Playing with dolls: A Play by Play

Tonight E. asked me to play dolls with her.  I finally agreed.  I don't really like to play.  My girls are very dramatic, and if I suggest something, one of them always changes my suggestion.  So, I get mad and leave!  Haha!  So it's better that they play by themselves!  Which they actually did earlier today!  It was so wonderful to hear them from the living room playing so nicely!  And for quite a while too!  And then, a scream pierced the air, and the wailing started.  Apparently nail polish was thrown against a throat, and that was the end of the peaceful playtime.  :(

Anyway, tonight, E. wanted someone to play with.  I felt bad for her, so I told her I would.  Here's a play by play:

- I was given a barbie, and she had a mini Bratz doll (named Belle) and another mini doll (named Haleigh)  (surprising to some, I know!).  I asked her what my girl's name should be.  She suggested Haleigh, which I turned down as boring.  She gasped and looked up real quick and said, "I know a great name!  Erin!"  I said that that would be perfect!

- We were going to Dora's house (which is Belle's treehouse) for lunch.  I rang the doorbell, and walked inside.  She said "I'm so glad you came over, Erin!  I have something for you!"  I followed her into the kitchen, and she had me sit down at the table.  She was serving lunch!  She started eating, and I asked her what we were eating.  She was going on and on about how delicious her meal was!  She answered, "It's penne!"  LOL!  (I guess she listens when I'm cooking!)

- She decided that we should go to Dora's pool and hang out and swim in the deep end.  My barbie took up the whole pool, but that's ok!  I spied Batman and Dora figurines and invited them to come over and swim too.  I stood them up on the deck of the pool and started having a conversation with them.  E.'s Belle took Batman inside Dora's house and E started whispering back and forth like they were having a whisper fight!  She came back down, and apologized for being gone!  Haha!  I said, "Is everything ok?  Do you want me to leave?"  She replied with a laugh, "Oh no!  Everything's fine, dear!"  LOLOL

-E. set up some little houses in a semi-circle, and those were her hair salons.  I asked her if she had any customers, to which she responded with, No, they don't buyed things here."
-She brought a dog out of one of the houses and was showing me.  I said, "Oh, what a cute doggie!  What's her name?"  She said, "Sniffy."  I had to ask, "Does she sniff a lot?"  She said in all seriousness, "All the time."

-After saying that Erin was going to bed for the night, E. said that she was going to her "real house" (the doll house), and sat down to play.  She looked at the upheaval around the back of the house, and said with a pout, "My house is so trashy!  But, I can make it so beautiful!"

Playing dolls with E. is actually funny!  The things that she says are hysterical!

Surgery and school drivers

Today I was cleaning the toy room, and E. decided to do surgery on Bubby.  Who knows what the problem was, but she laid Bubby down on the floor, and grabbed her tools.  Her tools consisted of a screw driver, screws, and bits?  Plastic toys that went w/ J.'s workbench when he was a toddler.  They have since been passed down and now the little one is playing with them in a whole new way!  Who'd have thought that you could use a screw driver as a surgical instrument?!

So, here we are in the toy room O.R., & Bubby is laying on the floor, aka, operating table.   E. starts talking:  "It's ok Bubby, I'm just going to use my tools.  Hand me the school driver.  Here's the school driver."  She put the "school driver" into the bit on Bubby's stomach and started to drill!  LOL!  I had to leave the room, I wanted to laugh so hard!

I came back in, and she proceeds to tell me that all of her tools are Daddy's tools, and he has let her borrow them to work on Bubby.  Oh that mind! 

All good mothers.....

Tonight we were making dinner, and one of the things we were making was grilled pineapple.  I was mixing up brown sugar and cinnamon to coat the pieces of pineapple.  E. climbed up on the chair and asked if she could help me.  I could see a disaster waiting to happen, and so I told her no.  She replied, "All good mothers let their daughters help them cook."!!!!  How can you argue with that when it comes out of a 3 year old's mouth?!  So, I let her help me.  I coated the pineapple slices and she took them and placed them (actually kind of threw them) on the plate.  She started to complain that her hands were getting dirty.  I kindly reminded her that she asked to help, and she didn't say another word until it was done.  What a smarty pants!!!

Just Roll With It

Today, our school district had a two hour delay.  Not sure why, as there was no snowstorm billowing outside our door.  We all were able to sleep in today, so that was nice!

