Kolette has a huge fascination w/boobs so it isn't hard to imagine that Ian is trying to see what the differences are. I had always called chests on boys and girls chests b/c as children they don't have boobs. Until Kolette that worked just fine for my kids. However s/where Kolette caught onto the fact that they are also called boobs on ladies. She is ready for boobs now! Just ask her. That is why Ariel is her favorite princess it is all about the boobs and those wonderful shells. This is her only exception for s/thing not being pink since Ariel isn't pink at all.
Getting the kids out of the bath and drying Ian off.
He says as he points to his chest and says: "These are called chests"
I say "Yes they are"
Ian then pulls out the collar of my shirt and says as he is looking in the top of my shirt
"Those are called boobs"
I say "Yes they are"
I have learned w/Ian not to make a big deal over s/thing or else it becomes a fascination to him. I guess after breastfeeding 4 kids they loose their sex appeal and just become another body part w/no bells or whistles. Although maybe I should buy a bra w/a bell in it and maybe the whistles would come back... I don't think so gravity isn't such a wonderful thing s/times.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Are you kidding me?
This has been a hectic week for me. I am really a homebody at heart. I love to have s/thing to do but like to be home too so not too much away from home or I feel out of sorts. Soccer does it for me since we are gone at least 3 days a week w/that. Also helping out at the school and other things makes for a busy week. So this week w/all that is going on I haven't been home all week. I know it is only Wed but the days have flown so fast.
In the midst of it Kolette & Ian are still finding creative ways of decorating my house. Kolette has found that the most entertaining thing she can do if I am busy say w/the phone or cleaning or anything productive is take all the blankets and clothes she can hold out of her closet and throw them on the floor or her bed. AHHHHHHH!!!!! She did this on Mon during the time I am getting the horrible news about our friends. I needed to rush to the hospital and I walk into her room and it looks like her closet threw up on her floor. She KNOWS that she is not susposed to do that since she has gotten it trouble before for it. Seriously 3 is the hardest age to me. "WHY?" is at an all time high right now and no answer cures it. None of my kids used that word as much as she does.
Ian on the other hand has a fascination w/taking things apart. Bless my father in law's heart he finds things for Ian to dismantle and he is in heaven. For example so far a broken food saver, a radio and a couple cell phones. Unfortunately Ian wants to bring all those pieces home and they are honored treasures. But in the middle of the floor is not where we should honor them. But on the other hand it is fun to see him so enthralled while taking them apart. Maybe I should just check Donnie & Bob's trucks for his Christmas presents this year.
In the midst of it Kolette & Ian are still finding creative ways of decorating my house. Kolette has found that the most entertaining thing she can do if I am busy say w/the phone or cleaning or anything productive is take all the blankets and clothes she can hold out of her closet and throw them on the floor or her bed. AHHHHHHH!!!!! She did this on Mon during the time I am getting the horrible news about our friends. I needed to rush to the hospital and I walk into her room and it looks like her closet threw up on her floor. She KNOWS that she is not susposed to do that since she has gotten it trouble before for it. Seriously 3 is the hardest age to me. "WHY?" is at an all time high right now and no answer cures it. None of my kids used that word as much as she does.
Ian on the other hand has a fascination w/taking things apart. Bless my father in law's heart he finds things for Ian to dismantle and he is in heaven. For example so far a broken food saver, a radio and a couple cell phones. Unfortunately Ian wants to bring all those pieces home and they are honored treasures. But in the middle of the floor is not where we should honor them. But on the other hand it is fun to see him so enthralled while taking them apart. Maybe I should just check Donnie & Bob's trucks for his Christmas presents this year.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Grief
I have had a very hard day. A good friend of mine was in a major car wreck and her oldest son has died. She and 4 of her kids were hurt. 2 of them are released. They could all use some prayer. Please pray God knows who they are. One of the boys is Connor's best friend and Corrins friend is still in the hospital. Pray, pray, pray...
Thursday, October 23, 2008
How to really sparkle
I guess I am getting paybacks according to my mom. She says I used to change my clothes all the time when I was little. It dosen't hurt that sweet Kolette looks so much like me. Spitting image more like.
Anyhow I made the fatal mistake yesterday of putting Corrin's sparkle lotion on Kolette after a bath yesterday. She smelled like blueberries and slightly sparkled. She was thrilled. So today as I am making a way too late dinner of chicken enchiladas
Corrin yells to me "Mom you need to see your daughter"
I say: "My hands are all slimy"
Corrin " You REALLY need to see her"
Me "Can you carry her up?"
Corrin "NO way" (she has a thing about getting dirty)
Me " Can you carry her under her arms?"
