I know all of my posts are about the craziness of my kids. They are stories that are true blue daily occurrences. I really love writing these stories but I also love to write other kinds of stories. I have written a few short children's books. No one has ever read them but I would like a little feedback. I think. I'm a little nervous but I'll start with my shortest. Its a very short, young children's book. With a deep breath here it goes....eeek! Be gentle with the well welcomed feedback.
MAGIC KISSES
My Daddy has magic kisses you see,
I know because one day I fell and scraped my knee.
He picked me up and held me tight
Then kissed my scrape with all his might.
With a smile he said "Is it okay?"
And just like that the pain went away.
Another day I bumped my head.
A big kiss, a hug and a book we read.
Suddenly I didn't feel sad,
In fact my head didn't even feel bad.
I seem to get hurt a lot,
When putting on my shoes, I ran but forgot.
Tripping over my laces that were untied.
Big tears came that I just couldn't hide.
Daddy came running and wrapped me in his arms.
At the touch of his kiss I knew there was no harm.
So you see no matter what bruises or bumps come my way
Daddy's magic kisses blow them away.
~A.Meydam
About Me
- Momma4Many
- I am a stay at home mom with four fantastic little ladies. I am Canadian but immigrated to the US almost 2 years ago. My family is my world, outside of that there isn't much to tell. I love Jesus, snow storms, warm blankets, cooking and baking, writing, trilogies, Jim Henson anything, sudoku, board/video games and being organized. Random I know but it sums me up best.
16.2.11
Writing It Down
Since starting this blog I've been keeping a notebook close by. I have been making sure to write everything down. And I know the girls will love being able to read all their stories when they are older. Here is the past week or so at our house.
Bella hurt her toe and said "Is Mario in Emma's class? He can fix my toe??" Next line from her was "Princess Peach come my house?"
Emma was being kind and helping the girls with their coloring. Addisyn being obsessed with death said "What if Emma dies?" I told her that Emma wasn't going to die but if she did she would go to heaven and that we all will some day. Addisyn said "But what if I get hungry?" I said "God will have a feast for us." Emma completely freaks out and says "GOD IS GOING TO EAT US!"
Last night we all watched a movie together. Bob tells Bella "Yup 'Cats Can't Dance'" Bella looks up at him and says "Umm Cats walk."
I was washing some bedding and Bella cries "Oh no Momma not the blankets!" Guess she doesn't want anything to be clean, kinda like her face.
I go to the school each week to help with reading centers in Emma's Kindergarten class. So here's the back story to this one. I have been taking new meds for my epilepsy which are making me talk a little goofy. I can't seem to say the right words and when I do get something out it is completely wrong and usually insane.
So back to the story. I was sitting in our small group that Emma just happened to be in that day. I told the kids "Just a few more mittens before recess, let's finish up." I tried to plow through it and hope none of them noticed my blunder. But of course one little boy said "Did you say mittens?" I smiled and Emma says in a real grown up way "Oh her medicine makes her mess her words up." I tried to not be embarrassed by my mess up or by my six year old covering for me.
Going through the drive through Bob said "Pepsi please." Bella said "No, Appie Juice please."
Still at the drive through (where kids always act up), Addi was sitting by Molly and in a goofy deep voice says "Hey you with the long face, what you talking about." As if this wasn't funny enough Emma had to get in on it and says "And you with the short face too."
Girls got slap bracelets tonight. Emma was behind me and said "I'm gonna slap your butt." I said "I don't think so." She puts her hands on her hips and says "How come you and Daddy can spank me but I never get to spank you?" I just shook my head.
Bob got me a jewelry box for Valentine's. Addisyn and I were taking it out of the packaging and looking it over. We opened the drawers and one of those little gel packet things was inside. Addi got real excited and said "Oh look someone left you a message."
We were telling the girls some stories one night like 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', 'The Three Little Pigs', 'Henny Penny', and so on. Bella let out a big growl and Daddy said "Are you the big bad wolf?" She said with glee in her voice "No I Baby Bad Wolf."
Bob had to go to Wal-Mart this morning while he was in town today. He asked Bella if she wanted to go, just a her and Daddy morning. When she heard Wal-Mart she said "No monster store." We laughed at her not liking Wally World. After he left she said "Daddy go to Dollar store?" I told her no he was just going to Wal-mart. "Oh no big monster store, baby monster dollar store." I think we may need to try Target for awhile.
Leaving Grampa's house the mad dash to find 'the NUK' was on. Whoever found it got a dollar. Grampa found it but put it on the couch for one of the kids to find. Addi found it first and got the dollar. On the way home she ripped it in half. I said "Oh no Addi ripping money is against the law." Emma got worked up and said "I never seen that on law street, what will we do." I have no idea what that meant. Addi whined "I don't want to go to jail." I said "Oh no if you rip money your big sister has to go to jail." Emma yells "NOOOOO!" We teased back and forth for a bit and then Emma said "The police should have cameras on everyone all the time and when Addisun rips money an alarm will go off (in her best alarm voice) "RIP ALERT, RIP ALERT, RIP ALERT." I think we better find Addi some tape.
After bathtime Bella had her finger in her ear. She has a scared look on her face and said "My ear ripped." She was pointing to the inside ridge in her ear (I'm sure that's not what its called). Then she ran over before I could explain and says "Peanut's ripped too." When I explained everyone's was the same she was relieved to know her ear was okay.
Bella wanted a sipper cup of apple juice so I got it for her. Addi runs out wanting the same thing. I got a cup out but she wanted a sipper. When I told her she was too big for one she said "The Bible says Addisyn is NOT to big for a sipper." I must have missed that scripture.
At supper we had rice, corn, General Tsos' Chicken and egg rolls. I set the table and called the troop. Addi walks to her spot and says "Umm I didn't order this." Guess that means no tip for me.
Another in store adventure. While getting our groceries Addisyn and Emma were walking about a foot behind me, arm and arm laughing their heads off. Emma would get this deep man voice and say, "Excuse me Ma'am do you know where your children are?" Then Addi would say in a tiny baby voice "Where's my Mommy." They did this four or five times before I told them to cut it out before I got in trouble. :) But it was nice to see them being friends and not just fighting sisters.
Last night was another sleepless night. Addisyn was the only one who didn't wake up. About midnight I heard footsteps running to the bathroom. I didn't think to much of it because the big girls will often get up to pee and trot back to bed. I waited to hear the footsteps back but they didn't come. I thought someone must have fell asleep on the pot so I got up to investigate. I find Emma sitting in the dark with her eyes half open using the bathroom. I said "I thought you fell asleep" as I turned on the light. Barely keeping her head up, feet dangling above the floor and not even looking at me she groggily says "Who was our 16th President?" Luckily I had read her Weekly Reader and smartly answered "Abraham Lincoln." She finished up and then her and Honest Abe went back to bed not to wake again til morning.
We've been watching 'My Name is Earl', which you must know the back story of the show to get this. Addisyn loves it, I'm terrible I know. Anyway, today she runs in with a Valentine with scribbles on it and says "Momma I crossed Bella off my list, she was number one." She's awesome!
A requirement for being a mother of girls is being subject to little girl make-overs. These consist of lotion from toes to elbows, make-up spread unevenly on face in all the wrong spots, tons of plastic jewelry, wands and crowns, pretend curled hair and tons of hair clips. The list goes on. Some would call this play time, I call it motherhood. I'm too afraid to upload today's make over picture but it was fun for all. My spa treatments. :p
So that's my week so far. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Bella hurt her toe and said "Is Mario in Emma's class? He can fix my toe??" Next line from her was "Princess Peach come my house?"
Emma was being kind and helping the girls with their coloring. Addisyn being obsessed with death said "What if Emma dies?" I told her that Emma wasn't going to die but if she did she would go to heaven and that we all will some day. Addisyn said "But what if I get hungry?" I said "God will have a feast for us." Emma completely freaks out and says "GOD IS GOING TO EAT US!"
Last night we all watched a movie together. Bob tells Bella "Yup 'Cats Can't Dance'" Bella looks up at him and says "Umm Cats walk."
I was washing some bedding and Bella cries "Oh no Momma not the blankets!" Guess she doesn't want anything to be clean, kinda like her face.
I go to the school each week to help with reading centers in Emma's Kindergarten class. So here's the back story to this one. I have been taking new meds for my epilepsy which are making me talk a little goofy. I can't seem to say the right words and when I do get something out it is completely wrong and usually insane.
So back to the story. I was sitting in our small group that Emma just happened to be in that day. I told the kids "Just a few more mittens before recess, let's finish up." I tried to plow through it and hope none of them noticed my blunder. But of course one little boy said "Did you say mittens?" I smiled and Emma says in a real grown up way "Oh her medicine makes her mess her words up." I tried to not be embarrassed by my mess up or by my six year old covering for me.
Going through the drive through Bob said "Pepsi please." Bella said "No, Appie Juice please."
Still at the drive through (where kids always act up), Addi was sitting by Molly and in a goofy deep voice says "Hey you with the long face, what you talking about." As if this wasn't funny enough Emma had to get in on it and says "And you with the short face too."
Girls got slap bracelets tonight. Emma was behind me and said "I'm gonna slap your butt." I said "I don't think so." She puts her hands on her hips and says "How come you and Daddy can spank me but I never get to spank you?" I just shook my head.
Bob got me a jewelry box for Valentine's. Addisyn and I were taking it out of the packaging and looking it over. We opened the drawers and one of those little gel packet things was inside. Addi got real excited and said "Oh look someone left you a message."
We were telling the girls some stories one night like 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', 'The Three Little Pigs', 'Henny Penny', and so on. Bella let out a big growl and Daddy said "Are you the big bad wolf?" She said with glee in her voice "No I Baby Bad Wolf."
Bob had to go to Wal-Mart this morning while he was in town today. He asked Bella if she wanted to go, just a her and Daddy morning. When she heard Wal-Mart she said "No monster store." We laughed at her not liking Wally World. After he left she said "Daddy go to Dollar store?" I told her no he was just going to Wal-mart. "Oh no big monster store, baby monster dollar store." I think we may need to try Target for awhile.
Leaving Grampa's house the mad dash to find 'the NUK' was on. Whoever found it got a dollar. Grampa found it but put it on the couch for one of the kids to find. Addi found it first and got the dollar. On the way home she ripped it in half. I said "Oh no Addi ripping money is against the law." Emma got worked up and said "I never seen that on law street, what will we do." I have no idea what that meant. Addi whined "I don't want to go to jail." I said "Oh no if you rip money your big sister has to go to jail." Emma yells "NOOOOO!" We teased back and forth for a bit and then Emma said "The police should have cameras on everyone all the time and when Addisun rips money an alarm will go off (in her best alarm voice) "RIP ALERT, RIP ALERT, RIP ALERT." I think we better find Addi some tape.
