Storyteller

"I like the Princess Bride.  She's supposed to get married but Captain Hook (Vizzini) tries to get rid of her and the black man (Westley) saves her."


We're missing the fine details but her storytelling skills are getting there. 

Isn't she lovely?

It was a great morning.

School had been canceled which meant I could rest in (can't call it sleeping in when you have two little ones up and at 'em)...  Tried new recipe for breakfast...  Children watched TV while I enjoyed a hot cup of coffee...  Spent a few hours painting with the kids...  Then while making lunch it hit me.  The ingredients for the crock pot meal I planned out for today sat unprepared in the fridge.  After vocalizing my screw up, my darling, darling daughter says:

"Maybe if you wrote things down you wouldn't forget them."

Thanks, child, thanks. 

Treading

While I was (slowly) walking on the treadmill today, Bree asked me:

 

"Why aren't you going fast and getting all sweaty?"

 

Then after I finished treading and took a shower, I hopped onto Facebook to find this thought for the day:

 

 

 

We may smile and laugh at what our kids say and think, but deep down they are watching, memorizing and, all too soon, mimicking our every actions.

Suck up

We had barely made it through the door after a day at work/babysitters when Bree randomly says:

"Mom, you're a good cook."

Not sure what prompted that (other than trying to be overly nice so this tired Mama will take them to Los Mariachis for dinner) but I'll take it and remember it for those days when compliments are few and far between.

Ouch

Me: ITS SNOWING!!!!!!

Bree: Okay, Mom, but you don't have to scream it.

She likes the fall but I don't think she shares my enthusiasm for snow.

Concept of time

 

"It will take 61 years to be as old as Daddy."

 

How old do these kids think we are???

When did you get so smart?

Mom, I'm drawing a rainbow.  What comes after Orange?

Yellow.

What comes after yellow?

Green.

What comes after Green?

Blue.

What comes after blue?

Um.... brown? 

No, Mom, its Indigo.

Sounds good.

What comes after indigo?

Umm..... purple?

Mom!  Its violet!



Apparently I need to go back to preschool.