Hot Winter Days

*June or January?  It was such a wonderful weekend.  Jon was off, and everyone enjoyed some time outside!  I thought the sleeveless shirt and flip flops were a bit over the top, but, as Natalie declared, it was such a "hot winter day!"  

*The kids thought it was fun to read at night late one evening on the back porch.  Kate said she wanted a "trapter" book too.  She switched "trapter" books after a couple of minutes and therefore needed a bookmark to place on Chapter 5.  Oh how she wants to be just like Scott & Natalie!

 *The performances live on...

 *The cousins are always all so happy to see one another!

*Today was the 100th day of school.  Natalie was supposed to wear 100 of something, so she wore 100 pony tail holders!  Hopefully Kate will forget that her big sister did this when she gets to first grade and will instead opt for the simple 100 beads on a necklace.  :)

*Me- Have you seen the tape?  I feel like I've seen it in a weird spot.
Kate- Then look in the weird spot.  (Duh!!)

*Kate's been on a cotton kick lately.  I have no idea where it came from.  She's requesting "cotton" clothing.  As she's getting dressed, she will ask, "Is this made of cotton?"  Regardless of the material, if I lie affirm that it is made of cotton, she says, "YAY!" and happily puts it on.  ?!?!?!   Goober.

*Scott is our self-appointed seatbelt police.  He takes his sisters' buckling very seriously.  Of course, we do too.  However, he takes it upon himself to tattle or try to adjust their shoulder strap clips on their booster seats if they get moved.  He says things like, "You're gonna get your head chopped off!"  The girls do not like the seatbelt police and get very annoyed with him when he lectures about their seatbelt placement.  We think he is trying to look out for them and is genuinely concerned for their well-being, however sometimes it does get to be too much!

*Kate rescued a toy from the Goodwill pile.  Sigh. 

*Kate was "reading" an ABC book out loud to herself one afternoon.  She didn't know I was listening, so I had to hide my laughter.  She said, "S stands for sun, T stands for tree, U stands for umbrella, V stands for...(pause)...flower bucket, I guess..."

The tradition continues onto another generation to know nothing about vases or flowers!  Jon- if you're reading this- DO NOT buy me flowers for Valentine's Day this year.  :)  He knows better anyway!  I wouldn't even have the right flower bucket to put them in.