After bathtime Bella had her finger in her ear. She has a scared look on her face and said "My ear ripped." She was pointing to the inside ridge in her ear (I'm sure that's not what its called). Then she ran over before I could explain and says "Peanut's ripped too." When I explained everyone's was the same she was relieved to know her ear was okay.
Bella wanted a sipper cup of apple juice so I got it for her. Addi runs out wanting the same thing. I got a cup out but she wanted a sipper. When I told her she was too big for one she said "The Bible says Addisyn is NOT to big for a sipper." I must have missed that scripture.
At supper we had rice, corn, General Tsos' Chicken and egg rolls. I set the table and called the troop. Addi walks to her spot and says "Umm I didn't order this." Guess that means no tip for me.
Another in store adventure. While getting our groceries Addisyn and Emma were walking about a foot behind me, arm and arm laughing their heads off. Emma would get this deep man voice and say, "Excuse me Ma'am do you know where your children are?" Then Addi would say in a tiny baby voice "Where's my Mommy." They did this four or five times before I told them to cut it out before I got in trouble. :) But it was nice to see them being friends and not just fighting sisters.
Last night was another sleepless night. Addisyn was the only one who didn't wake up. About midnight I heard footsteps running to the bathroom. I didn't think to much of it because the big girls will often get up to pee and trot back to bed. I waited to hear the footsteps back but they didn't come. I thought someone must have fell asleep on the pot so I got up to investigate. I find Emma sitting in the dark with her eyes half open using the bathroom. I said "I thought you fell asleep" as I turned on the light. Barely keeping her head up, feet dangling above the floor and not even looking at me she groggily says "Who was our 16th President?" Luckily I had read her Weekly Reader and smartly answered "Abraham Lincoln." She finished up and then her and Honest Abe went back to bed not to wake again til morning.
We've been watching 'My Name is Earl', which you must know the back story of the show to get this. Addisyn loves it, I'm terrible I know. Anyway, today she runs in with a Valentine with scribbles on it and says "Momma I crossed Bella off my list, she was number one." She's awesome!
A requirement for being a mother of girls is being subject to little girl make-overs. These consist of lotion from toes to elbows, make-up spread unevenly on face in all the wrong spots, tons of plastic jewelry, wands and crowns, pretend curled hair and tons of hair clips. The list goes on. Some would call this play time, I call it motherhood. I'm too afraid to upload today's make over picture but it was fun for all. My spa treatments. :p
So that's my week so far. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
11.2.11
The Status of Ladies
I have stopped writing little stories about the girls and just updating my Facebook status with the little funny things they say. Well I have decided to stop doing that and just making a blog. So I have gone back and got all the statuses I have made in the past year and a half. I still laugh at them when I go back and read them. This post is all about just that, all my past Facebook statuses. Here we go, starting back in June 2009. Some are not in order but I did my best.
On Father's Day we went out for lunch, Daddy's choice. We went to a new Chinese restaurant were several other of our church families were there. Our pastor being one right beside us. To paint this picture I have to say that people stop us all the time to tell us how cute the the girls are and if they are twins and so on. It's nice but I love that people think they are sweet but sometimes it can be an inconvience when you are trying to feed three children. So this woman just stopped and stared at them saying how cute they were over and over and we were trying to eat. She stood there for like 5 minutes or more just watching us and... Emma looks and says 'Wow you have a big belly." She still stood there I think waiting for me to say something, then walked away.
Always a treat to take them out, note sarcasm :)
We are the people you hate to have sit beside you at a restaurant.
I have decided that taking our children out in public is going to be put on hold...today...sitting in Denny's with another table beside us only divided by a small rectangle of glass and a half wall...Emma kept looking over and saying (very loudly of course) 'Are woman supposed to have beards???" Couldn't even look up at what or who she was talking about just scolded her harshly under my breath...sigh...Needless to say this repeated comment from Emma totally distracted from Bella yelling 'POOP' at the top of her lungs and the other girls laughing at her.
Emma, she said "Momma, when we had lunch today we didn't say the prayers." Then she quickly said them and looked back at me and said "Just in case" How cute.
Emma asked if she could choose between 'a whippin' or seeing the Christmas presents' my answer was neither...lol
Emma and Addi are all dressed up as princesses and Bella dressed as a monster 'roaring' at them and chasing them all around that house. How delicate.
Still smiling about last nights conversation with her little ladies. Emma was asking a lot of questions about Heaven and what repentance was. After everything was explained Addisyn started to pray 'I'm so sorry I'm so sorry Strawberry Shortcake." I said "Addi we don't pray to Strawberry Shortcake, only to Jesus." She replied "Oh Momma but I love Strawberry Shortcake, oh alright."
I love my children...Emma prays for supper 'Thank you Jesus for this food, bless it to our bodies, help Daddy get the job he really wants, help Mommy push it out with no pain, Bella to not be bad and Addi to not throw up, AMEN!" That girl can pray. LOL
Emma quote of the day "PLEASE can I stay up later....I'll give you a quarter!"
fought hard to get the girls to bed tonight, ugh, but Emma never fails to deliver a laugh when needed. After she was asleep for a bit she woke up suddenly and ran downstairs to say and I quote "Momma, I'm scared, I had a dream I was a little tiny baby and came out a PEANUT and someone covered me in BUTTER (she hates butter) and thought I was peanut butter and ATE ME!" HOW DO I NOT LAUGH?
She came down this morning and told me the same dream again only this time she added 'But they spit me out and said "Eww tastes like kid.'"
Addi found the feather duster, Bella likes to strip down to nothing and run around....Momma finds Bella in the buff with a feather stuck between her cheeks...what to do first; laugh or throw out duster???
Addi was rubbing the baby bump and says 'Oh Momma your belly is getting bigger!' Emma wanted to be involved in the conversation and adds 'Yes Momma your eyes too!!" lol
Emma has a fever, vomiting, headache and needed some Tylenol. I just opened a new one and Emma was looking at the box, it had pictures on it for what it covered, fever, coughing, runny nose and what not. Emma slams the box down and in her whiniest voice says "Momma it doesn't even take care of growing up! "I laughed and she said "Momma I'm very serious!" She just came out and said 'I am shutting off my birthdays, they are cancelled. I do not want to grow up and have to live somewhere else." Not sure what all this growing up stuff is about but she's keeping me smiling. Its really bothering her tonight. Then she said 'Momma I don't wanna get old like you.' Nice!
The girls must be feeling better, they are 'preforming' for me. A minute ago it was a skit from when Satan tempts Jesus in the desert. Now they are taking turns reading me stories. Emma playing Satan.
Emma is so cute. She just ran up to me to say 'Please Momma don't fall for any of the devils tricks.' Kids are smart :)
Really off my game today. Should know better than to think Bella being quiet. To think she is finally being good. She was upstairs in Momma's room mixing and spreading her concoction of Daddy's dry skin cream, Momma's RX ointment and cocoa butter. On the floors,on Momma's bed, on the basket of 'clean' clothes...oh and all over her. Her skin is so soft now. Just found the phone, and she was playing with it. Its been off the hook for 53 minutes. RAH. And its not even lunch yet.
Amazing Race. Emma wants Heidi and Joe to win because Heidi is Momma's sister's name. She yelled "Momma Heidi is gonna win ONE MILLION DOLLAR!"'
During supper tonight I told Emma to find her cup and that she wasn't getting a new one. Her reply "I think you have gas Momma." I said "What? Why?" "Well cause you are a little bit grumpy."
Watching her belly dance. Wished, hoped and prayed for one calm child, but alas, not a chance!
The girls asked to hear some music from when Momma was a girl. Let them dance to a little Garth, Travis, CCR and of course 'Fishing in the Dark', then we watched the Tracy Byrd video 'I'm from the country', Emma thought it was great that I was from the country and wondering if I knew those people they were all so nice.
I love how Bella can now run into the room in the morning, then tap me on the head and say "Momma, me stink!" Oh how they grow.
Emma came out to tell about an episode of 'Tom and Jerry' and knowing which one she was talking about responded with "Oh yes I know, I used to watch Tom and Jerry when I was little." Emma says "Yes but now its in colour!" Smarty pants! And she's only 5.
I wonder if anyone knows what you get when you put a fully dressed two year old, Momma's secret stash of almond kisses, and half a bottle of citrus shampoo in the tub.....for me it was a very long drawn out temper tantrum because I only washed her off and didn't give her a second bath.
Trying to explain to Emma why SpongeBob doesn't have a soul.
Grampa brought over some 'REAL' maple syrup, not as Emma puts it 'the Mrs Butt's stuff'. She's the real deal.
Just spotted Emma digging fruit snacks out of the corner table drawer (still in bag folded over so neatly) and said "What I just have one a day."
Addi asked today 'Momma when you were a little girl did you watch the chicken cross the road?'
Was in the kitchen with the girls dancing in the rainbows the prisms were shining on the walls as the sun filled the windows. Emma yells "Oh I love prisons.' Just what I mother wants to hear."
I wonder what to do when her 2 year old screams like a boy crazed girlie teenager every time Phineas and Ferb come on...its started already!
I have the equation to a GREAT work-out. 37 weeks pregnant woman + 15 steep stairs + sleeping 30lb toddler....oh wait that's the equation for a crazy woman who wants a hernia. My bad...sorry.
I think its pretty bad when Pamela Anderson has the most clothes on...come on! And I only watch cause the girls like to dance with them. Emma said "Oh cover your bum." (Dancing with the Stars)
First of today Addi, says to me like she is so proud she accomplished something this morning "Momma I have no more boogers in my nose!" Gonna be one of those days...
I had two kidisms yesterday. #1- Emma in the van driving by the big cemetery in town says "Wow I had no idea so many people got dead." #2- Addi getting her hair done for pm church service looks in the mirror says "Oh I look like an angel, AND Aaron is going to get to see me like this." (Aaron=cousin) So we have the class clown and beauty queen...lets hope Bella or Peanut are most likely to succeed. :D
I think we should have a show on TLC. Addi last night says to her Daddy while cuddling on the couch; "You know Daddy I love you more than sharks!" Nothing says love like rows of sharp jagged teeth!!
Emma being such a big girl and helping pregnant Momma. Then after her being in the kitchen for few minutes she runs in with her 'CHOCOLATE SANDWICH' that is Texas toast and a thick layer of frosting. It's the thought that counts right.
So Molly may be brand new but that doesn't mean she is free from Emma-isms. Last night Emma lets out a big sigh and says "I thought Peanut would have white skin like us not pink." Sometimes I think I would love to crawl in her mind and see all the things she thinks.
I'm getting excited to take my baby home today. Although Daddy tells me Bella is NOT happy about baby...to quote her "NO BABY!" This should be interesting.
