**Note: WARNING...do not read if a discussion of bodily functions grosses you out or if you do not like the term "Poopy"**
G: Lila, what are you doing?
L: Im trying to get my poop out Graham. Here, let's sing Push it out. Ready...Push it out push it out...WAY out. (To the tune of the cheer, push em back.)
ALL together now several times. Push it out PUsh it out...WAAAYY out.
L: YAY, I got it out! Good job Graham. Good job Buddy. We sang Push it out and my poopy came out.
G: What kind of poopy is it Lila? Is is Chicken Nugget Poopy?
L: I don't know Graham, I can't see it yet.
G: Do we eat the chicken nugget poopy?
L: No Graham! it's poopy. We don't eat it. Mommy...what kind of poopy do I have? Graham and I sang Push it out and my poopy came out!
Lord help me. I went to grab my video camera just to record their conversation, so I missed part of it, but REALLY!?!?! My kids have been obsessed with naming their waste lately. So far we have ice cream poopy, chicken nugget poopy, green bean poopy. Oh, I can't even think of them all. I just know that this momma has had to deal with more poopy than I care for!
I know yall are lovin' the fact that I haven't posted in months and that this is what I start back with!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Today
For months, I have been saying, I need to post this, blog about that, etc. etc., and obviously, it just never happens. I spend too much time trying to make sure I get the right pictures and come up with the perfect story, that I end up not posting at all. So, instead of trying to constantly backtrack and never get anywhere, I am just going to wing it and start with this morning. Speaking of pictures...does anyone know a faster way to upload photos on here? I guess with the resolution on my camera being high, it takes forever....yet another excuse as to why I haven't blogged. HELP!
People are constantly asking me what we have been doing. Honestly, I don't know.
What I DO know is that we stay super busy, even if I don't have a lot to show for it.
Right now, the big kids have thrown all the pillows in the floor and are jumping off of the couch. Lila is the Grandmother and Graham is playing Pop Pop! I love their imagination.
Little G is hanging out in the floor occasionaly playing with a toy, but mainly has his eyes fixed on his older siblings.
I am thankful that things are going much smoother now, because about 1 hour ago, my three year old was acting...well 3! She really is a sweet girl who for the most part does what I asks. However, last night and this morning have been a different story. I am chalking it up to not enough sleep. She is like her momma and VERY emotional and quite a bear after going so long without good rest. After several bouts of her trying to tell mommy what to do(another way she is like her momma...UHOH!), I decided she needed to have some quiet time in her room by herself and she was not to get out of her bed. We discussed that this week especially, we are to show our love for each other and not argue. I told her once again that if her feet were to touch the carpet and that I found she got out of her bed, she would get a spanking. Let's just say that what I am going to tell you that happened next, made me FEAR the teenage years! I brought her door almost all the way closed, but I could still see the through the crack. I watched her sit up and grab her comforter. I thought she was going to cover herself up. Nope. She took it and slid it off the bed and made it go out as far as it would onto the floor. She then slid herself down and walked only on the comforter. LORD help me!!!
I stood there frozen with my mouth wide open. Part of me wanted to grab my video camera and I admit, I actually kind of chuckled. Instead, I calmly walked back in and unfortunately had to give her her spank. I am hoping that I can look back and laugh at this! For now, let's just go get through the rest of the day! :)
People are constantly asking me what we have been doing. Honestly, I don't know.
What I DO know is that we stay super busy, even if I don't have a lot to show for it.
Right now, the big kids have thrown all the pillows in the floor and are jumping off of the couch. Lila is the Grandmother and Graham is playing Pop Pop! I love their imagination.
Little G is hanging out in the floor occasionaly playing with a toy, but mainly has his eyes fixed on his older siblings.
I am thankful that things are going much smoother now, because about 1 hour ago, my three year old was acting...well 3! She really is a sweet girl who for the most part does what I asks. However, last night and this morning have been a different story. I am chalking it up to not enough sleep. She is like her momma and VERY emotional and quite a bear after going so long without good rest. After several bouts of her trying to tell mommy what to do(another way she is like her momma...UHOH!), I decided she needed to have some quiet time in her room by herself and she was not to get out of her bed. We discussed that this week especially, we are to show our love for each other and not argue. I told her once again that if her feet were to touch the carpet and that I found she got out of her bed, she would get a spanking. Let's just say that what I am going to tell you that happened next, made me FEAR the teenage years! I brought her door almost all the way closed, but I could still see the through the crack. I watched her sit up and grab her comforter. I thought she was going to cover herself up. Nope. She took it and slid it off the bed and made it go out as far as it would onto the floor. She then slid herself down and walked only on the comforter. LORD help me!!!
