Quote of the Day: "Happy New Year Sheep!"

Owen & Kyle this morning before daycare

January 2, 2007. Today we're gettin' back in the saddle! Back in the groove! Back to work/daycare for us 4! This morning during our regular route to daycare we were driving past a field that has sheep and goats grazing in it. We drive by these sheep and goats every day on our drive to-and-from daycare. Starting when the boys were about 13 or 14 months old they'd yell "Baaa! Baaa! Baaaaaaa!" every time we'd drive by. Then, as they started talking more, they'd yell "Hi Goats! Hi Sheep!" every time we'd drive by. Often they request to "slow down!" as we drive by, or they request "windows down!" so that they can actually shout out the car windows when they see the goats and sheep. Sometimes I'll even stop the car so that they can take a good long look at the sheep and goats. For the past couple months they've been shouting other things to the goats and sheep too: "Hi Goats! It's raining Goats! Go inside Goats!!!" or "Hi Sheep! Good Morning Sheep! We're going to daycare Sheep!" Etc. Today is a beautiful gorgeous sunny day, and this morning, as we were driving by the sheep-and-goats-field K & O yelled out (completely unprompted): "Hi Sheep! Happy New Year Sheep! Hi Goats! Happy New Year Goats!"