Riely: Mama, I wan schro ox.
Me: You want a juice box?
Riely: No, I wan schro ox.
Me: You need new socks?
Riely: Pleeeeese.....wan schro ox!
Me: You need a jukebox? Vodka shots? The Red Sox?
Riely: I wan SCHRO OX!!
Hayden: Mom, she wants to throw rocks.
Me: What?
Hayden: Yesterday when you went running, Dad let us go outside and throw rocks.
Because doesn't everyone have fond childhood memories of stone throwing? Now, I'm all for creative and unorthodox parenting techniques, but for the record, when the principal calls wanting to discuss our children's unruly playground behavior, it's not my fault.