I stood there frozen with my mouth wide open. Part of me wanted to grab my video camera and I admit, I actually kind of chuckled. Instead, I calmly walked back in and unfortunately had to give her her spank. I am hoping that I can look back and laugh at this! For now, let's just go get through the rest of the day! :)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
A boy and his daddy
What can I say...Graham LOVES his daddy! At night and weekends when Michael is home also seems to be the time when the kids tend to act the worst. They are all over him and Graham just wants his daddy to hold him. He says things like: "Give Garrison to Mommy. Hold me!" "Put Garrison in the swing." Mainly it consists of him handing Michael is blankie and then holding up his arms saying, "HOLD ME!"
He also cries for him in the mornings until I have finally convinced him that "daddy's gone to work", as he says. Lately, he has been wanting to wear or do whatever it is Michael is wearing or doing. Michael had on some warm up pants this morning and Graham was so excited to wear his too, "Like you daddy, like you!"
He was also quick to go get his hat and have us put it on him after seeing Michael with his on. Michael had taken his own hat off and put it on the counter. Before he left he walked in the kitchen to find this:
We thought that Graham and Lila were just in Lila's room playing. Apparently, G had seen his daddy's hat on the counter and put his beside it. This about made both Michael and me cry.
Speaking of Graham and his hat...check out this hair!!
Think it is time for a cut????
He also cries for him in the mornings until I have finally convinced him that "daddy's gone to work", as he says. Lately, he has been wanting to wear or do whatever it is Michael is wearing or doing. Michael had on some warm up pants this morning and Graham was so excited to wear his too, "Like you daddy, like you!"
He was also quick to go get his hat and have us put it on him after seeing Michael with his on. Michael had taken his own hat off and put it on the counter. Before he left he walked in the kitchen to find this:
We thought that Graham and Lila were just in Lila's room playing. Apparently, G had seen his daddy's hat on the counter and put his beside it. This about made both Michael and me cry.
Speaking of Graham and his hat...check out this hair!!
Think it is time for a cut????
Monday, November 15, 2010
Conversation
As I am sitting here nursing I just have to share a quick conversation that I overheard between my 3 year old and 5 month old. As you guessed, it was just a one sided convo!
I am in the bathroom getting ready and this is what I hear:
"You can do it COWBOYAH! Take it off. No don't do that. That can be Very dangerous!"
This totally cracked me up and I knew I had to jot it down before I forgot.
I looked in and she was undressing him out of his sleeper blanket. I'm sill not sure what could be so dangerous???
I am in the bathroom getting ready and this is what I hear:
"You can do it COWBOYAH! Take it off. No don't do that. That can be Very dangerous!"
This totally cracked me up and I knew I had to jot it down before I forgot.
I looked in and she was undressing him out of his sleeper blanket. I'm sill not sure what could be so dangerous???
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Great Expectations
My dear sweet wonderful husband has learned that once my mind is made up, then it is best to let me just do my thang. (Speaking of "THANG"...little miss THANG asked her daddy the other day, "How do you spell thang?" Oh dear....)
Ok, back on track!
I get these big ideas in my head...REALLY BIG! Sometimes I forget that my 3,2, and 4 month old are well..3,2, and 4 months.
We had a great visit to Atlanta this week. Michael had a work conference, and we got to visit my sister. That is all in another post. Needless to say...I pushed the kids to the max. No naps and late late late bedtime and early rise and shine time.
SOOOO....of course I thought it would be a great idea to travel out of our way to visit a state park and go hiking. It was a gorgeous Fall day afterall!
After arriving WAY past lunch time and well into naptime, we decided to picnic and go for "a little short hike."
1 hour and 45 minutes later, we were back.
I was hoping that our hike would be something like this...ALL SMILES!
Instead it was more like this:
AND THIS:
Thank goodness for this precious one. He was the happiest camper of them all!
Lila did manage to squeeze out a little smile after her head bump. I will totally give her credit, because even after about 6 falls, she was a trooper!! She is going to be our little hiker...one day!
Did I mention that Graham did THIS the whole time:
No wonder the smallest child we saw on the hike was Lila's size and in a hiking back pack.
No wonder every person that passed us had a hiking stick and just shook their head and made comments like, "Oh my, you have your hands full." and "You sure are brave." No people, that would just be DUMB! Plain ole' DUMB!
