Randomness with pictures :)

 

Scott and Natalie were playing in the tub when a squabble broke out.  I went in to try to figure out who squirted who in the eye with water when Natalie piped up, "We're both being bad.  It's the bad truth." 

Another night during bathtime, I found the bottle of soap floating in the water.  They know that they shouldn't do that, as this has happened before.  I turned to Natalie to scold her.  She stood up and must have seen the wrath on my face.  With a sober look on her face, she proclaimed, "But I will trust in God!"

How do I punish THAT?!?!  I'm sure the cuteness of these comments will come to an end someday (maybe soon), but when my two year old says that when I'm getting ready to get mad at her, it makes it so difficult!

 PB&J's are a staple in our house and are in the dinner line-up frequently.  I whipped up a couple of my famous sandwiches the other evening for dinner and served it to the kids.  Natalie took a few bites and said, "Yum!  This is the best thing that you've made!"  Speaks volumes to my cooking ability, I'm afraid.

On a similar note, I pulled out (plain, white) styrofoam plates to serve the kids dinner on tonight.  Both kids seemed pretty excited about them.  Natalie exclaimed, "Ooooooh!  A new plate!  These are more fun!"  We may be eating on paper/styrofoam plates more often...for the kids, of course. 

Scott heard a train whistle just as I was snapping the picture below...can you tell?

I got my hair cut & highlighted last week.  When I got home, Natalie asked what the lady did to my hair and said, "You look like a horse."  I'm hoping she wasn't referring to one of her My Little Ponies with their streaked colored hair.  (You're all eager to see me now, aren't you?  I'm hoping the pinks and blues tone down a bit after a few washings. :):)  

Mother's Day flowers with a little help from Grammy...

More randomness:  If you ever put on a garage sale and sell maternity clothes, PLEASE do not point out the maternity section to your customers (especially those who have given birth in the past year).  I'm sure the lady thought she was being helpful, but it gave me a complex for the rest of the day. 

 

My parents have lately been "gifting" the kids and I with some of my junk/treasures from my past.  I'm trying to purge as much of this memorabilia as possible, with some exceptions, of course.  Which of the following do you think DID NOT make it's way to the trash can along with the rest? 

A) Letterman's jacket

B) Two "Most Improved Runner" Awards for Cross Country

C) All of the teeth that I lost as a child stored in a tic tac container

D) Trophy for the sixth grade science fair

 E) Wedding Bouquet

It's not everyday that you get to show your kids your old mouth full of teeth.  Now that's something worth saving!  Jon thinks it's gross, but Scott and Natalie seemed impressed.  To each, his own.  The teeth live on...

And, since I can't end the post on that note, I'll add a few pictures of Miss Kate.

It's past my bedtime...

Sister comparison

This outfit was certainly a "Natalie-outfit" in my mind.  It was fun to dress Kate in it this past week.  Can't believe she is 6 months already!

Kid-isms

*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!

Playground by the numbers

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

Crossfit

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.)