Mother's Day 2007

Mother’s Day 2007
Owen (5 ½; Rhyle 3 ½)
(and my thanks for the questions from the mass email my friend Sara sent me!)

Why did God make mothers?
Rhyle: “So we can have babies!”
Owen: “Because they do to the most work. . . and they feed the babies.”

How did God make mothers?
Rhyle: “By creating them.”
Owen: “well, you have a skull on your head. . . everything has that. . . and. . .I don’t know.”

What ingredients are mothers made of?
Owen: “I have no idea about that.”
Rhyle: “Nope.”

Why did God give you your mother and not some other Mom?
Owen: “Because then we wouldn’t know who she was.”
Rhyle: “And we wouldn’t know her feet.”

What kind of little girl was your Mom?
Owen: “Calli girl. . . Better than now.”
Rhyle: “She was SO tiny.”

What did Mom need to know about dad before she married him?
Owen: “That he liked her.”
Rhyle: “Make him go potty before they left [to get married].”
Owen: “Rhyle, you have to marry him first!”

Why did your Mom marry your Dad?
Rhyle: “I don’t know.”
Owen: “Because if she doesn’t marry somebody she wouldn’t have a boss and girls can’t be the boss. . . oh! . . .then I would have to be the boss for you [her]!”

Who's the boss at your house?
Both boys in unison, with enthusiasm: “DAD!”

What's the difference between moms and dads?
Owen: “Long hair and short hair. . . different clothes.”
Rhyle: “Different eyes.”Owen: “Everyone has different eyes, except me and Dad.”
Rhyle: “And me.”

What does your Mom do in her spare time?
Owen: “Clean. .. read books. . . help people go potty. . . “
Rhyle: “Make her bed.”

What would it take to make your Mom perfect?
Rhyle: “Mother’s Day!. . . . and giving her flowers.”
Owen: “Helping Mom. Asking God to change her heart.”