Stubbornness runs in the family

The last week of July, I was emailed the above photo - with these words...

Just had to share this with you….she is NEVER sad…so this took us by surprise!! She must have stood in her cubby for a good 20 minutes no matter what I tried to get her to do!! The rest of the day went great!!! But thought this was a lasting picture!! Too cute!!!

Today, another similar story. Over the weekend, we cut off over 3 inches of K's hair. She loved it the first day. Loves the attention a new look brings her. Last night we put her hair in socks to give it curl. This morning she was mad because her hair was too short! She even told me she wants to tape it back. She said she wants Taylor Swift hair. Wow, what are we in for the next 10 years or so!?

The real problem with curls is that they just don’t hold in our stick straight hair! They hold better when hair is shorter, but now the hair is just too short for her. So, today she walked into before school care and stood there by the sign in desk. She planned to stand there with her lunch & bookbag until it was time to leave for school at 8:30. Stubborn! I wonder how long she lasted there. We'll see.

P.S. The reason for the head in the cubby the first time - she was mad a me. It was time to leave the house & she wanted to run back and grab clothes for a naked Barbie that was in her bag. I said it was too late, should have been done the night before, not as we were walking out the front door. Lesson learned. Our mornings went smoother after that!

Halloween planning

Just thought I'd share what the kids have been up to. K & her brother have been talking about Halloween, even before the decorations hit the stores. Before the Halloween Spirit stores popped up around our house. Bubs keeps asking "how many more days." He wants to put up the decorations already. I wonder how long I can put him off. Its been easy so far since we've been so busy on the weekends. Soccer practice & games, Baseball games, visit to Aunt Bean's farm. We've been going non stop since school started.

K did have time though to stop, and plan her Halloween Costume, with plenty of details, right down to the jewelry.

I told her that we could go shopping to find something similar and she told me no! She wants me to make her costume, so that it would be "Original." I had to laugh. That was why I went through all the trouble last year to make her Dorothy costume. I wanted it to stand out from all the store bought ones. She's right. I better get to work. My mom will be here in a couple weeks - I've got a project for us!!

P.S. Bubs wants to be everything out the Halloween catalogs that just keep coming to the house. He treasures all of them! He started out wanting to be the Green Goblin. We'll see what he ends up with!

Milk

Breakfast this morning was mini pancankes.
Bubs asked me "Mom, can I also have milk with my pancakes. I need it so it can make me big & strong so I can play the Wii."
I smiled. Last night the kids & I played Carnival Games on the Wii. I came out later in the morning that he specifically wanted to be stronger to ring the bell in Test of Strength.

Whatever it takes to get them to drink their milk!

Waking up

I woke up K one weekday morning. She got mad at me for waking her. And I asked her why. She said I had just woken her up from the BEST DREAM EVER!

I had to ask, what the dream was about.

She says: "I dreamed that Grandma and Grandpa moved in with us."

This was the day after my mom & grandma left after 10 days with us. She said she'd give up her room for them to live closer to us. She really enjoyed the time we all spent together. It really makes me happy to have the kids close to both sets of grandparents.

Thank you! I love you all!

Three Word Thursday

Sweet. Words. Today.

Its been awhile. We've been busy. I've also been out of ideas. The kids have been helping me in that department lately. A few things I wanted to post, but haven't had the chance. Will try to post them soon.

This morning was a cold morning. Jackets needed. I pulled up to the kids summer program and walked K to her building.

She asked - are you cold Mom?
I said yes, its chilly out. Are you cold?
K - No, I'm warm with LOVE.
Me - That's very sweet, where do you learn things like that.
K - I just feel it, from God.

Amazing the things that K comes up with. Warms my heart! Hope it warms yours!

July is another birthday month

My boy is growing up & turning 6 this month. Unbelievable! He’s got a few ideas of how things should be. And he wants it his way. And he has his own interesting logic!

Bubs takes after his father. As soon as his birthday month hits, he wants to celebrate. This morning, Bubs asked to go to his classroom on his own (while I check in K into her summer classroom). He says “because it’s almost my birthday.”

“And for my birthday can we roll the ball?” What in the world is he talking about? " I want to roll the ball. The one with the ice cream inside.” Thank you Aunt J & Uncle L! He loves that ice cream ball. We might even roll it this weekend for homemade ice cream.

And because his birthday is July 24th, he feels he should also have fireworks – like July 4th. They both have a four in it!! This morning, he told me he wants to save some of the fireworks we bought (we can light them off in Dublin) for his birthday. Unfortunately it is only legal to light them off this weekend, not at the end of the month.

We'll see how many other things he comes up with, since his birthday is coming up...

1st Camping Trip

K had so much fun at Girl Scout Camp – Camp Royaneh, this past weekend, that she couldn’t sleep last night. She said her bed was not comfortable. She wanted to sleep on the blow up mattress next to me, just like we did at camp. I must have tucked her in 3 times last night.

This morning when I went to wake her up, I found her on the floor. Under a couple blankets with a pillow. The floor was more comfortable then her bed?

I asked Daddy if she was on the floor when he left & said goodbye to her. He said yes, and that he almost tripped over her!