more web-isms....

More web-isms?.

We?ve been practicing letters with Erin. So we point to ?S?, and she says ?S? for Squiggle-Sam, ?B? for Bessie?, ?I? for Isabella, etc.

When she sees a period, she says ?there?s a dot-org?!

boys & girls

scott had this set of books when he was little, that are meant to help teach kids basics about the world - what things are dangerous, how to make friends, etc. One of them is titled "you're either one or the other" and is about what makes boys vs. girls (not sure if it gets into anatomy!). He was reading it to her tonight and one line was "you're either male, or female".

Erin was listening and interrupts and says, "well, I know what I am, I'M a EMAIL"

i was dying....

weekend fun...

Had a nice weekend! We planted peas, released our butterflies, went to the circus w/chase, and washed windows ? pretty eventful!

Our butterflies came in a kit, and we grew them from tiny ?? caterpillars, through the cocoon stage, all the way up to butterflies. Has definitely been interesting! Hopefully they survive outside ok!

Erin says to jack ?awww, what a big tub? ? silly goose! Not sure where she got that from ? neither scott nor i! but it?s sweet!

The circus was a blast, and I find it funny that w/the elephants, tigers, trapeze artists, etc., Erin?s favorite part was the little white ponies w/the blue flags on their heads, that looked just like cinderella?s ponies!

The silliest part of the weekend was last night when we were washing windows. Erin handled the hose, wetting down the windows, then we scrubbed, then she rinsed. What a show ? trying to explain to a 3 yr old to rinse from the top down, while it?s all she can do just to hold in the handle and get the water to go in the direction she wants! It?s amazing all 3 of us weren?t soaked!

camo

Yesterday Scott wore camouflage pants to work. When he got Erin up & ready for the day, she looked at him, and said ?Hey, you have a shirt like that?. Scott racked his brain, then said ?no I don?t. To which she replied, ?yes you do, when you were a little boy?. Again, he thought, and thought, and then it hit him.

When he was a little boy, one year he didn?t tell his mom when it was picture day, so he wore his camouflage shirt. We have a frame with all of Scott?s class pictures from school, so she?s seen that picture in there, but it?s surprising that she noticed that level of detail, and it stuck!

It?s ESPECIALLY amazing when you consider that we took that frame down before Christmas, so she hasn?t seen it in almost 5 months! Girl has a mind like a steel trap!

Then there?s Jack. Last night you let me sleep 5 hrs in a row, and I woke up feeling like I?d slept for days! That?s pretty pathetic that 5 hrs of sleep can be such a blessing! Last night was better though ? when you woke up, it was to gab a little, not to wake up wailing?.baby steps I guess! I just wish I knew what on earth was going on! Until 7 days ago, you slept like a champ! Now all of a sudden, you?ve forgotten how!!!

I just called.....

This morning Scott was taking the kiddos to Debbie's at the same time I was getting into my car to go to work. I got 3 minutes down the road and the phone rang. It was Erin, who just wanted to call to tell me "bye", and to say she loved me. Sweet thing - she made me cry! I hate leaving my babies every day.....

mama's little helper!

Sunday Daddy came down w/the same stomach bug that I had last week, so yesterday I picked the kiddos up from Debbie's and took them grocery shopping after work. I was nervous about the trip, but we had an EXCELLENT time! We got the MONDO sized cart at Walmart and managed to not run anyone over. As we went around the store, Erin would hop up and check things out in the aisles, but then hop back in her seat every time we moved forward. She even heaved some gallon jugs of water off the shelves and into the cart! we had a great evening, right down to the little thief sneaking a carton of goldfish into the cart! my little sweetheart....

in an unusual turn of events, Erin's my angel, and Jack's my demon. Poor guy - maybe he's going through a growth spurt or something, but for the last 5 nights he's had me up every 30-90 minutes, sometimes for just a minute or 2, sometimes for an hour or more. UGH!!!!!!!!! killing me!!!!

BAD man!

last night I was holding Jack while scott was playing around, smacking my butt. every time he'd do it, i'd jump a little and squeal "OW"! After the 2nd or 3rd time, Jack got a BIG POUTY face on, and started to wail!

you hit my MAMA! you BAD BAD MAN, daddy! STOP that now!

am trying to get video of Jack's pouty face - he also does it when scott makes fun of him, and it's ADORABLE! Unfortunately it involves video taping him crying. Again. Sadly, he rarely shakes his bottom lip while crying these days anymore....only sometimes when excited now!

: )

Saucers

Last night Erin & I had a tea party w/Grandma Myers' tea cups & teapot. These are already becoming my favorite heirlooms from her. Anyway, we were talking about saucers. Erin said "Jack has a saucer, wanna see?" and proceeds to show me his exersaucer in the living room. I thought that was adorable, and creative of her, and I said "so, Jack would be the teacup, right?". Fast forward to this morning, and she sees Jack in his car seat, drooling buckets as usual, and says "UH OH Mama! Coffee is spilling!!!!"

: )

cowgirl dreams

We spent Easter Weekend in KY. Grandmommy & Grandaddy were very proud to have a whole entire room set up for Erin, with her own bed & everything. Unfortunately, after about an hour of Erin screwing around in the room, I asked if she'd rather sleep in the same room as Mama & Daddy. She quickly said "uh huh" and before I knew it, had her buggy & nightlight & bunny packed up and was on her way to our room! Just TOO scary in that big strange room by herself! So, when Jack would wake up in the night, I'd quickly get him and feed him, before he wokeErin & Scott up.