I just love the joys of mother-hood. I've been peed on, pooped on, puked on, snotted on, hit, scratched, bit, kicked, jumped on, cried at, whinned at, kissed, hugged, loved...today! The lasts ones make it worth it.
Emma hates the idea of butter. My sister was talking to her on the phone one night and told her that she told her Mom to put butter in her food when she wasn't looking and she said "MY MOTHER DID THAT TOO!!!! IT WAS REALLY MEAN!!! I DON'T LIKE BUTTER!!
My parents came to visit from Canada to meet Miss Molly. And I think it was the hardest goodbye yet. Emma asked 'Nanny couldn't you stay for 20 more months?' When Nanny said she had to go home Emma replied with 'Okay then, how about 30? We all miss them.
You know you live in Wisconsin when your kids play eye spy like this; 'I spy something that....smells like cow poop.'
Today Emma told Bella to get in a box and she tried to close it on her and kept saying 'Bella duck your head so I can send you to Abu Dhabi.' Someone has been watching Garfield.
The other day Emma drew a picture of her grandfather (Bob's dad) and he had all this hair on top. Well Bob's dad has more of the hair around the bottom and not on top. He said 'That isn't me I don't have hair' Emma said 'Yeah you do, its on your back.'
This is for my sister: Making supper plates up for kids and Emma hides her face in her arms while I do it. When I asked what was wrong she said 'I don't want to see you put butter on my food, I know you do it.'
Bella was holding Molly with Momma's help, and baby starts routing to nurse. Bella being a seasoned mother lifts up her shirt to feed her baby. I quickly intervened but it was funny, even when Bella got mad at me for feeding the baby crying and yelling 'My baby!' Luckily, Elmo distracted her.
I was singing Molly to sleep when she realized why she wakes so often ... LULLABIES ARE SCARY. She's probably dreaming of falling out of a tree and big spiders and how nothing Momma's buys her will be any good. Poor thing, no wonder babies fight sleep so much.
I was doing my Wii Yoga this morning, Emma by my side. The lady says 'Can you feel the muscles in your thighs?' Momma: 'I can feel it in my calves', Emma: 'And I can feel it in my chickens!' Trying to hold the pose and laughing my head off Emma says 'What? You said calves.' (as in baby cows) She always has something to say. After this I said to her 'You are ridiculous" She said with a smirk 'Don't you mean hilarious'
We went to Walmart last night and it got a little too late to go over and visit Gramma and Grampa. Emma got a little upset and exasperated she yells 'I SPEND HALF MY LIFE AT WALMART, RAH!' She has a valid point.
I was talking on the phone to Bob about the church's event today 'Everyone's Birthday' where they are celebrating all the kids birthdays today (neat idea huh). Like 2 hours later Emma says 'Is it my birthday too?' I looked at her funny and said 'No.' She got all upset and said 'Then its everyone's birthday but mine.' I felt horrible and then told her the party was for everyone, even her. Kids hear everything!
I hate the honesty of children because just when I have myself fooled....Emma ruins it. She found my new license and says 'Man you're right Momma they DID make your face look chubby.' Sigh....
We were at my in-laws last night and getting ready to leave when Emma busts in the door and says 'We need to come inside those mosquitoes are giving us nipples all over." As we all double over in laughter she says 'What? they are little and round and look like them' Funniest moment of the week!
We had a tornado come through our little town. About 2pm it got so dark the street lights came on and it looked like we were inside a car wash from the house. Emma got so afraid says 'I think its the end of the world. I'm upset I hope Daddy gets home soon' Addi realizing she should be upset (we had no power) says "I'm upset too, I can't watch TV". Then Bella gets right in my face and says 'Momma I scare too'
It was raining hard this morning on the way to church and when we passed a barn with four silos (one on each corner) and Addi yells 'Oh look a CASTLE!' That's a Wisconsin castle!
Today I have stripped all 6 beds plus the crib, have only one clean fitted sheet on my bed Bella walks in looks at me and....throws up on it. Then takes off not sick at all. And that's the kind of day I'm having.
I had my camera smashed and broke by Bella today and was quite upset. So my sweet Emma goes and gets her Yard Sale money bag and hands me a hand full of dollar bills and says 'Here Momma go buy yourself a new camera." How sweet!
When my parents were here with my nice they were 'DNA' testing all the stuffed animals to make sure they can enter their club. Kids are funny and pick up on EVERYTHING!
Oh did I mention the DNA testing stick is a play curling iron. HAHAHA!
We had fortune cookies after supper tonight for everyone. Emma's said 'You will spend old age in comfort and material wealth.' She turned her nose up and said 'Here Nanny I think you should have this one.' This could have been kind but I think she was hinting that Nanny is old. Poor Nanny.
I can't believe how much kids are like their parents. Last night at supper Emma and Addi were telling Chloe numerous pointless knock-knock jokes. Then Chloe says 'Knock Knock' (who's there) 'Annoying'...'And its both of you!!" ROFL Miss my sister.
I love when kids say sweet things without being prompted. Emma asked me if we could have a bake sale in our front yard to raise money for 'the children', meaning kids less fortunate than her. Now I have to cause how can I say no to that. What a good kid, maybe there is a little bit of me in her after all.
Emma has decided she needs to watch the Packers today. So I told her if she likes Packers she is a chessehead. She says "what if I like the Eagles? Does that make me a salad head?". Lol can't believe my girls are making me watch football.
Kindergarten...man that was rough. We both were a little misty-eyed. Then the teacher said 'I think you better leave.'
Addi doesn't like Emma going to school without her. Its so quiet in the house...oh wait Bella is streaking through the house...maybe won't be so quiet after all.
I wonder if you know what a teething baby plus a curious toddler equals??? Answer: Bella finding the Orajel, squeezing it out all over her hands and sticking her fingers up her nose. Me the great mom that I am, laughed and laughed.
Emma is actually really shy around 'non-family'. But she took her Zhu-zhu 'snowy'. I kept saying 'where did you get Snowy?'. I wanted her to say her Nanny from Canada instead she kept looking at me funny and saying 'Uh Walmart.'
Had an interesting walk home from school. With Molly in the snug sac she decided she should crawl home. She tried crawling up me the whole way home, funny but uncomfortable.
I swear Emma comes home each day from school acting more like Calvin than the day before.
Can't believe it's 75 degrees out. Addi just asked for sunscreen, October in Wisconsin.
I was talking to Emma about next weeks show and tell, something that starts with the letter M. She says 'Could I bring Molly Meydam, I'll just put her in my locker until its time.'
I asked Emma last night and asked if all her friends at school liked her nails Auntie Bonnie painted for her. Her response; "Yes but I didn't get to show them my 'woman toes.'" I say 'Your woman toes?' 'Yes they make me feel like a woman" says my FIVE YEAR OLD. Oh Emma....
I don't quite remember what happened this day when I asked 'Who did this?' (whatever it was) Emma says it was Addisyn and Addisyn says it was Emma. I was so frustrated and said 'I won't spank anyone for doing it I just want to know who did it." Emma said 'Oh well if you aren't going to spank me, I did it.' RAHHHH!
You know you are a mom of lots of small children when someone says 'Is that poop on your shoulder?' and you say 'Could be.' And luckily is just baby food. This too shall pass.
I was putting in some laundry and heard a crash. I said 'Bella what are you into?' She yells back 'EVERYTHING!' At least she's honest.
I'm starting to hate Halloween. The lady across the street has a little cherub angel she put a scary mask on. Bella keeps freaking out yelling 'BABY MONSTER', last night she could barely sleep cause 'BABY MONSTER SCARE ME.'
Thinks Bella is following in Emma's shoes. Sunday AM on the way to church Bella wanted her Nuk and I told her I didn't have it. She said 'in Momma's purse?'. No I told her. Then with a grin she says 'in Jesus purse?'
I took the girls to the Halloween parade the other day and a teacher was dressed up as a bunny. Bella took my hand and quietly said 'Momma its Wooby!' Meaning Ruby from Max & Ruby, it was soooo cute.
I took Addi to the doctor to today. White sitting in the quiet waiting area we were talking and she says (super loud of course) 'Momma your breath is stinky, did you forget to brush your teeth this morning??'
So the other day Grampa came over and finished our porch front and back. Looks AWESOME! Emma says 'Grampa is like superman, he's the best, we are sooo lucky.' I told Grampa this and she then says 'Can you fly?' He says 'No.' She then says 'Can you even climb a tree at your age??' My girl never fails to deliver the funniness.
Driving to get Emma and Addi says 'hey momma there was an old man on the sidewalk and we didn't even hit him.'. I didn't realize that I normally run over senior citizens.
Laughed this morning as before school Emma and Addi were playing and Addi says "Emma let's play leapfrog. You be the leap and I'll be the frog!"
Started this day a little sooner than wanted. The big girls got up with dad and had breakfast (no school). He said 'momma is upstairs with the sleeping babies don't go up and wake them'. So instead Emma decided to take my keys and hit both car alarms. She said she figured the honking would wake us without her going upstairs. I wish I made this up.
Quote of the day (to her children) 'The world is your canvas...just don't paint on my walls' As Bella runs away with a paintbrush in hand.
I grounded Emma for the weekend for being super mean and bossy to her sisters. She asked "what's 'grounded' mean". I said 'It means you can't do anything special or fun this weekend. But if you are nice to your sisters you will be off.' She says 'Hey Addi I guess I'm grounded.' Outsmarted again.
After a long day of cleaning, supper and baths I decided to have a little Momma time and go and read, ALONE. Daddy stayed downstairs and read the girls a bedtime story. I could hear them all giggling and just smiled. Then I came downstairs this morning to find 'Calvin and Hobbes-Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat' Tell me if I'm wrong but Calvin doesn't usually inspire kids to do good things. Lovely.
We were playing Candy Land with the girls and Bella laying on her belly, and not fully understanding the game picked a card and says 'Oh Jeepers!'
Have a sick Emma home from school today. She looks at me and says "Momma I'm cold do you think you could turn the heat up to 70 degrees?" lol What five year says that?
I can't believe all the funnies today, Emma's latest. "Bella is taking my last straw!" I say "What? What straw?" She says "You know, like when you say it's your last straw." She was on the right track...but not quite.
I have a Phinneas and Ferb Emma story. So Emma was being super bossy one night and I said 'Emma you are acting like Buford (the bully).' She gets this evil grin on her face and says 'Hey Addi I guess that makes you Baljeet (his nerd).' Then she chased her through the house yelling 'Baljeet Baljeet Baljeet!' Anyone looking for a bully?
Emma and Addi were playing 'school' so nice this afternoon when Addi leans over to look at a book and Emma says, in a such a calm voice,"Oh Addi don't get too close, I'm allergic to you."