Corrin "No way you have to see her"
Me "Kolette come up here right now"
She was covered from head to toe in sparkles literally. Corrin had left out lip gloss w/sparkles. I threw her in the tub and scrubbed her from head to foot and she still had sparkles.
Note to self... Never Ever let Kolette near ANYTHING. Seriously that girl is lucky she is the 4th or else our family size would be much smaller. Corrin made life so easy never getting into anything. Connor couldn't get into anything w/o making a ton of noise. Ian is quiet but not so enamored in covering his body w/lip gloss, markers, crayons, food or whatever suits his fancy. Kolette was clearly cut from a mischievious mold. Tomorrow is another day but what kind of day is still to be determined...
Anyhow I made the fatal mistake yesterday of putting Corrin's sparkle lotion on Kolette after a bath yesterday. She smelled like blueberries and slightly sparkled. She was thrilled. So today as I am making a way too late dinner of chicken enchiladas
Corrin yells to me "Mom you need to see your daughter"
I say: "My hands are all slimy"
Corrin " You REALLY need to see her"
Me "Can you carry her up?"
Corrin "NO way" (she has a thing about getting dirty)
Me " Can you carry her under her arms?"
Corrin "No way you have to see her"
Me "Kolette come up here right now"
She was covered from head to toe in sparkles literally. Corrin had left out lip gloss w/sparkles. I threw her in the tub and scrubbed her from head to foot and she still had sparkles.
Note to self... Never Ever let Kolette near ANYTHING. Seriously that girl is lucky she is the 4th or else our family size would be much smaller. Corrin made life so easy never getting into anything. Connor couldn't get into anything w/o making a ton of noise. Ian is quiet but not so enamored in covering his body w/lip gloss, markers, crayons, food or whatever suits his fancy. Kolette was clearly cut from a mischievious mold. Tomorrow is another day but what kind of day is still to be determined...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Busy Day
Today started out w/me walking the kids to school w/a crockpot in my arms. Then I came back home to head back w/Ian and another crockpot in my hands. Our parent teacher conferences were starting today and the CPT (like the PTA) provides soup, rolls & veggies to the teachers for dinner so they don't have to leave. So I set up the soups and headed back home to get Connor's bear he apparantly needed for class and headed back and went in to check on the soups and went back home for my 18qt roaster since we needed another one. (The teachers & Aids love it by the way!)
Donnie had stayed home to watch the younger 2 while I was jaunting back and forth getting my exercise for the day and Kolette was changing her clothes over and over. She was in a swimsuit when I came home, then a ballet skirt she was trying to wear as a dress(try again sister) I told her to put a shirt on, then she settled on the fluffy slip. I told her she had to wear a dress over it. I asked Ian where the cereal was and he said "In Kolette's room"(apparantly hidden under her bed. So get them both dressed by now and they decided the best use of their time is to take multiple dresses off of hangers and at least 7 quilts & blankets out of Kolette's closet and scatter them all over her bed! Ahhhhhhhhh!!! Get the put away and go downstairs to paint a frame for my heart sister, stain the stitching and make lunch. Also finish snipping a baby quilt. Try to attempt cleaning hoping that Ian & Kolette don't make more for me to clean. Get them in bed and have 1 hr before I have to be back at the school. We are home for an hour & a half and go back to the school for both conferences. Thankfully they went pretty well. Corrin does really well but apparantly has been kinda tired lately. Guess more early bedtimes for the 9 yr old. Connor is enjoying school so much and it is fun to see him learning to read and all the other things he is learning. I am in the class so much I feel like the conference is almost unnecessary. But what mom dosen't want to hear how great her kid is? He has 2 best friends and they are so cute together. They are like the 3 musketeers. Thankfully they both make friends well and they are good kids they choose.
As soon as conferences are over we are home for 1/2 hr before Church carnival. It is chaotic but the kids get money from the games they play and get to buy toys. Just what I need more things to clean up. Our school is having a carnival in 3 weeks and you spend your own money to get junk kinda silly huh? Here's hoping the 4 day week go very calmly. Yeah right!
Donnie had stayed home to watch the younger 2 while I was jaunting back and forth getting my exercise for the day and Kolette was changing her clothes over and over. She was in a swimsuit when I came home, then a ballet skirt she was trying to wear as a dress(try again sister) I told her to put a shirt on, then she settled on the fluffy slip. I told her she had to wear a dress over it. I asked Ian where the cereal was and he said "In Kolette's room"(apparantly hidden under her bed. So get them both dressed by now and they decided the best use of their time is to take multiple dresses off of hangers and at least 7 quilts & blankets out of Kolette's closet and scatter them all over her bed! Ahhhhhhhhh!!! Get the put away and go downstairs to paint a frame for my heart sister, stain the stitching and make lunch. Also finish snipping a baby quilt. Try to attempt cleaning hoping that Ian & Kolette don't make more for me to clean. Get them in bed and have 1 hr before I have to be back at the school. We are home for an hour & a half and go back to the school for both conferences. Thankfully they went pretty well. Corrin does really well but apparantly has been kinda tired lately. Guess more early bedtimes for the 9 yr old. Connor is enjoying school so much and it is fun to see him learning to read and all the other things he is learning. I am in the class so much I feel like the conference is almost unnecessary. But what mom dosen't want to hear how great her kid is? He has 2 best friends and they are so cute together. They are like the 3 musketeers. Thankfully they both make friends well and they are good kids they choose.
