My husband is so manly, he can fix my car when its broken, and then turn around and fix my girls hair better than I can.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Trouble at 2
Rene' is fiercely smart. And I'm not just a proud mother. She really does scare me with her smartness. When she's doing something wrong she hides, she speaks very long sentences, and she knows just how to get her brother and sister's goat.
Last night, Andy and I were in the living room around 9:30. Andy hears something and goes to check on the kids. I see him go into our room and say "Rene'....." I laugh to myself because this is not the first time we've found her way past bedtime in a room other than hers, playing like its not big deal. Then I hear Andy groan. Curiosity gets me off the couch and I head to our bedroom where I see silver permanent marker all over our office chair. She is standing there in her adorable nightgown with her hair all in her face, talking about the markers she found.
Just 15 minutes before this happened. Andy was trying to talk me into having another baby.
I won that one.
Last night, Andy and I were in the living room around 9:30. Andy hears something and goes to check on the kids. I see him go into our room and say "Rene'....." I laugh to myself because this is not the first time we've found her way past bedtime in a room other than hers, playing like its not big deal. Then I hear Andy groan. Curiosity gets me off the couch and I head to our bedroom where I see silver permanent marker all over our office chair. She is standing there in her adorable nightgown with her hair all in her face, talking about the markers she found.
Just 15 minutes before this happened. Andy was trying to talk me into having another baby.
I won that one.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Miscellaneous
My kids. They make me cry. They make me laugh.
Zak needs everything orderly. He gets that from his mother. Yesterday he wasn't letting his sisters put the trains on the track until he got the entire thing built, all the way down the hall, into my bedroom and the bathroom. That's torture for a 2 and 4 year old. So they ignored him. And it sent him into a tail spin. Life is so simple at age 6.
I'm going to try to describe this next bit to the best of my ability because it was hysterical. Still at the scene of the tracks and trains, I hear a swooshing noise made by some little mouth. Then I hear "Hey Rene', go do that to Zak". (that was Paige) So in comes Rene' to my bedroom where Zak is diligently building his track and she sticks her train in his face and starts moving it in circular motions while making swooshing noises with her mouth. This pretty much was the undoing of Zak for the rest of the evening. He couldn't recover. And he was off to bed early.
So i took the afternoon off the other day to go to Paige's last day of preschool picnic. It was a nice family outing. Then we went to pick up Zak at school and I was being a little bossy I guess about the pick up line and how Andy should move through it. He replied "This is no longer your turf. Its mine. So back off." (snicker). Guess he told me. He pointed out the moms who chronically cut in line, the moms who dress up a little too much, the ones who don't dress up enough, and then carried on a nice long conversation with the teacher.
He's the best.
Zak needs everything orderly. He gets that from his mother. Yesterday he wasn't letting his sisters put the trains on the track until he got the entire thing built, all the way down the hall, into my bedroom and the bathroom. That's torture for a 2 and 4 year old. So they ignored him. And it sent him into a tail spin. Life is so simple at age 6.
I'm going to try to describe this next bit to the best of my ability because it was hysterical. Still at the scene of the tracks and trains, I hear a swooshing noise made by some little mouth. Then I hear "Hey Rene', go do that to Zak". (that was Paige) So in comes Rene' to my bedroom where Zak is diligently building his track and she sticks her train in his face and starts moving it in circular motions while making swooshing noises with her mouth. This pretty much was the undoing of Zak for the rest of the evening. He couldn't recover. And he was off to bed early.
So i took the afternoon off the other day to go to Paige's last day of preschool picnic. It was a nice family outing. Then we went to pick up Zak at school and I was being a little bossy I guess about the pick up line and how Andy should move through it. He replied "This is no longer your turf. Its mine. So back off." (snicker). Guess he told me. He pointed out the moms who chronically cut in line, the moms who dress up a little too much, the ones who don't dress up enough, and then carried on a nice long conversation with the teacher.
He's the best.
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