For Thanksgiving the kindergarten class made Pilgrim hats. Emma brought her girl one home yesterday. She was telling Addisyn all about it and said "We pilgrims didn't have an TV's, telephones or anything electronic. AND we lived in black and white." I had to hide my laughter but it was funny.
Was combing Addisyn's hair after her bath last night and she was being dramatic, pulling her head way back and rolling around those big eyes. I laughed and said "You're your mother's child." She stopped, looked at me dead serious and said "I am?" It made me laugh.
Emma just came to me with a crescent and said 'Can you open this?' I got up to go and help. She said 'With whip cream.' I said 'No, not with whip cream, maybe some cheese.' Her response; 'Well, after you open it I'll handle it from there.' Needless to say, she did not get whip cream.
Was helping the girls with the church songs for the play 'Shepperds and Sheep'. One song is called 'Shaggy, smelly sheep.'. Emma says " I'm not singing that cause I'm a sheep and it hurts me, I do not stink!".
Addi was drawing a picture for me this morning. She walks over and says "Look Momma its an animal peeing in a bucket." How sweet of her, eh.
I was cleaning up lunch Addi hadn't eaten much at all. I said "Addi why didn't you eat?" She says "I am going to save it. Save as in for later not like to save someone from falling out of tree." Exact quote, no lie.
Watching 'I get that a lot' on CBS. Ice-T is coming up and I say "Whatever, no one looks like Ice-T." Emma says "What do I like then, BBQ sauce?"
Bella refused to participate in the Sunday School program because there was no way she would sing 'Away in a Manger'. To quote her "NO, Baby Jesus sleep my bed." She doesn't like the idea that Baby Jesus didn't have a nice bed to sleep in. ;)
Momma: Bella you are not being very nice. You can't be a bully. Do you understand?
Bella: Yes. Momma:
Momma: I don't want anymore fighting. Do you understand?
Bella: Yes.
Momma: Are you going to stop fighting and be nice?
Bella: No.
This morning Bella came in the bathroom and yells in her soft sweet voice (actually rough deep voice) 'Momma gimme yer loopgloss sticcc" Typing can't do justice to it.
Presently she is sitting on my lap and the words that just came out of my mouth were 'You can cry all you want but you can't put things up other people's noses.'
It NEVER ends at my house.
Having a blast with the girls running around in a huge 'nerf war'. Bella wanted to play so I gave her my gun and she tried to shoot Emma but her finger wasn't strong enough to pull the trigger so, being Bella, she walks over and pistol whips her.
So today I gave her a water bottle instead. Fun times then she went over and sprayed Molly right between the eyes. No one is safe.
This morning Molly scratched Bella on the belly. She came running to me and in her rough little voice said 'Molly scratch me' with a big frown on her face. I said 'Oh are her finger nails long?' I walked to the bathroom and said 'Well then I'll get the clippers and clip her fingernails.' Looking horrified she said 'Oh no Momma.' She thought I was going to cut Molly's fingers off. She was mad but not that mad.
Well a whole new year of Meydam adventure starts with a bang. Bella runs into the kitchen and points to the bottle of canola oil on the counter and says 'Momma icky apple juice.' Bahaha, some have to learn the hard way.
So a few days ago Emma was sitting at the girls little round table with my snow globe. Addi was sitting across from her and Emma says in a misty voice, "I can see your future (gives the ball a shake) and its snowy."
At bedtime the other night I was talking to Emma and asking if her birthday had been everything she wanted. Then before I left I said (as I always do, to her protest) "I love you to pieces, I love you to parts, I even love your stinky smelly farts." I walked to the door and heard Addisyn sniff and say "What about my stinky farts?" So I had to go back and assure her I love her stinkiness too. You know its really in the little things.
Quotes Emma after her bath tonight in the most dead serious tone 'Momma people who eat garbage get very sick and could die, and they fart too.'
Emma came down in her nighty tonight and said "Momma I'm super twirly lady, Addi is super strong girl and Bella is a super cry baby."
Emma just came downstairs to show me a 'trick' she taught herself...bra in hand she wraps one strap around one foot and the other around her hand and jumps on one foot saying "I think this is a SUPER BRA!"
We got a package from Nannyy this morning...Addi asked 'Did she send us a crocodile?' Not sure if the US Postal service allows that kind of thing to be shipped through ground service...humm?? :)
I just love how Nick Jr has my four year old singing Bob Marley every time I get a little upset "Momma don't worry about a thing....cause everything little thing is gonna be alright..."
Emma told a story tonight after the regular story...her's goes like this "Once there was a big heart, but to his mommy he was really small...so....she cooked him up and had him for supper!"
Bella jumped out of bed this morning, before anyone else. took off her diaper and poop behind Addi's bed. Definite con for the toddler bed!!
"The Million Things I Never Thought I Would Ever Say"...yesterdays example being 'No I will not pull the van over to pick your wedgie' ;)
Bella- The other day the phone rang and I was jumping around trying to get everyone ready to go out. I ran for the phone and it had stopped ringing and I couldn't find it. I yell 'Bella where did you put it?' 'Oh momma I hide it.' Then I find it behind the couch with my friend on the line laughing at the whole situation of me yelling and her hiding it.
Like said before Bella's new thing is hiding everything. I put anything down for a second and she runs off with it. I get pj's for the girls and if it takes them more than 3 seconds to pick them up they are gone. I am constantly saying 'Where did I put that' and Bella always follows it up with a sweet little 'Oh I hide it.' I hope she soon remembers where she hid my sanity.
Hubby had to go in the hospital and get a surgery to his esophagus done. After visiting him the girls and I came home. After they were all in bed and prayers were said plus a drink, hug and kiss I said we need to pray for Daddy all together. As we prayed they each put something in they thought should be prayed for. Emma said 'oh and his neck' Addi says 'His boo-boo in him throat.' Bella says 'and his eyes' (he had migraines and a towel on his head because of it) then she added 'oh oh and him arm, big pokey.' She was so worried about his IV.
The other day Emma and Bella each were eating some M&M's. Bella dumped hers all out and took Emma's. Emma came to the kitchen and told me the whole story. I said 'Well Em you are just going to have to work it out.' She says 'Oh I'm a fighter, I fought it out.' I looked up just to see her walking away with the M&M's.
Bella and Addi are in the play room. I hear crashes and bangs. Addi says 'Bella are you sure about this?' Bella 'YES'. I go in to see what is going on and Addi says 'I wasn't sure about this mess.'
So Addi was singing 'old McMomma had a farm, with a cow cow here and a cow cow there.' I said 'Addi I don't have any cows on my farm.' She said 'you know when you get angry and you have cows.'
The pastors wife asked Emma if Gramma had any chickens on her farm and Emma answered 'Yup but we cut off their heads and ate them.' Same thing with the cows they were raising. One day they were just gone and Emma said 'Oh did Gramma take the cows to make steak?' Farm girl through and through.
At Christmas time this year (2010) Emma came to me with the biggest frown stroking her plush doggie. She said 'Momma that lady said millions of dogs and cats are dying. We need to save them. You need to call that number.' I love her sensitiity but I don't think I can save all the dogs and cats in the nation. Sorry.
Bella brings me her Zhu Zhu pet and says he is broke. I told her that he wasn't broke just his batteries were dead. She said 'He dead?' I said 'No just his batteries' She took a sigh of relief. Once I changed the batteries she hugged it and said 'oh baby I missed you." I spent the next ten minutes bringing several hamsters back to life.
While watching TV a commercial for the EDT home security pendant in case you fall or need help. Usually something older people would use. Addi looks over at me and says 'Momma you should get that in case you fall down the stairs.'
We bought the game 'Don't break the ice' for Christmas. Bella took the box and dumped out all the contents and ran to Daddy and yelled 'Daddy I broke ice.'
I told Bella if she gave up the NUK for good she would get a big treat. She hands me the NUK and in her rough voice demands "Give me treat, huh!"
While watching the football game Emma had to watch she says the most girlish thing "Man baseball is boring."
So after Bob's surgery on his throat Emma went to school and told her teacher that Daddy was in the hospital. The teacher asked what had happened and Emma said "Oh he had a chicken in his throat."
Heidi bought the girls tu-tus form Disney and Bella jumps around, twirls, bends to put her legs up 'fancy.' She keeps yelling 'Look, look at me, I a bina-rina."
Having a tighter shirt on one day with a padded nursing bra on I had some interesting remarks from the girls. Sitting at the table next to Addisyn she starts poking them saying "I like yer boobs." *blush* Then I was in the bathroom putting on makeup when Bella jumps up on the toilet and starts poking me and says "Like boo-boos, like a cow, Moooooooooo"
At supper the same night Bella would eat supper and we said that if she didn't eat she couldn't go see her aunt 'Noni'. She says 'Noni like a chicken, BOK-BOK.' Then puts her hands in armpits and flaps while clucking.
Emma was driving me nuts one day and I said the thing you tell yourself you will never say when you have kids. "I brought you into this world and I can take you out." Emma tilts her head and says "How?" Guess that didn't work.
Last night in the tub I had all the girls with shampoo in their haid piled up on the their hands. Emma looks at Addi and says "Addi you look like Justin Bieber." Addi had a puzzled look on her face and said "And you look like Justin Fever too." Neither even know what he looks like.
Daddy picked Emma up from school today and she was so excited she runs out to him and says "Oh Daddy, guess what, the Warthog didn't see his shadow." Good thing cause I don't think Pumba is much of a winter pig anyway.
They celebrate the 100th day of school here. We got a project to do of gluing ten groups of ten of small items on a big paper. Small things like paper clips and chocolate chips. On the way out, in the hallway I was telling Emma about what the teacher had told me about the 100 day project. She stopped dead in her tracks, eyes bugged out and loudly proclaims (in front of all other parents) "I HAVE 100 HOMEWORKS!"
Only at our house do you go to get ice from the ice machine and find that a lipgloss has plopped into your cup. Nice!
Last night while laying with Bella she did not want to sleep. So I was saying her prayers for the second time. I prayed "Lord help Bella to have no bad dreams or bad thoughts. Give her sweet dreams of unicorns, butterflies.." She interrupted me with 'AND NUKIES!" We'll never get that thing away from her.
On the way home from church Addi lets out this big long put-put toot. I say "Addi was that you tooting?" She says "no it was just my bum making bubbles."
Putting the girls to bed Bella wanted to sleep with Emma. Emma didn't want to because the tooth fairy was going to visit her that night. Addi wanted to sleep with Bella but Bella didn't want to. Then Addi got her feelings hurt and cried. When I asked Bella why she didn't want to sleep with Addi she said "I scared of Addi's eyeballs."
However, they all crawled into one big bed and snuggled all night. New one for them.
Walmart- The most dreaded trip of all for us. The girls are always bad. Bob usually holds Molly and pushes one cart while I restrain Bella in another cart and both have to continually say 'Don't touch that' to the other two.