One morning while I was lying there feeding Jack, Erin started mumbling in her sleep. She mumbled several garbled phrases, but then I caught one clear as a bell - "Cowgirl". What on earth do 3 yr olds dream about? now we know!

cupcake

For erin, this is a log of the good times & the bad, and yesterday was more on the bad side. She started the day by fighting w/daddy about getting ready for school (nothing unusual there!). Then she fought w/miss debbie about taking off her backpack - saying she was so cold. When it was time to get into the van, debbie made her take it off, and gave her a blanket. Erin threw the blanket on the floor, so debbie stopped the van & told her she'd better leave it on. THEN, Erin got to school & refused to help pick up the toys - timeout #1. Finally, during lunch, she dawdled so much that after 45 minutes she still hadn't touched her cupcake. After several warnings, Miss Michelle told her that she was going to throw it away now, and of course erin threw a fit. However, what was unexpected was when Erin shoved the ENTIRE cupcake in her mouth! Miss Michelle was scared to death, convinced she was going to choke. She didn't choke, but she DID make her point, that michelle would NOT be taking her cupcake! timeout #2!

and then there's jack, smiley, pukey, sweet as always! however, so far, i'm the only one losing anything on the diet i've put him on! apparently if you feed a baby less than they want, they just wake you up to eat more often! i'm caving on him too - he gets a food raise tomorrow!

troubles getting Erin dressed, Jack's starting to laugh

erin, the little sucker. you know how you nitpick & snap at the people you love worse than you would ever treat someone else, just because you can? friday, i was trying to get erin ready for daycare. she had picked out an outfit the night before, but slept in one of her dresses that night. in the morning she didn't want to take off the dress. i caved and let her stay in the dress, IF she wore it w/a pink shirt underneath. then i caved and let her stay in the dress IF she wore it w/"the bra w/the pink bow" (really an undershirt, but she likes to wear a "bra"). then she agreed, until we got it on her, and she didn't like how it looked, and wanted to take it off. i forced her to keep it on, and on the way to debbies, erin told me that she would just take it off at debbie's. so i told debbie what had happened and that erin had to keep it on. later, when scott picked erin up, he said that debbie had had no more problems w/the shirt, that there was no more mention of it on the whole way home. UNTIL, erin walked in the door at our house & saw me. then she had to take it off. GR! fortunately i have had really good luck lately at keeping my temper, and was just amused! i dread the teenage years!

happy birthday to jack! little gumdrop, just makes every day so sweet! those big chubby cheeks, and your gooey gummy smile - i LOVE tickling your sides lately and getting you to actually laugh. though i'm not sure which is more fun - that, or watching the long "conversations" between you & daddy!

we are so ridiculously blessed....

First Brother/Sister combat

BANG! we had our first brother/sister combat last night. poor sucker! i was in the other room, so didn't see it happen, but when i heard jack suddenly launch into scream mode, i went to investigate. Erin had pulled back one of his exersaucer toys, and let go, so it rubber-banded back and whacked him in the face. he had a nice big red mark on his eye/forehead - poor guy! As for her, she immediately went into "i didn't do anything wrong" mode - GR! was sorta cute, because you could tell she knew she'd done wrong, and didn't know how to handle it! wish she'd have picked a different method....

separately - our butterly larvae have just started building coccoons!!! too cool!

Sweetie Pie, Showers

so yesterday i asked erin about her question to debbie about why she didn't feed jack w/her boobies. She told me "i can't feed jack with my boobies yet, they're too little"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! silly goose - wonder if she'll remember any of this, and be a teenager who associates boobs with babies?

and, last night, after prayers, i told her that i was proud of her for being so good at the restaurant. she gave me a big hug and said "aw, THANK you, sweetie pie!" ROTTEN 'TATER!!!!

jack made memorable moments yesterday by apparently showering debbie twice in a row! after the first she thought he'd need time to reload, but she was wrong! i'm pumping more than i'm sending to debbie's for him to eat, so poor kiddo's on a diet! which he didn't seem to mind too much, because at one of my feedings, he wouldn't eat, just looking up at me instead with a big grin on his face! it was most adorable when i was changing his diaper and tickling one side and then the other - getting him really excited and laughing - SO SWEET!!!

Lunchmeat, Boobies, Gymnast

Well big guy, you're on your own now! Debbie, who we love dearly, gets to goo and gah with you more now than i do, which i SORELY miss, you gooey silly boy! last nigth i'm not sure if you just missed me, or if you're not happy with the slowness and quantity you get from me, or if you were really starving from only 2 bottles today, but you wanted to nurse and nurse last night - and i loved it! Erin was happy about the change though, she got to show you off to her friends at Debbies, and their parents, and today from what i hear, she even got to give you a bottle!

funny quote - Today Erin said something to Debbie along the lines of "you have boobies, why are you feeding Jack this bottle?"

Last night Erin suddenly became gymnastics girl - we pulled out all of the couch cushions, and she practiced jumping and bouncing - BIG FUN!

Today I was telling Lee about how our night went (overall good, but a little high on the demand for attention) and she reminded me again that it would have been a good night for lunchmeat sandwiches for dinner. She's absolutely right - must remember my priorities!