I love me a Sunday where the girls match and the boys do also.
And nothing is better then when their matching is gold and glittery for the girls, and handsome red for the boys.
Christmas Sunday
Neighbors?
Seth and Cade, who are a semi-permanent fixture at our house, were over one night while we were doing some Christmas decorating.
At one point, I was looking for Navy, and finally found her upstairs.
Apparently, she and Cade were cold.
So she grabbed the Santa blanket and turned on the TV, so they could “relax and watch a movie”.
I guess Santa won’t be the only one watching Navy this season.
Needless to say, I have been pointing out a lot of Cade’s faults lately!
Uncomfortable
The poor little grunting Pips.
This girl has been fussy and grunting like a man, for almost three weeks. I couldn’t quite figure out what the problem was because she was having about one dirty diaper a day. But then a thought came into my mind as I was giving her Poly-Vi-Sol (Her vitamins + Iron supplement).
It dawned on me how much Iron stops me up when I’m on it, so between her Iron supplement and her formula bottle a few times a day + Iron, I finally figured out that this girl was constipated. I cornered Carruthy at church to ask if prune juice was okay for a 2 1/2 month old, and he said to try it. I have had her on it for two days, and she seems to be doing much better. Much less grunting, and about four dirty diapers a day.
Thank goodness!
Nobody wants to see their little babe uncomfortable, so I am crossing my fingers that this little girl who has already been through enough in her short little life, is heading into a grunt free phase.
Scout’s “Winter Party” ‘13
Since I am charge of the parties in Scout’s school, I knew I had to get on it last night.
Thank goodness I am a good planner with a short timeline, because this party came during a ridiculously busy time in my life.
So last night, I ran out to get supplies for each kid to make a “snowman shooter”.
When I got into the class, I told all of the kids to sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
As they finished, I asked them about the part in the song that spoke of “Reindeer Games”, and asked if they knew what those games were.
They didn’t, so then I explained that I Googled “Reindeer Games”, and that we were all going to play them in a modified fashion.
Modified….meaning we had to use ping pong balls instead of snowballs so that they didn’t melt all over the classroom.
The kids loved it!
“Sink the Snowball” was a favorite.
And after 45 minutes of games, the other room mom had brought in snacks for the kids to eat.
How lucky was I, when everything was “Reindeer” themed!
She must have read my mind, because I certainly had no idea of what we were going to do at the party three days before when she asked what the festivities would entail.
I think she was dumbfounded when my response was, “The party….well, I won’t know what we are doing until the night before. Don’t worry…it will be good. By the way…how many people are in the class?”
But possibly even more dumbfounded when the party was as good as it gets.
Snacks
I was working on my computer while Navy was working right across from me on the kid computer.
She left for a minute and came back with two red cups in her hands, and announced, “Mom, I brought us some snacks.”
I was thrilled.
How kind…how proactive…how healthy??
There is nothing like a cup of lettuce that fills a body up!
“Love”
I hate temporary tattoos!
But I’ll have to admit, that of all I have seen, this might be the cutest.
I am just not sure about the placement.
It seems to me the whole “tattooed neck” thing is a bit thuggish.
And if there is one thing I am trying to steer my boy away from…it is “thuggish”.
But apparently, a little cotton swab and rubbing alcohol will take care of this in no time.
Unfortunately, “no time” turns into “a lot of time” when you are looking for those particular supplies.
Shadow Dinos
Bella was doing some shadow dinos with Dash.
Obviously he was in Heaven!
Addicted
This boy is addicted.
And because he has officially lost my “HiPad”, he has moved onto Nonnies.
I’ll admit that in December, I am a little thankful for a device that holds my boy’s attention while educating.
I’ll also admit that I have said, “You better enjoy it now, because as soon as January hits, there will be no more HiPad.”
I’m hoping I live up to my promise.
Hopefully, my distaste for kids and electronics will kick in full-force when I’ve had a bit more sleep.
Synonyms
A Classic Scout story:
A few weeks ago, Scout told Ka that she was a “Smokin’ Hot Babe”.
I was appalled, but everyone else laughed.
That being said, he said it a few more times.
Then today, as we were with the Cliffords and Brockbanks, Scout was in show-off mode.
And in front of everyone, he said, “Ka, you are a Hot Sexy Lady!”
The cousins were all dying laughing.
And then Ka said, “What? I thought I was a ‘Smokin’ Hot Babe.”
To which he relied, you are…duh…it’s a synonym.
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Way to know your parts of speech!
Lacking
Navy is in some serious need of attention from me. She is getting tons elsewhere, but she needs her mama right now. And unfortunately, December is crazy, and Pippi likes to eat a lot, so Navy is acting up like crazy. Poor girl doesn’t realize that even if there is a reason to be stinky, I still don’t go for it. That being said, she has had a few stints in time out lately. But when I went to go and let her out, this is what I found:
An extremely comfortable girl eavesdropping on Nonnie’s phone conversation.
Oh crap!
And you say she is only four?!
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