I was making my bed this morning when J. came in and exclaimed, "I'm so glad it's Saturday!"  I replied, "It's Friday!"  He looked at the clock, which read 8:45 and with a look of horror yelled, "We're going to be late for school!"
I reassured him that we had a two hour delay today, so rest easy!  He exhaled and said, "Well, when I got up, I looked at my clock, and thought, "Today's Friday", and said "Just roll with it."!
LOL!

School Conferences

Tonight we visited our children's classrooms and had discussions w/ their teachers.  We received great reports!  Which makes us happy that we seem to be doing an ok job of raising our kids!  Personality quirks that we need to work on, but overall, we have smart kids who are respectful to others, participate in class and are overall good kids!  :D

Since we visited each of the older kids' schools, E. kept asking to go to HER school!  She's in 2 day preschool.  She kept saying that we have to go to her classroom and talk to her teacher.  She was SO mad when we drove home without driving to her school!  Haha!

J. and O. were reminiscing about their preschool days, and singing songs that they learned then, on the way home.  J. said that he remembers playing the dumbbells.  I said to him, "Um, don't you mean the hand bells?!"  He burst out laughing!  So funny!

Pretend I ate my dinner!

You know, sometimes being a parent is really hard.  Here's one example:

Last night we had marinated grilled pork chops, green beans and brown rice for dinner.  We had to leave by a certain time so that I could read at church.  Everyone ate everything on their plates except E.  She wasn't hungry, she kept saying.  She would ask how many more bites.  We told all of them that if they ate their dinner and were good in church, we would get them ice cream sundaes at McDonalds.  THAT didn't even sway her!  She would NOT eat.  So, the time came that we HAD to leave.  E. ran away from the table and started to cry because she wanted ice cream.  I said, "You have to eat your dinner and then you can have ice cream."  She said, "Can't you pretend that I ate my dinner?"  OH it's so hard to say no!!!!!  Who thinks like that?!  She's only 3!!!!!  I guess I'm in a world of trouble if she already out-thinks me at 3 years old!

We did buy her ice cream, and it's currently in the freezer, waiting for her.  She did come home and eat SOME of her dinner, but then quickly fell asleep. 

Keeping busy

Today the big toy book arrived in the mail. My older two flew through it, circling their Christmas wish list items like experts. Then it just sat there. So, E. picked it up after dinner tonight and starts circling things as well. I asked her if she knew what she was doing and she said, "yes, i'm circling things.". I asked her if she knew why she was circling things, and she replied, "i need something to do."! Ok then! Circle away Ms. Know it all!

Art and Jesus are cool!

Tonight J. wanted to look up Leonardo da Vinci and his art. We viewed the Mona Lisa where the girls asked who that lady was. Then we looked at The Last Supper and I was explaining what it represented. I said that Jesus was in the middle and E. exclaimed, COOL!"
Yes, Jesus is very cool! :)

That's how we roll...

Tonight as I was tucking J. in, I arranged his buddies incorrectly.  He showed me exactly how the Blues go, along w/ his dinosaurs and little bear go.  All in a row on his pillow.  There's barely room for his head!
And then he said that the stripes in his comforter go by his pillow, because "that's how I rock this party"!
I started to laugh, so he started spinning some more cliches:
"That's how this skateboard rolls"
"That's how I put the book on the shelf"
"This is how the coin drops into my piggybank"

He lives to make me laugh!  Doesn't usually take much!  ;D

Classical Music

It's so refreshing and makes me smile when I hear my sweet E. who is 3, humming along to Peer Gynt - Morning by Edvard Grieg.

Here's a visual for you!  This is one of my favorite classical songs, and every time I listen to it, this YouTube video absolutely captures what visions I have in my head!  It is purely relaxing!

Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/gH1JMdWpJ54

Creepin' Me Out!

Today I picked up my little E. who was shopping w/ my mom after preschool today.  They were at the dollar store and near it was a Halloween store that was inhabiting an empty storefront.  On the sign, there was a pumpkin and maybe a ghost?  I can't even remember now!  Anyway, E. said, "That place is creepin' me out, Mommy!"  Then, she thought for a minute and said, "Hey!  I got a idea!  We can just get the monster and then it won't get us!  We'll hurt him and then he won't be creepin' me out!"
Intuitive thinking for a 3 year old!

Funny E. Sayings!

