to beat you (you CANNOT laugh when you say this...you have to have a VERY serious face~because they will definitely NOT take you seriously whether you laugh or not...!) oh yea~not recommended to say in front of your in-laws ;)

~NO!-not yet, anyway...do you think it has anything to do w/the fact that i was at the office from 1-6?! (well, ben called me at work to ask if he could enter his '39 clues' cards into the computer-i asked where daddy was..."oops, i forgot he was here-really!". yep, whatever~can you tell who's usually just says yes?...maybe ONCE IN A WHILE b/c i'm blogging or doing some other incredibly important activity-?)

~turn it down!!

~i can't hear it-turn it up just a little

~drive carefully-precious cargo! (hey, if you had 2 teenagers driving out into the big, vicious world out there, you'd probably say it too!!)

~i love you (ok, actually i did but not to ALL of them...yet!!)