Bella got a lopgloss (to keep her quiet mostly) which was all over her, me and the cart. Fun.
Finally got to the check-out, which is the worst part. Trying to get everything out of carts and rangle the four kids plus keep them from stealing all those check-out aisle goodies. (Which I think are evil tricks of those big companies).
Our cashier was a younger guy with shaggy hair. Bella looked at him and says loudly (of course) "Daddy, where him eyes? He have eyes Daddy?" Hair cut I needed I think.
Then I move her and the big girls over to a bench off to the side. I am trying to play a game with Bella to distract her from screaming. I said "Where are my eyes?" She points to them. We do nose, ears, etc. Then I hear a thump-thump. I look over and here are Emma and Addi with their gloves on, boxing. Laughing they were saying 'Where are your eyes" thump thump in the eyes. "Where is your mouth?" Thump thump in the others mouth. Funny thing is there were no tears. Hey who needs boys.
Going to church has been getting really hard. The girls, mainly Bella, are so insanely crazy its hard to control. So I was tightly holding Bella to keep her from running all over the place and she takes her hands, put them on my face, squeezes and licks me form chin to forehead. Lovely.
Having a rather bad day I said to Bob "Do I look old? Look at these bags under my eyes." Addi looks up and says "Momma you are the Queen of old." :( How sweet.
Bella loves to stand over the floor grates to feel the hot air blow up. The other day she says 'I peed". Standing over the grate a nice warm breeze and she peed right down the hole. I don't think she meant to but it was a lovely mess.
Emma lost her first tooth and of course was super pumped. Addi hid and cried because she was so worried her teeth were going to fall out. Bella walks to Bob with fingers on her teeth saying 'Take my teeth out.'
We have only been letting Bella have her NUK at night. This is not going over well with her. I you've ever seen the commercials about getting your settlement money faster and they say "IT'S MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW!" So Bella asked Bob for her NUK and he said no. She scowls and and yells 'IT'S MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW, MY NUKIE!"
On the way home tonight Emma was sitting next to Molly. Molly let out a little squawk and Emma says 'Touche Molly, touche."
Emma says to me last night "Momma did you know that at night there is a security guard at our school. Yeah he is there to make sure no one breaks in and steals our scissors."
*For right now that seems to be all I can think of. I know this was long but I had to write it all out. For me if not anyone else. Like I said these go back to June 2009 to last night. I'm sure there will be many more posts to come. Happy reading.
On Father's Day we went out for lunch, Daddy's choice. We went to a new Chinese restaurant were several other of our church families were there. Our pastor being one right beside us. To paint this picture I have to say that people stop us all the time to tell us how cute the the girls are and if they are twins and so on. It's nice but I love that people think they are sweet but sometimes it can be an inconvience when you are trying to feed three children. So this woman just stopped and stared at them saying how cute they were over and over and we were trying to eat. She stood there for like 5 minutes or more just watching us and... Emma looks and says 'Wow you have a big belly." She still stood there I think waiting for me to say something, then walked away.
Always a treat to take them out, note sarcasm :)
We are the people you hate to have sit beside you at a restaurant.
I have decided that taking our children out in public is going to be put on hold...today...sitting in Denny's with another table beside us only divided by a small rectangle of glass and a half wall...Emma kept looking over and saying (very loudly of course) 'Are woman supposed to have beards???" Couldn't even look up at what or who she was talking about just scolded her harshly under my breath...sigh...Needless to say this repeated comment from Emma totally distracted from Bella yelling 'POOP' at the top of her lungs and the other girls laughing at her.
Emma, she said "Momma, when we had lunch today we didn't say the prayers." Then she quickly said them and looked back at me and said "Just in case" How cute.
Emma asked if she could choose between 'a whippin' or seeing the Christmas presents' my answer was neither...lol
Emma and Addi are all dressed up as princesses and Bella dressed as a monster 'roaring' at them and chasing them all around that house. How delicate.
Still smiling about last nights conversation with her little ladies. Emma was asking a lot of questions about Heaven and what repentance was. After everything was explained Addisyn started to pray 'I'm so sorry I'm so sorry Strawberry Shortcake." I said "Addi we don't pray to Strawberry Shortcake, only to Jesus." She replied "Oh Momma but I love Strawberry Shortcake, oh alright."
I love my children...Emma prays for supper 'Thank you Jesus for this food, bless it to our bodies, help Daddy get the job he really wants, help Mommy push it out with no pain, Bella to not be bad and Addi to not throw up, AMEN!" That girl can pray. LOL
Emma quote of the day "PLEASE can I stay up later....I'll give you a quarter!"
fought hard to get the girls to bed tonight, ugh, but Emma never fails to deliver a laugh when needed. After she was asleep for a bit she woke up suddenly and ran downstairs to say and I quote "Momma, I'm scared, I had a dream I was a little tiny baby and came out a PEANUT and someone covered me in BUTTER (she hates butter) and thought I was peanut butter and ATE ME!" HOW DO I NOT LAUGH?
She came down this morning and told me the same dream again only this time she added 'But they spit me out and said "Eww tastes like kid.'"
Addi found the feather duster, Bella likes to strip down to nothing and run around....Momma finds Bella in the buff with a feather stuck between her cheeks...what to do first; laugh or throw out duster???
Addi was rubbing the baby bump and says 'Oh Momma your belly is getting bigger!' Emma wanted to be involved in the conversation and adds 'Yes Momma your eyes too!!" lol
Emma has a fever, vomiting, headache and needed some Tylenol. I just opened a new one and Emma was looking at the box, it had pictures on it for what it covered, fever, coughing, runny nose and what not. Emma slams the box down and in her whiniest voice says "Momma it doesn't even take care of growing up! "I laughed and she said "Momma I'm very serious!" She just came out and said 'I am shutting off my birthdays, they are cancelled. I do not want to grow up and have to live somewhere else." Not sure what all this growing up stuff is about but she's keeping me smiling. Its really bothering her tonight. Then she said 'Momma I don't wanna get old like you.' Nice!
The girls must be feeling better, they are 'preforming' for me. A minute ago it was a skit from when Satan tempts Jesus in the desert. Now they are taking turns reading me stories. Emma playing Satan.
Emma is so cute. She just ran up to me to say 'Please Momma don't fall for any of the devils tricks.' Kids are smart :)
Really off my game today. Should know better than to think Bella being quiet. To think she is finally being good. She was upstairs in Momma's room mixing and spreading her concoction of Daddy's dry skin cream, Momma's RX ointment and cocoa butter. On the floors,on Momma's bed, on the basket of 'clean' clothes...oh and all over her. Her skin is so soft now. Just found the phone, and she was playing with it. Its been off the hook for 53 minutes. RAH. And its not even lunch yet.
Amazing Race. Emma wants Heidi and Joe to win because Heidi is Momma's sister's name. She yelled "Momma Heidi is gonna win ONE MILLION DOLLAR!"'
During supper tonight I told Emma to find her cup and that she wasn't getting a new one. Her reply "I think you have gas Momma." I said "What? Why?" "Well cause you are a little bit grumpy."
Watching her belly dance. Wished, hoped and prayed for one calm child, but alas, not a chance!
The girls asked to hear some music from when Momma was a girl. Let them dance to a little Garth, Travis, CCR and of course 'Fishing in the Dark', then we watched the Tracy Byrd video 'I'm from the country', Emma thought it was great that I was from the country and wondering if I knew those people they were all so nice.
I love how Bella can now run into the room in the morning, then tap me on the head and say "Momma, me stink!" Oh how they grow.
Emma came out to tell about an episode of 'Tom and Jerry' and knowing which one she was talking about responded with "Oh yes I know, I used to watch Tom and Jerry when I was little." Emma says "Yes but now its in colour!" Smarty pants! And she's only 5.
I wonder if anyone knows what you get when you put a fully dressed two year old, Momma's secret stash of almond kisses, and half a bottle of citrus shampoo in the tub.....for me it was a very long drawn out temper tantrum because I only washed her off and didn't give her a second bath.
Trying to explain to Emma why SpongeBob doesn't have a soul.
Grampa brought over some 'REAL' maple syrup, not as Emma puts it 'the Mrs Butt's stuff'. She's the real deal.
Just spotted Emma digging fruit snacks out of the corner table drawer (still in bag folded over so neatly) and said "What I just have one a day."
Addi asked today 'Momma when you were a little girl did you watch the chicken cross the road?'
Was in the kitchen with the girls dancing in the rainbows the prisms were shining on the walls as the sun filled the windows. Emma yells "Oh I love prisons.' Just what I mother wants to hear."
I wonder what to do when her 2 year old screams like a boy crazed girlie teenager every time Phineas and Ferb come on...its started already!
I have the equation to a GREAT work-out. 37 weeks pregnant woman + 15 steep stairs + sleeping 30lb toddler....oh wait that's the equation for a crazy woman who wants a hernia. My bad...sorry.
I think its pretty bad when Pamela Anderson has the most clothes on...come on! And I only watch cause the girls like to dance with them. Emma said "Oh cover your bum." (Dancing with the Stars)
First of today Addi, says to me like she is so proud she accomplished something this morning "Momma I have no more boogers in my nose!" Gonna be one of those days...
I had two kidisms yesterday. #1- Emma in the van driving by the big cemetery in town says "Wow I had no idea so many people got dead." #2- Addi getting her hair done for pm church service looks in the mirror says "Oh I look like an angel, AND Aaron is going to get to see me like this." (Aaron=cousin) So we have the class clown and beauty queen...lets hope Bella or Peanut are most likely to succeed. :D
I think we should have a show on TLC. Addi last night says to her Daddy while cuddling on the couch; "You know Daddy I love you more than sharks!" Nothing says love like rows of sharp jagged teeth!!
Emma being such a big girl and helping pregnant Momma. Then after her being in the kitchen for few minutes she runs in with her 'CHOCOLATE SANDWICH' that is Texas toast and a thick layer of frosting. It's the thought that counts right.
So Molly may be brand new but that doesn't mean she is free from Emma-isms. Last night Emma lets out a big sigh and says "I thought Peanut would have white skin like us not pink." Sometimes I think I would love to crawl in her mind and see all the things she thinks.
I'm getting excited to take my baby home today. Although Daddy tells me Bella is NOT happy about baby...to quote her "NO BABY!" This should be interesting.
I just love the joys of mother-hood. I've been peed on, pooped on, puked on, snotted on, hit, scratched, bit, kicked, jumped on, cried at, whinned at, kissed, hugged, loved...today! The lasts ones make it worth it.
Emma hates the idea of butter. My sister was talking to her on the phone one night and told her that she told her Mom to put butter in her food when she wasn't looking and she said "MY MOTHER DID THAT TOO!!!! IT WAS REALLY MEAN!!! I DON'T LIKE BUTTER!!