As soon as conferences are over we are home for 1/2 hr before Church carnival. It is chaotic but the kids get money from the games they play and get to buy toys. Just what I need more things to clean up. Our school is having a carnival in 3 weeks and you spend your own money to get junk kinda silly huh? Here's hoping the 4 day week go very calmly. Yeah right!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Telemarketers
Yesterday started out quite interestingly. Besides the normal bickering between for starters Corrin & I over hair or clothes or why it takes her soooooooo long to get moving in the morning. Then after getting them off to school. Ian & Kolette find reasons to argue. Grrr... Anyhow Kolette decides she is going on the truck w/her dad. She finds a red sweatshirt w/a snowman on it and puts tights on and then puts her red pajama bottoms back on since red matches. I then said she had to change. So she insists on wearing the dress she wore w/Kelsee's tall sister when she was a princess. I asked her what Kelsee's tall sisters name is and she smiles and says "Kendee". So we get that accomplished.
Then the phone rings and says "Out of Area" which can mean the school and I am thinking oh no is one of the kids sick since we were so close to the pukey flu zone this weekend. Fatal mistake I took the call and it was not the school. They ask for Amy like we are friends and I said "Yeah" and they tell me they are Car Craft magazine. That my subscription for "Robert" is about expired and the price is going up to $40 a year and they can give it to me for $20 if I get it right now. Donnie is still home so I ask him if he still wants it. He said it was susposed to be for one of the boys. I tell her it was susposed to be for my son and that it has only been 6 months since ordered and I don't see how it can be ready for renewal already. So she drops the price to $16. Donnie says they didn't even get some of the issues. I tell her that she drops the price to $14. I told her since I don't think it should be expired yet and since we aren't even getting all the magazines unless she wants to give it to me for $6 a year I am NOT interested. Thinking this is the end of the conversation she says I can give it to you for $6.99 a year. SOLD!!! I am slightly amazed at myself.
I am currently trying to see how many more cans of worms I need to open. I feel that you should always stand up for what you believe in and then you have to decide how handle it. Corrin's big stress is kids in her class who want Obama for pres. I didn't think 3rd graders worried over these things. So I am trying to help her handle herself. Yesterday no one said anything to her so hopefully it will be the same today. All I can say is I am proud of her for standing up for what she believes in.
Then the phone rings and says "Out of Area" which can mean the school and I am thinking oh no is one of the kids sick since we were so close to the pukey flu zone this weekend. Fatal mistake I took the call and it was not the school. They ask for Amy like we are friends and I said "Yeah" and they tell me they are Car Craft magazine. That my subscription for "Robert" is about expired and the price is going up to $40 a year and they can give it to me for $20 if I get it right now. Donnie is still home so I ask him if he still wants it. He said it was susposed to be for one of the boys. I tell her it was susposed to be for my son and that it has only been 6 months since ordered and I don't see how it can be ready for renewal already. So she drops the price to $16. Donnie says they didn't even get some of the issues. I tell her that she drops the price to $14. I told her since I don't think it should be expired yet and since we aren't even getting all the magazines unless she wants to give it to me for $6 a year I am NOT interested. Thinking this is the end of the conversation she says I can give it to you for $6.99 a year. SOLD!!! I am slightly amazed at myself.
I am currently trying to see how many more cans of worms I need to open. I feel that you should always stand up for what you believe in and then you have to decide how handle it. Corrin's big stress is kids in her class who want Obama for pres. I didn't think 3rd graders worried over these things. So I am trying to help her handle herself. Yesterday no one said anything to her so hopefully it will be the same today. All I can say is I am proud of her for standing up for what she believes in.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Pumpkin patch
We went to the Pumpkin patch w/my neice Shelby and Corrin's friend Kelsee. The weather was wonderful and the kids had a blast. Last year it rained and was super muddy. They were having so much fun jumping off the bails of hay and landing in the corn. Kolette wouldn't jump except off the ground. They were absolutely filthy and tired but loved their pumpkins and gourds. Now time for the corn maze...
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