Michael finally sweetly suggested that we should probably just turn around after a boy scout leader told us we had about another 45 minutes of switchbacks uphill before we got to the outer loop.
Honestly, it is too exhausting to go into the all the details. What I remember from this trip is lots of screaming and crying and a large pump knot and a scratched face!
Of course...all I am thinking is:
When are we going back!
Ok, back on track!
I get these big ideas in my head...REALLY BIG! Sometimes I forget that my 3,2, and 4 month old are well..3,2, and 4 months.
We had a great visit to Atlanta this week. Michael had a work conference, and we got to visit my sister. That is all in another post. Needless to say...I pushed the kids to the max. No naps and late late late bedtime and early rise and shine time.
SOOOO....of course I thought it would be a great idea to travel out of our way to visit a state park and go hiking. It was a gorgeous Fall day afterall!
After arriving WAY past lunch time and well into naptime, we decided to picnic and go for "a little short hike."
1 hour and 45 minutes later, we were back.
I was hoping that our hike would be something like this...ALL SMILES!
Instead it was more like this:
AND THIS:
Thank goodness for this precious one. He was the happiest camper of them all!
Lila did manage to squeeze out a little smile after her head bump. I will totally give her credit, because even after about 6 falls, she was a trooper!! She is going to be our little hiker...one day!
Did I mention that Graham did THIS the whole time:
No wonder the smallest child we saw on the hike was Lila's size and in a hiking back pack.
No wonder every person that passed us had a hiking stick and just shook their head and made comments like, "Oh my, you have your hands full." and "You sure are brave." No people, that would just be DUMB! Plain ole' DUMB!
Michael finally sweetly suggested that we should probably just turn around after a boy scout leader told us we had about another 45 minutes of switchbacks uphill before we got to the outer loop.
Honestly, it is too exhausting to go into the all the details. What I remember from this trip is lots of screaming and crying and a large pump knot and a scratched face!
Of course...all I am thinking is:
When are we going back!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Dance Class
The gymnast in me was having a super hard time putting Lila in a ballet class. That is until I saw her in this:
Oh me Oh my, how beautiful she looks in this pink leotard!(although I've yet to get a good picture...that does her justice anyway!)
Let's hope she is pretty good at dance after what I dropped on this outfit! This girl has expensive taste! :)
Her favorite thing is getting to wear her hair in a bun. It isn't much of one, but this girl sure was excited to wear it.
She wanted to be sure to leave her bun in so that she could show her grandparents and all her cousins. As we were driving down the road with the sunroof open, she quickly grabbed her head and asked me to shut the sunroof. When I asked her why, she told me with a distraught look on her face that it was messing up her bun. Poor thing had no clue that that bun was out about halfway through her dance class many hours before. SSSHH...don't tell.
She still talks about going to "Miss Nastics" house and swinging on the bars, but she is also really enjoying having her BFF's in class with her.
I'm not sure how they will feel about being in class with her after I peeked in to find Lila poking her friend in the face.
I asked her teacher how she did the first day. She told me that she did well, but that she got distracted by some of the other girls! BIG SURPRISE!! "Focus Lila!" I find myself saying that a lot. She sure can focus when she wants to, such as on those distractions that tend to get her so unfocused.
In the meantime, I am enjoying dressing this girl up once a week and watching her twirl!
Oh me Oh my, how beautiful she looks in this pink leotard!(although I've yet to get a good picture...that does her justice anyway!)
Let's hope she is pretty good at dance after what I dropped on this outfit! This girl has expensive taste! :)
Her favorite thing is getting to wear her hair in a bun. It isn't much of one, but this girl sure was excited to wear it.
She wanted to be sure to leave her bun in so that she could show her grandparents and all her cousins. As we were driving down the road with the sunroof open, she quickly grabbed her head and asked me to shut the sunroof. When I asked her why, she told me with a distraught look on her face that it was messing up her bun. Poor thing had no clue that that bun was out about halfway through her dance class many hours before. SSSHH...don't tell.
She still talks about going to "Miss Nastics" house and swinging on the bars, but she is also really enjoying having her BFF's in class with her.
I'm not sure how they will feel about being in class with her after I peeked in to find Lila poking her friend in the face.
I asked her teacher how she did the first day. She told me that she did well, but that she got distracted by some of the other girls! BIG SURPRISE!! "Focus Lila!" I find myself saying that a lot. She sure can focus when she wants to, such as on those distractions that tend to get her so unfocused.
In the meantime, I am enjoying dressing this girl up once a week and watching her twirl!
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