My parents came to visit from Canada to meet Miss Molly. And I think it was the hardest goodbye yet. Emma asked 'Nanny couldn't you stay for 20 more months?' When Nanny said she had to go home Emma replied with 'Okay then, how about 30? We all miss them.
You know you live in Wisconsin when your kids play eye spy like this; 'I spy something that....smells like cow poop.'
Today Emma told Bella to get in a box and she tried to close it on her and kept saying 'Bella duck your head so I can send you to Abu Dhabi.' Someone has been watching Garfield.
The other day Emma drew a picture of her grandfather (Bob's dad) and he had all this hair on top. Well Bob's dad has more of the hair around the bottom and not on top. He said 'That isn't me I don't have hair' Emma said 'Yeah you do, its on your back.'
This is for my sister: Making supper plates up for kids and Emma hides her face in her arms while I do it. When I asked what was wrong she said 'I don't want to see you put butter on my food, I know you do it.'
Bella was holding Molly with Momma's help, and baby starts routing to nurse. Bella being a seasoned mother lifts up her shirt to feed her baby. I quickly intervened but it was funny, even when Bella got mad at me for feeding the baby crying and yelling 'My baby!' Luckily, Elmo distracted her.
I was singing Molly to sleep when she realized why she wakes so often ... LULLABIES ARE SCARY. She's probably dreaming of falling out of a tree and big spiders and how nothing Momma's buys her will be any good. Poor thing, no wonder babies fight sleep so much.
I was doing my Wii Yoga this morning, Emma by my side. The lady says 'Can you feel the muscles in your thighs?' Momma: 'I can feel it in my calves', Emma: 'And I can feel it in my chickens!' Trying to hold the pose and laughing my head off Emma says 'What? You said calves.' (as in baby cows) She always has something to say. After this I said to her 'You are ridiculous" She said with a smirk 'Don't you mean hilarious'
We went to Walmart last night and it got a little too late to go over and visit Gramma and Grampa. Emma got a little upset and exasperated she yells 'I SPEND HALF MY LIFE AT WALMART, RAH!' She has a valid point.
I was talking on the phone to Bob about the church's event today 'Everyone's Birthday' where they are celebrating all the kids birthdays today (neat idea huh). Like 2 hours later Emma says 'Is it my birthday too?' I looked at her funny and said 'No.' She got all upset and said 'Then its everyone's birthday but mine.' I felt horrible and then told her the party was for everyone, even her. Kids hear everything!
I hate the honesty of children because just when I have myself fooled....Emma ruins it. She found my new license and says 'Man you're right Momma they DID make your face look chubby.' Sigh....
We were at my in-laws last night and getting ready to leave when Emma busts in the door and says 'We need to come inside those mosquitoes are giving us nipples all over." As we all double over in laughter she says 'What? they are little and round and look like them' Funniest moment of the week!
We had a tornado come through our little town. About 2pm it got so dark the street lights came on and it looked like we were inside a car wash from the house. Emma got so afraid says 'I think its the end of the world. I'm upset I hope Daddy gets home soon' Addi realizing she should be upset (we had no power) says "I'm upset too, I can't watch TV". Then Bella gets right in my face and says 'Momma I scare too'
It was raining hard this morning on the way to church and when we passed a barn with four silos (one on each corner) and Addi yells 'Oh look a CASTLE!' That's a Wisconsin castle!
Today I have stripped all 6 beds plus the crib, have only one clean fitted sheet on my bed Bella walks in looks at me and....throws up on it. Then takes off not sick at all. And that's the kind of day I'm having.
I had my camera smashed and broke by Bella today and was quite upset. So my sweet Emma goes and gets her Yard Sale money bag and hands me a hand full of dollar bills and says 'Here Momma go buy yourself a new camera." How sweet!
When my parents were here with my nice they were 'DNA' testing all the stuffed animals to make sure they can enter their club. Kids are funny and pick up on EVERYTHING!
Oh did I mention the DNA testing stick is a play curling iron. HAHAHA!
We had fortune cookies after supper tonight for everyone. Emma's said 'You will spend old age in comfort and material wealth.' She turned her nose up and said 'Here Nanny I think you should have this one.' This could have been kind but I think she was hinting that Nanny is old. Poor Nanny.
I can't believe how much kids are like their parents. Last night at supper Emma and Addi were telling Chloe numerous pointless knock-knock jokes. Then Chloe says 'Knock Knock' (who's there) 'Annoying'...'And its both of you!!" ROFL Miss my sister.
I love when kids say sweet things without being prompted. Emma asked me if we could have a bake sale in our front yard to raise money for 'the children', meaning kids less fortunate than her. Now I have to cause how can I say no to that. What a good kid, maybe there is a little bit of me in her after all.
Emma has decided she needs to watch the Packers today. So I told her if she likes Packers she is a chessehead. She says "what if I like the Eagles? Does that make me a salad head?". Lol can't believe my girls are making me watch football.
Kindergarten...man that was rough. We both were a little misty-eyed. Then the teacher said 'I think you better leave.'
Addi doesn't like Emma going to school without her. Its so quiet in the house...oh wait Bella is streaking through the house...maybe won't be so quiet after all.
I wonder if you know what a teething baby plus a curious toddler equals??? Answer: Bella finding the Orajel, squeezing it out all over her hands and sticking her fingers up her nose. Me the great mom that I am, laughed and laughed.
Emma is actually really shy around 'non-family'. But she took her Zhu-zhu 'snowy'. I kept saying 'where did you get Snowy?'. I wanted her to say her Nanny from Canada instead she kept looking at me funny and saying 'Uh Walmart.'
Had an interesting walk home from school. With Molly in the snug sac she decided she should crawl home. She tried crawling up me the whole way home, funny but uncomfortable.
I swear Emma comes home each day from school acting more like Calvin than the day before.
Can't believe it's 75 degrees out. Addi just asked for sunscreen, October in Wisconsin.
I was talking to Emma about next weeks show and tell, something that starts with the letter M. She says 'Could I bring Molly Meydam, I'll just put her in my locker until its time.'
I asked Emma last night and asked if all her friends at school liked her nails Auntie Bonnie painted for her. Her response; "Yes but I didn't get to show them my 'woman toes.'" I say 'Your woman toes?' 'Yes they make me feel like a woman" says my FIVE YEAR OLD. Oh Emma....
I don't quite remember what happened this day when I asked 'Who did this?' (whatever it was) Emma says it was Addisyn and Addisyn says it was Emma. I was so frustrated and said 'I won't spank anyone for doing it I just want to know who did it." Emma said 'Oh well if you aren't going to spank me, I did it.' RAHHHH!
You know you are a mom of lots of small children when someone says 'Is that poop on your shoulder?' and you say 'Could be.' And luckily is just baby food. This too shall pass.
I was putting in some laundry and heard a crash. I said 'Bella what are you into?' She yells back 'EVERYTHING!' At least she's honest.
I'm starting to hate Halloween. The lady across the street has a little cherub angel she put a scary mask on. Bella keeps freaking out yelling 'BABY MONSTER', last night she could barely sleep cause 'BABY MONSTER SCARE ME.'
Thinks Bella is following in Emma's shoes. Sunday AM on the way to church Bella wanted her Nuk and I told her I didn't have it. She said 'in Momma's purse?'. No I told her. Then with a grin she says 'in Jesus purse?'
I took the girls to the Halloween parade the other day and a teacher was dressed up as a bunny. Bella took my hand and quietly said 'Momma its Wooby!' Meaning Ruby from Max & Ruby, it was soooo cute.
I took Addi to the doctor to today. White sitting in the quiet waiting area we were talking and she says (super loud of course) 'Momma your breath is stinky, did you forget to brush your teeth this morning??'
So the other day Grampa came over and finished our porch front and back. Looks AWESOME! Emma says 'Grampa is like superman, he's the best, we are sooo lucky.' I told Grampa this and she then says 'Can you fly?' He says 'No.' She then says 'Can you even climb a tree at your age??' My girl never fails to deliver the funniness.
Driving to get Emma and Addi says 'hey momma there was an old man on the sidewalk and we didn't even hit him.'. I didn't realize that I normally run over senior citizens.
Laughed this morning as before school Emma and Addi were playing and Addi says "Emma let's play leapfrog. You be the leap and I'll be the frog!"
Started this day a little sooner than wanted. The big girls got up with dad and had breakfast (no school). He said 'momma is upstairs with the sleeping babies don't go up and wake them'. So instead Emma decided to take my keys and hit both car alarms. She said she figured the honking would wake us without her going upstairs. I wish I made this up.
Quote of the day (to her children) 'The world is your canvas...just don't paint on my walls' As Bella runs away with a paintbrush in hand.
I grounded Emma for the weekend for being super mean and bossy to her sisters. She asked "what's 'grounded' mean". I said 'It means you can't do anything special or fun this weekend. But if you are nice to your sisters you will be off.' She says 'Hey Addi I guess I'm grounded.' Outsmarted again.
After a long day of cleaning, supper and baths I decided to have a little Momma time and go and read, ALONE. Daddy stayed downstairs and read the girls a bedtime story. I could hear them all giggling and just smiled. Then I came downstairs this morning to find 'Calvin and Hobbes-Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat' Tell me if I'm wrong but Calvin doesn't usually inspire kids to do good things. Lovely.
We were playing Candy Land with the girls and Bella laying on her belly, and not fully understanding the game picked a card and says 'Oh Jeepers!'
Have a sick Emma home from school today. She looks at me and says "Momma I'm cold do you think you could turn the heat up to 70 degrees?" lol What five year says that?
I can't believe all the funnies today, Emma's latest. "Bella is taking my last straw!" I say "What? What straw?" She says "You know, like when you say it's your last straw." She was on the right track...but not quite.
I have a Phinneas and Ferb Emma story. So Emma was being super bossy one night and I said 'Emma you are acting like Buford (the bully).' She gets this evil grin on her face and says 'Hey Addi I guess that makes you Baljeet (his nerd).' Then she chased her through the house yelling 'Baljeet Baljeet Baljeet!' Anyone looking for a bully?
Emma and Addi were playing 'school' so nice this afternoon when Addi leans over to look at a book and Emma says, in a such a calm voice,"Oh Addi don't get too close, I'm allergic to you."
For Thanksgiving the kindergarten class made Pilgrim hats. Emma brought her girl one home yesterday. She was telling Addisyn all about it and said "We pilgrims didn't have an TV's, telephones or anything electronic. AND we lived in black and white." I had to hide my laughter but it was funny.
Was combing Addisyn's hair after her bath last night and she was being dramatic, pulling her head way back and rolling around those big eyes. I laughed and said "You're your mother's child." She stopped, looked at me dead serious and said "I am?" It made me laugh.
