*Natalie came up with her own song, "I'm a Sinner" and has been singing it for the past few weeks. The video doesn't quite do it justice, but here is a sample of her song...
She also started headbanging and added the words, "Rock & Roll Sinner! Rock & Roll Sinner!" to her song, but we are trying to discourage that. Eek! Jon wonders what I teach her when he's away at work, but I promise, it wasn't from me.
*Kate got such a kick out of her first time in the outdoor swing. She giggled each time she would swing past Scott. There he is. There he is again. There he is again...
*Scott and Natalie often have a contest to see who can buckle their
seatbelt the fastest. When Scott wins, Natalie will say, "We're both
winners!" When Natalie wins, she loudly boasts to Scott, "You got beated by your
sister!"
*The other day we were headed out the door, and Natalie had slipped on
her boots. I said, "Natalie, do you have any socks under those boots?"
She replied, "I can't find my socks. I'm wearing feet instead."
*Natalie was whining like crazy this morning. Everything was wrong. At one point, she said, "My right ear is hot, and my left ear is cold!" I guess we all have days like this.
*We had a little ant problem in our mud room last week. It's a bad
sign when your kids are assigning names to the ants. At one point,
Natalie came to me and said, "Mommy! An ant went under the rug and I
said, 'OH GRACIOUS!'"
*Natalie was playing in the living room the other day, then jumped up
and exclaimed, "OH! I'm having a bad mood." She then ran to her room,
closed the door, and emerged about 30 seconds later and informed me
that she was not in a bad mood anymore. If this is 2, what will her teen
years be like?!
*After a field trip to the men's restroom with Jon and Scott, Natalie came out and announced, "When I get bigger, I'm going to use a urinal!"
*We have a high kitchen counter with bar stools, so Scott needs a
booster on his stool to reach. The other day, Scott's booster seat was
getting close to the edge of the bar stool. In all seriousness, Scott
said, "I feel a little bit dangerous." It seemed especially funny
coming from him.
*Scott was talking about Jesus living inside of him now, and Natalie asked, "Is God in my tummy, too?"
*I overheard the kids "baby-sitting" Kate while she was playing in
her crib. Natalie was leaving Scott and giving him some instructions.
She said, "You stay with Kate. Pet her like a little cat. If she
cries, get her and say I love you."
*After pretending to read a book, Natalie declared, "I learned-ed to read!"
*Me: Natalie, never do that again!
Natalie: I'm sorry, Mommy. I forgive you.
*Last week I said to Natalie, "Let's get your shoes and socks!" She whined, "But I want to stay in my beautiful toes!"
*Scott and I were doing a worksheet on which he was supposed to
identify a rhombus. Scott said, "That looks like a diamond to me. Is rhombus
the Spanish word for diamond?"
Kids are funny!
When the warmer temps moved in, I started to price new playgrounds. Not liking what I saw, I turned to trusty old Craigslist to find us a bargain. Jon agreed to go pick it up and arrived to find a large pile of wood, no instructions, and some broken lumber and hardware...but it was a "good" deal, mind you. :) Since Jon is the handy type, I had no doubt that he would be able to whip this into something that the kids could enjoy this spring & summer. As usual, I was impressed by his work and the end result.
The number breakdown
Dollars spent to buy off of Craigslist- 150
Times I told the kids to be careful during the construction process- 24
Hours to reconstruct- 6
Times the kids asked, "Can we play on it yet?" while it was still being assembled-32
Times that day Jon said, "Thank you honey for buying this!"- 0
Times down slide upon completion (Jon likened it to Crossfit)- 1,000
Splinters-1
Energy expelled by kids leading to earlier bedtimes- priceless
Most mornings before work, Jon will do one of his "Crossfit" workouts in the basement. I tried Crossfit with him once...ouch. The kids however are always eager to participate and look forward to getting in their exercise time with Daddy.
Big Muscles...
Box Jumps...
Jump Rope...
Bar dips...
Pull-Ups...
Kate jumping off some chub...
Sit Ups...
Rings...
Notice Scott's grimace of pain below...all while having his feet securely planted on the stepstool. At least he has the workout expressions figured out!
(Future blackmail material written all over that one.)
