I had better get busy

Man, December is going to slip by without a post from me if I'm not careful. The kids and I recently took a ten day trip to Utah. The trip was great, but all of us came back with colds. And yesterday I lost my voice. Today I tried to read to Brooklyn but told her I had to stop because I lost my voice. She got up and followed me into the kitchen and told me she would help me look for my voice. I had a good laugh at that one.
Some additional funny thoughts: When kids are babies, the only way they have to let us know they need something is to cry, a habit that continues long after they can talk. So we spend many years asking them to stop whining and use their words. Also we're overjoyed when they can feed themselves, we put little chunks of food in front of them and they grab it with their chubby hands and shove it in. Then we spend the rest of our lives begging them not to eat with their hands. Ironic. I'm sure there are more examples, can anyone think of a few?