Emma just came to me with a crescent and said 'Can you open this?' I got up to go and help. She said 'With whip cream.' I said 'No, not with whip cream, maybe some cheese.' Her response; 'Well, after you open it I'll handle it from there.' Needless to say, she did not get whip cream.
Was helping the girls with the church songs for the play 'Shepperds and Sheep'. One song is called 'Shaggy, smelly sheep.'. Emma says " I'm not singing that cause I'm a sheep and it hurts me, I do not stink!".
Addi was drawing a picture for me this morning. She walks over and says "Look Momma its an animal peeing in a bucket." How sweet of her, eh.
I was cleaning up lunch Addi hadn't eaten much at all. I said "Addi why didn't you eat?" She says "I am going to save it. Save as in for later not like to save someone from falling out of tree." Exact quote, no lie.
Watching 'I get that a lot' on CBS. Ice-T is coming up and I say "Whatever, no one looks like Ice-T." Emma says "What do I like then, BBQ sauce?"
Bella refused to participate in the Sunday School program because there was no way she would sing 'Away in a Manger'. To quote her "NO, Baby Jesus sleep my bed." She doesn't like the idea that Baby Jesus didn't have a nice bed to sleep in. ;)
Momma: Bella you are not being very nice. You can't be a bully. Do you understand?
Bella: Yes. Momma:
Momma: I don't want anymore fighting. Do you understand?
Bella: Yes.
Momma: Are you going to stop fighting and be nice?
Bella: No.
This morning Bella came in the bathroom and yells in her soft sweet voice (actually rough deep voice) 'Momma gimme yer loopgloss sticcc" Typing can't do justice to it.
Presently she is sitting on my lap and the words that just came out of my mouth were 'You can cry all you want but you can't put things up other people's noses.'
It NEVER ends at my house.
Having a blast with the girls running around in a huge 'nerf war'. Bella wanted to play so I gave her my gun and she tried to shoot Emma but her finger wasn't strong enough to pull the trigger so, being Bella, she walks over and pistol whips her.
So today I gave her a water bottle instead. Fun times then she went over and sprayed Molly right between the eyes. No one is safe.
This morning Molly scratched Bella on the belly. She came running to me and in her rough little voice said 'Molly scratch me' with a big frown on her face. I said 'Oh are her finger nails long?' I walked to the bathroom and said 'Well then I'll get the clippers and clip her fingernails.' Looking horrified she said 'Oh no Momma.' She thought I was going to cut Molly's fingers off. She was mad but not that mad.
Well a whole new year of Meydam adventure starts with a bang. Bella runs into the kitchen and points to the bottle of canola oil on the counter and says 'Momma icky apple juice.' Bahaha, some have to learn the hard way.
So a few days ago Emma was sitting at the girls little round table with my snow globe. Addi was sitting across from her and Emma says in a misty voice, "I can see your future (gives the ball a shake) and its snowy."
At bedtime the other night I was talking to Emma and asking if her birthday had been everything she wanted. Then before I left I said (as I always do, to her protest) "I love you to pieces, I love you to parts, I even love your stinky smelly farts." I walked to the door and heard Addisyn sniff and say "What about my stinky farts?" So I had to go back and assure her I love her stinkiness too. You know its really in the little things.
Quotes Emma after her bath tonight in the most dead serious tone 'Momma people who eat garbage get very sick and could die, and they fart too.'
Emma came down in her nighty tonight and said "Momma I'm super twirly lady, Addi is super strong girl and Bella is a super cry baby."
Emma just came downstairs to show me a 'trick' she taught herself...bra in hand she wraps one strap around one foot and the other around her hand and jumps on one foot saying "I think this is a SUPER BRA!"
We got a package from Nannyy this morning...Addi asked 'Did she send us a crocodile?' Not sure if the US Postal service allows that kind of thing to be shipped through ground service...humm?? :)
I just love how Nick Jr has my four year old singing Bob Marley every time I get a little upset "Momma don't worry about a thing....cause everything little thing is gonna be alright..."
Emma told a story tonight after the regular story...her's goes like this "Once there was a big heart, but to his mommy he was really small...so....she cooked him up and had him for supper!"
Bella jumped out of bed this morning, before anyone else. took off her diaper and poop behind Addi's bed. Definite con for the toddler bed!!
"The Million Things I Never Thought I Would Ever Say"...yesterdays example being 'No I will not pull the van over to pick your wedgie' ;)
Bella- The other day the phone rang and I was jumping around trying to get everyone ready to go out. I ran for the phone and it had stopped ringing and I couldn't find it. I yell 'Bella where did you put it?' 'Oh momma I hide it.' Then I find it behind the couch with my friend on the line laughing at the whole situation of me yelling and her hiding it.
Like said before Bella's new thing is hiding everything. I put anything down for a second and she runs off with it. I get pj's for the girls and if it takes them more than 3 seconds to pick them up they are gone. I am constantly saying 'Where did I put that' and Bella always follows it up with a sweet little 'Oh I hide it.' I hope she soon remembers where she hid my sanity.
Hubby had to go in the hospital and get a surgery to his esophagus done. After visiting him the girls and I came home. After they were all in bed and prayers were said plus a drink, hug and kiss I said we need to pray for Daddy all together. As we prayed they each put something in they thought should be prayed for. Emma said 'oh and his neck' Addi says 'His boo-boo in him throat.' Bella says 'and his eyes' (he had migraines and a towel on his head because of it) then she added 'oh oh and him arm, big pokey.' She was so worried about his IV.
The other day Emma and Bella each were eating some M&M's. Bella dumped hers all out and took Emma's. Emma came to the kitchen and told me the whole story. I said 'Well Em you are just going to have to work it out.' She says 'Oh I'm a fighter, I fought it out.' I looked up just to see her walking away with the M&M's.
Bella and Addi are in the play room. I hear crashes and bangs. Addi says 'Bella are you sure about this?' Bella 'YES'. I go in to see what is going on and Addi says 'I wasn't sure about this mess.'
So Addi was singing 'old McMomma had a farm, with a cow cow here and a cow cow there.' I said 'Addi I don't have any cows on my farm.' She said 'you know when you get angry and you have cows.'
The pastors wife asked Emma if Gramma had any chickens on her farm and Emma answered 'Yup but we cut off their heads and ate them.' Same thing with the cows they were raising. One day they were just gone and Emma said 'Oh did Gramma take the cows to make steak?' Farm girl through and through.
At Christmas time this year (2010) Emma came to me with the biggest frown stroking her plush doggie. She said 'Momma that lady said millions of dogs and cats are dying. We need to save them. You need to call that number.' I love her sensitiity but I don't think I can save all the dogs and cats in the nation. Sorry.
Bella brings me her Zhu Zhu pet and says he is broke. I told her that he wasn't broke just his batteries were dead. She said 'He dead?' I said 'No just his batteries' She took a sigh of relief. Once I changed the batteries she hugged it and said 'oh baby I missed you." I spent the next ten minutes bringing several hamsters back to life.
While watching TV a commercial for the EDT home security pendant in case you fall or need help. Usually something older people would use. Addi looks over at me and says 'Momma you should get that in case you fall down the stairs.'
We bought the game 'Don't break the ice' for Christmas. Bella took the box and dumped out all the contents and ran to Daddy and yelled 'Daddy I broke ice.'
I told Bella if she gave up the NUK for good she would get a big treat. She hands me the NUK and in her rough voice demands "Give me treat, huh!"
While watching the football game Emma had to watch she says the most girlish thing "Man baseball is boring."
So after Bob's surgery on his throat Emma went to school and told her teacher that Daddy was in the hospital. The teacher asked what had happened and Emma said "Oh he had a chicken in his throat."
Heidi bought the girls tu-tus form Disney and Bella jumps around, twirls, bends to put her legs up 'fancy.' She keeps yelling 'Look, look at me, I a bina-rina."
Having a tighter shirt on one day with a padded nursing bra on I had some interesting remarks from the girls. Sitting at the table next to Addisyn she starts poking them saying "I like yer boobs." *blush* Then I was in the bathroom putting on makeup when Bella jumps up on the toilet and starts poking me and says "Like boo-boos, like a cow, Moooooooooo"
At supper the same night Bella would eat supper and we said that if she didn't eat she couldn't go see her aunt 'Noni'. She says 'Noni like a chicken, BOK-BOK.' Then puts her hands in armpits and flaps while clucking.
Emma was driving me nuts one day and I said the thing you tell yourself you will never say when you have kids. "I brought you into this world and I can take you out." Emma tilts her head and says "How?" Guess that didn't work.
Last night in the tub I had all the girls with shampoo in their haid piled up on the their hands. Emma looks at Addi and says "Addi you look like Justin Bieber." Addi had a puzzled look on her face and said "And you look like Justin Fever too." Neither even know what he looks like.
Daddy picked Emma up from school today and she was so excited she runs out to him and says "Oh Daddy, guess what, the Warthog didn't see his shadow." Good thing cause I don't think Pumba is much of a winter pig anyway.
They celebrate the 100th day of school here. We got a project to do of gluing ten groups of ten of small items on a big paper. Small things like paper clips and chocolate chips. On the way out, in the hallway I was telling Emma about what the teacher had told me about the 100 day project. She stopped dead in her tracks, eyes bugged out and loudly proclaims (in front of all other parents) "I HAVE 100 HOMEWORKS!"
Only at our house do you go to get ice from the ice machine and find that a lipgloss has plopped into your cup. Nice!
Last night while laying with Bella she did not want to sleep. So I was saying her prayers for the second time. I prayed "Lord help Bella to have no bad dreams or bad thoughts. Give her sweet dreams of unicorns, butterflies.." She interrupted me with 'AND NUKIES!" We'll never get that thing away from her.
On the way home from church Addi lets out this big long put-put toot. I say "Addi was that you tooting?" She says "no it was just my bum making bubbles."
Putting the girls to bed Bella wanted to sleep with Emma. Emma didn't want to because the tooth fairy was going to visit her that night. Addi wanted to sleep with Bella but Bella didn't want to. Then Addi got her feelings hurt and cried. When I asked Bella why she didn't want to sleep with Addi she said "I scared of Addi's eyeballs."
However, they all crawled into one big bed and snuggled all night. New one for them.
Walmart- The most dreaded trip of all for us. The girls are always bad. Bob usually holds Molly and pushes one cart while I restrain Bella in another cart and both have to continually say 'Don't touch that' to the other two.
Bella got a lopgloss (to keep her quiet mostly) which was all over her, me and the cart. Fun.
Finally got to the check-out, which is the worst part. Trying to get everything out of carts and rangle the four kids plus keep them from stealing all those check-out aisle goodies. (Which I think are evil tricks of those big companies).
