Osmosis...cooking fairy....Rumplestisken

I just wanted to know if anyone else out there buys a cookbook hoping that the deliciousness will end up on your table. I'm hoping for osmosis...Rumplestilsken, or some little cooking fairy. :-)

I'll let you know if that happens. I'll be singing "Oh Happy Day"!

Horse Named Charlie

I'm just reminding myself of this. We were in the car the other day after walking for a little bit and Bella said to me, "Moma...I have a horse in my leg and his name's Charlie!" I just laughed. SOOOO funny.

She has since had The Horse Named Charlie in her arm, other leg, and head. :-)

Paper airplanes

Bella wanted a paper airplane a week or so ago. I stink at paper airplanes. My sister and I tried to make them when we were kids...they never worked...at all. We couldn't figure out what all the hub bub was about them. So totally not fun.

Since I knew I couldn't make one I found a "how to" book at the library. It took me 2 weeks of perusing the book to finally decide to get down to business and make one. It took me an hour and a half, 7-8 attempts, a glimmer of why these are fun, and several almost swear words...and I still had not made one (from the beginner section) that actually worked well. During that hour and a half Steve and Kenzi had to duck and cover several times. (I had to test each one repeatedly. I was running all over the place. They were fond of going down the stairs, into my plant, the sink, dive bombing straight down, going straight up and right back at me...or whoever was behind me [Steve]. Behind the computer desk where I smacked my head on the wall in my haste to recover said fragile flower.) They seemed especially fond of seeking Steve out. I was so totally not aiming at him either. I even stood right next to him and threw so they wouldn't come back and whack him in the face. But they still did. :-/ I even made only the blunt-ended ones so it wouldn't hurt so much when they did their Steve-seeking. AND I figured if the little kidlets were throwing them and the planes were directionally challenged that perhaps there would be less tears with the blunt ends. (I'm a thinker.)

After one of my frustrated exclamations Steve said, "Give me a piece of paper." Turns out he made the dang things when he was a kid. It took him like 30 seconds to remember how to do it and he made 3. Chelsea and Jasmine...I think my "Chucky face" might have made an appearance there. *Colleen smacks head repeatedly against wall...then starts smacking Steve's head against wall as well. :-)

They were a lot of fun though...later after frustration ebbed. We'll see how Bella does with them tomorrow.

The things kids learn these days...

Texting!!!! Why, oh why can't we just call? Shame on me for saying that...I feel so antiquated. :-) Tangent: It was kind of nice in the "old days" when you didn't hear from someone you knew they couldn't afford the long distance charge or they just got busy and didn't have time to call (because phones used to be tethered to the wall ya know?). So many reasons not to get a call.

No writing letters...make a call. No calls...you can text. No texts...um...ESP?...you don't like me? Oh, I know...CAN'T text I have carpal tunnel! Yeah, that's it. :-) Heavy sigh of remembrance of the "old days".

Ok...un-tangent. The things kids learn. Specifically, Bella and Josie and text alert sounds! My little girlie's have learned to hum Beethoven's Fifth, TransSiberian Orchestra, and several other classical-type artists. We even went online to learn about some of these composers. We were in the car one day. I was flipping through stations and Bella said, "Hey mom, that was Mozart!" Sniffle! I am so proud!

Josie has learned that "There's no crying is baseball!" (A League of Their Own) And that someone named "goose" always wants to "talk to me". (From Top Gun..."Talk to me Goose!")

They both have been known to say "It's so fluffy!!!! Does this count as annoying?"...and they start smacking their cheeks making "annoying" noises. (Despicable Me).

They can both go "beer da near near near near near near..da near near near near near" (song from Robin Hood animated movie...where Robin Hood is a fox. Little John's a bear. Prince John is an annoying Lion who sucks his thumb)

They can even sing the Tigger theme song!

No problem! They're learning and memorizing...this is good. As soon as my phone goes off I hear them mimicking what they hear...what a fun learning tool.

I got a sound the other day. It made me laugh so hard I almost cried. I changed my text sound immediately. It's a little Irish leprechaun and he says...in his little Irish accent, "Holy crap, it's a text." I guess you gotta hear it because it SOUNDS way funnier than it types. Except when a 2 year old and 5 year old start saying it. GAH!!!!!!

Rocking out to Hercules.

Bella was in the playroom the other day playing one of her favorite cd games. It's from the kids movie Hercules. She just pops that disc in and off she goes. Josie likes to watch.

I was in the living room working on the computer. I don't know if you know these kid games...they go through bits of the movie and have all kinds of games to play throughout. Plus you get all the songs from the movie playing throughout as well. I soon became aware that she was singing to one of the Hercules songs. She was getting louder and louder...really belting it out. :-) It was so cute. Her little voice was squeaking as she hit those high notes.

It dawned on me to video her. By the time I got in there she had finished her song and was moving onto another game. Darn it. Next time I'm ready. I have the video camera within easy reach to grab and run down the hall and capture her on tape. She will love it when I pull this out to show her first date...or at Young Womenhood Recognition night...or at her wedding...or mission farewell. he he he

Bella's favorite letter

I have started "home" preschool with Bella. This last week was "L" week. We were at the dinner table the other night...just me, Bella, Josie, and Jaz. Bella and I were telling Jasmine what we had done that day for "preschool". (Bella is very cute in preschool...she says "I'll help you mom. I know you've never been a teacher before!)



Anyway...Jaz asked her what her favorite letter was. Belle has been in preschool and she had done up to letter K before Christmas. We were just picking up where they left off. Bella stopped talking and just sat there thinking a minute. It was cute. I thought...wow, she's really thinking about what letter she likes the best. I thought maybe she would say "I" or "B" for Isabella or Bella. After a while she said, "I know my favorite letter...it's M O M". WHAT A SWEET GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!! And smart...we haven't even done those letter yet. Just gave her hugs and kisses all over...little sweet sugar baby.

Bella was there when I told Steve about it. She was very proud of herself. She thought for a minute and said, "I have another favorite letter....D A D." She knows how to get a big hug.

Contrary Mary...or Josie

Josie has been a tad bit grumpy these last couple weeks...screaming, hitting, runny nose, constipated, possible teething (she's not agreeable to people looking in her mouth) and occasional biting (especially if you have your fingers in her mouth trying to see if she has new teeth coming in). OH...and she doesn't take naps much anymore either. She stands in her crib and anything she can reach is desecrated. Pictures, books, hard plastic container, stuffed animals, bedding.

She woke up early this morning...gave her ibuprofin first thing. :-) She ate breakfast, threw breakfast on floor, watched Curious George, helped me fold laundry by throwing it all on the floor. She dumped all the crayons out of the big tub of crayons we have. She hit Bella a couple times. Dumped all the toy bins she could find...repeatedly. Threw all the magnets off the magnet board. Poked me in the eye. Wouldn't stay in the playground area. Wanted to swing on the big swings but wouldn't hold on. Wouldn't take a nap...destroyed a picture of Jesus with the little children I had on the bookcase. Took all the shoes and spread them through the house. Hit me a couple of times. Drew on the wall. Took my basket of pens at the back of my desk...she climbed up the front of the desk to get them...and threw them on the floor. AND used the pens she could find to draw on any surface she could find...floor, her legs...a little bit of paper. Scratched my cupboards. Repeatedly started the water dispenser from the fridge...all over herself and floor. Threw the dvd's off the shelf. "Rearranged" the books on the living room and family room bookshelves. Played the piano. She loved dinner and said, "yummy". She rearranged everything on my computer to be sideways. She screamed during prayer and head butted me. She liked her bath.

Heavy sigh. My eye still hurts.