Our cashier was a younger guy with shaggy hair. Bella looked at him and says loudly (of course) "Daddy, where him eyes? He have eyes Daddy?" Hair cut I needed I think.
Then I move her and the big girls over to a bench off to the side. I am trying to play a game with Bella to distract her from screaming. I said "Where are my eyes?" She points to them. We do nose, ears, etc. Then I hear a thump-thump. I look over and here are Emma and Addi with their gloves on, boxing. Laughing they were saying 'Where are your eyes" thump thump in the eyes. "Where is your mouth?" Thump thump in the others mouth. Funny thing is there were no tears. Hey who needs boys.
Going to church has been getting really hard. The girls, mainly Bella, are so insanely crazy its hard to control. So I was tightly holding Bella to keep her from running all over the place and she takes her hands, put them on my face, squeezes and licks me form chin to forehead. Lovely.
Having a rather bad day I said to Bob "Do I look old? Look at these bags under my eyes." Addi looks up and says "Momma you are the Queen of old." :( How sweet.
Bella loves to stand over the floor grates to feel the hot air blow up. The other day she says 'I peed". Standing over the grate a nice warm breeze and she peed right down the hole. I don't think she meant to but it was a lovely mess.
Emma lost her first tooth and of course was super pumped. Addi hid and cried because she was so worried her teeth were going to fall out. Bella walks to Bob with fingers on her teeth saying 'Take my teeth out.'
We have only been letting Bella have her NUK at night. This is not going over well with her. I you've ever seen the commercials about getting your settlement money faster and they say "IT'S MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW!" So Bella asked Bob for her NUK and he said no. She scowls and and yells 'IT'S MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW, MY NUKIE!"
On the way home tonight Emma was sitting next to Molly. Molly let out a little squawk and Emma says 'Touche Molly, touche."
Emma says to me last night "Momma did you know that at night there is a security guard at our school. Yeah he is there to make sure no one breaks in and steals our scissors."
*For right now that seems to be all I can think of. I know this was long but I had to write it all out. For me if not anyone else. Like I said these go back to June 2009 to last night. I'm sure there will be many more posts to come. Happy reading.
4.2.11
Giggles from Girls
Its been a while since my last post so I thought I better update. Lately we have been having sick times and busy times but the girls never seem to let that get them down. Here are a few of our stories.
One day Emma came out to the kitchen where I was doing the dishes and with a long face said;
Emma: Bella took my M&M's cause hers are gone.
Momma: Well work it out.
Emma: Oh no, I'm a fighter, I fought it out.
She walks away with her bag of M&M's in hand.
Addisyn is my little worry wart. She is horrified about death. She talks about us or her dying all the time and how she doesn't want to die. One day she said "Momma if you die tomorrow I'm really going to miss you." Then another day she says "Momma if you die who is going to make supper?" Poor muffin, she's going to be gray worrying.
I told Bella if she gave up the NUK for good she would get a big treat. She hands me the NUK and in her rough and tough voice demands "Give me treat, huh!"
Since Kindergarten started Emma has become a Packer Fan (I think it is required to attend a public school in Wisconsin). After green and gold day she had to watch the big game. I told her to be a Packer fan means she is a cheesehead. She says "What if I like the Eagles? Does that make me a salad head?" (Grampa thinks maybe a birdbrain).
Then while watching the game she said the most girlish thing "Man baseball is boring." That's my girl. Now hockey, that's a different story.
Bob had to have a tracheotomy recently because of his narrow esophagus and having food stuck in it. Long story, anyway, Emma went to school to tell her teacher all about it. Mrs.Hart asked me later what happened because all Emma said was "Daddy is in the hospital, he had a chicken in his throat."
My sister Heidi bought the girls tu-tus from Disney and sent them to us. The girls love getting packages in the mail. Bella was so excited she had to put it on right away. She was jumping around, twirling, bending her legs 'fancy'. She yells "Look, look at me. I a binarina, binarina."
I was wearing a tighter shirt than usual one day. Plus still nursing I was wearing a padded nursing bra. This perked some interesting remarks. Sitting at the table for supper Addi starts poking them saying "I like yer boobs." (Think there is a little bit of Daddy in her.) Then I was in the bathroom putting on makeup when Bella jumps up on the toilet and starts poking them. She says "Like boo-boos, like a cow, MOOOOOOOO!"
At supper that night, I Bella was on a farm theme. She would not eat her food. I said "Well if you don't eat you can't go see Noni" (her aunt Naomi). She says, with hands in armpits flapping "Oh Noni, like a chicken, bok-bok." And the more we laughed the more she clucked.
Emma was driving me nuts one day, and I said the one thing you tell yourself you'll never say when you have kids. "I brought you into this world and I can take you out!" Being Emma she looks at me puzzled and says "How?" Nothing works with her.
One night coming home from shopping the girls were just full of the giggles. Everything was funny to them. Anyway, somehow they started talking about grandparents and great-grandparents. Addi asked about her great-great-great-great grandparents and where they were. Emma stopped laughing and said in a matter of fact voice "No Addi they're all dead." They sat in silence for a moment then the giggles started all over again about something totally different. I think I am going to hate slumber parties when they get older.
Last night in the tub I had all the girls crowded in there to get it done fast. I had them shampooed up with their hair piled on top of their heads. Emma looks at Addi and says "Hey you look like Justin Beiber." Addi wasn't sure about this but said "And you look like Justin Fever too." They really don't know who he is but it was super funny.
The other day Daddy picked Emma up from school and she was so pumped, she said "Oh Daddy, guess what. The Warthhog didn't see his shadow." I was worried because I don't think Pumba could handle much more winter.
They celebrate the 100th day of school here. We got a project of gluing ten groups of ten of any small things (paperclips, choclate chips, etc) to a big paper. As we were leaving school that day I was telling Emma about this. She stops dead in her tracks, bugs out her eyes and loudly proclaims (in front of all the other parents) "I HAVE 100 HOMEWORKS?"
Only at our house do you go to get ice out of the fridge ice machine and a lip gloss plops into your cup. Emma trying to hide it from Bella.
My Mom sent the girls some Valentine's and treats. Bella opens her card and really mad she yells "Hey! Where's my lip gloss?"
Last night while laying with Bella she did not want to go to sleep. So I was saying her prayers with her for the second time. I prayed "Lord help Bella to sleep all night long with no bad dreams or bad thoughts. Give her sweet dreams of unicorns and butterflies..." She interrupts me with a loud "AND NUKIES!" We'll never get that thing away from her.
These are our recent stories. I will soon post some past funnies. I hope you enjoy the insanity of my life. :)
One day Emma came out to the kitchen where I was doing the dishes and with a long face said;
Emma: Bella took my M&M's cause hers are gone.
Momma: Well work it out.
Emma: Oh no, I'm a fighter, I fought it out.
She walks away with her bag of M&M's in hand.
Addisyn is my little worry wart. She is horrified about death. She talks about us or her dying all the time and how she doesn't want to die. One day she said "Momma if you die tomorrow I'm really going to miss you." Then another day she says "Momma if you die who is going to make supper?" Poor muffin, she's going to be gray worrying.
I told Bella if she gave up the NUK for good she would get a big treat. She hands me the NUK and in her rough and tough voice demands "Give me treat, huh!"
Since Kindergarten started Emma has become a Packer Fan (I think it is required to attend a public school in Wisconsin). After green and gold day she had to watch the big game. I told her to be a Packer fan means she is a cheesehead. She says "What if I like the Eagles? Does that make me a salad head?" (Grampa thinks maybe a birdbrain).
Then while watching the game she said the most girlish thing "Man baseball is boring." That's my girl. Now hockey, that's a different story.
Bob had to have a tracheotomy recently because of his narrow esophagus and having food stuck in it. Long story, anyway, Emma went to school to tell her teacher all about it. Mrs.Hart asked me later what happened because all Emma said was "Daddy is in the hospital, he had a chicken in his throat."
My sister Heidi bought the girls tu-tus from Disney and sent them to us. The girls love getting packages in the mail. Bella was so excited she had to put it on right away. She was jumping around, twirling, bending her legs 'fancy'. She yells "Look, look at me. I a binarina, binarina."
I was wearing a tighter shirt than usual one day. Plus still nursing I was wearing a padded nursing bra. This perked some interesting remarks. Sitting at the table for supper Addi starts poking them saying "I like yer boobs." (Think there is a little bit of Daddy in her.) Then I was in the bathroom putting on makeup when Bella jumps up on the toilet and starts poking them. She says "Like boo-boos, like a cow, MOOOOOOOO!"
At supper that night, I Bella was on a farm theme. She would not eat her food. I said "Well if you don't eat you can't go see Noni" (her aunt Naomi). She says, with hands in armpits flapping "Oh Noni, like a chicken, bok-bok." And the more we laughed the more she clucked.
Emma was driving me nuts one day, and I said the one thing you tell yourself you'll never say when you have kids. "I brought you into this world and I can take you out!" Being Emma she looks at me puzzled and says "How?" Nothing works with her.
One night coming home from shopping the girls were just full of the giggles. Everything was funny to them. Anyway, somehow they started talking about grandparents and great-grandparents. Addi asked about her great-great-great-great grandparents and where they were. Emma stopped laughing and said in a matter of fact voice "No Addi they're all dead." They sat in silence for a moment then the giggles started all over again about something totally different. I think I am going to hate slumber parties when they get older.
Last night in the tub I had all the girls crowded in there to get it done fast. I had them shampooed up with their hair piled on top of their heads. Emma looks at Addi and says "Hey you look like Justin Beiber." Addi wasn't sure about this but said "And you look like Justin Fever too." They really don't know who he is but it was super funny.
The other day Daddy picked Emma up from school and she was so pumped, she said "Oh Daddy, guess what. The Warthhog didn't see his shadow." I was worried because I don't think Pumba could handle much more winter.
They celebrate the 100th day of school here. We got a project of gluing ten groups of ten of any small things (paperclips, choclate chips, etc) to a big paper. As we were leaving school that day I was telling Emma about this. She stops dead in her tracks, bugs out her eyes and loudly proclaims (in front of all the other parents) "I HAVE 100 HOMEWORKS?"
Only at our house do you go to get ice out of the fridge ice machine and a lip gloss plops into your cup. Emma trying to hide it from Bella.
My Mom sent the girls some Valentine's and treats. Bella opens her card and really mad she yells "Hey! Where's my lip gloss?"
Last night while laying with Bella she did not want to go to sleep. So I was saying her prayers with her for the second time. I prayed "Lord help Bella to sleep all night long with no bad dreams or bad thoughts. Give her sweet dreams of unicorns and butterflies..." She interrupts me with a loud "AND NUKIES!" We'll never get that thing away from her.
These are our recent stories. I will soon post some past funnies. I hope you enjoy the insanity of my life. :)
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