Tonight we are hanging out in our hotel room while K, J and O are swimming downstairs.  We were tired of being in our bathing suits, so we came upstairs to watch some tv and for me to catch up on emails.

Here are some things that E randomly said:

I asked her if she was hungry, and she said, "I am like totally completely full."

I put on my new Williamsburg sweatshirt that I picked up today, and she said, "I love that!  It's so beautiful!"

She turned to me and said, "Don't touch the bears at the zoo!  You could get your hand bit off!"
Guess we won't be petting any bears at the zoo!  ;D

Bunker cars

Today we were talking about our local amusement park and who could ride what ride and who was too big or little for other rides. E. said, "I'm big enough to go on the baby bunker cars!!!"

Get me off this Potty Train!

E. is potty training.  It's a joy at our house!  NOT!  I HATE potty training!  It's so frustrating!  I am forever saying, "Do you have to go to the potty?"  She's probably as tired of hearing that, as I am of saying it!  But, we are on a mission to be fully potty trained by the end of summer.  Which is my husband's goal, not mine.  I don't know why, it's not like HE has to worry about her!  He works all the time!!!! 

So, the other day, we were swimming, and E. said that she had to go to the potty.  So, we ran in to the bathroom, and she's sitting on the toilet and she says to me, "Mommy, I'm done with this potty train!" 

I, of course, had to remind her that she was in fact NOT finished w/ the "potty train", but would continue on it until she was successful!  Well, we went home and as soon as my husband came through the door, she told him the same thing!  And he told HER the same thing that I said!  LOL!

So, my little E. is stuck on the Potty Train a while longer!  I'm such a mean mom!  ;D

Musings of a 3 year old

Today was a nothing day.  It was so nice to do absolutely NOTHING!  I sat on my front porch and read from my phone all day today.  While sitting outside, a thunderstorm rolled in.  E. (who is now 3 and lets everyone know that she just had a birthday) came outside and after hearing the thunder said, "That storm is a girl storm."  I said, "How do you know?"  She answered, with her hands around her mouth like she was shouting, "Because she said, 'I'm a girl and I want to talk to you!'"  :D

Earlier this morning, I was getting E. dressed for the day.  She didn't want to have her hair combed, so she ran into my room and said that Daddy told her that she didn't have to comb her hair today.  (He was already at work by this point and had not seen her before he left!).  I said, "No he didn't!"  She replied, in a fake deep voice, "Mommy, you don't have to comb E.'s hair today!" as if Daddy was telling me himself!  I cracked up, and still combed her hair!

Later today, she was running through the house, and she tripped and fell in the kitchen.  I picked her up and kissed her and soothed her.  I asked what hurt, and she told me her leg, or "weg".  I kissed her weg and she asked, "Is it broken?"  I told her it wasn't.  She asked, "Can I walk?"  I told her she could.  She got a look of horror on her face and asked, "Can I run?"  I laughed and said that she could, and so she wriggled out of my grasp and ran off, the fall completely forgotten!

Don't Learn Me!!!!

Today J. and I were playing Bananagrams.  E. decided that she wanted to play.  She started spouting off letters, even though some of them were incorrect.  I started grabbing tiles and seeing which ones she knew and which ones she didn't.  Finally, after getting quite a few correct in a row, she looked up at me and  said, "Don't Learn Me!"  And kept repeating it!

Impossible!

The girls had such a wonderful day today on a field trip! They both behaved beautifully and it was a great day!
We come home, have dinner, and my husband and I go in to the living room to relax while the girls went in to the toy room. Well, it wasn't even a minute that my husband sat down that they were already fighting over a barbie. The fight ensued and traveled to where we were. We tried to tell E. that she needs to SHARE her barbies with her sister; but she was having none of that! She flew back in to the toy room and apparently hit her sister with a book. O. ran in to the living room and tattled on E. E. came in and exclaimed,"Impossible!" We were laughing too hard to make her say she was sorry!

Talking on the phone

This morning I called my house to talk to my husband, and my 2 year old answered the phone.
Me: hello!
E.: "hi!"...silence..."who is this?"
Me: it's your mother!
E.: "i don't want to talk to you!"

And my thoughts were, "well, I really wasn't calling for you in the first place!"

A little kid's version of Jesus' last days on Earth

This morning was a stellar morning for conversation on the ride to school!  J. is off the whole week due to no snow days!  So, he was in the car w/ us as we took O. to preschool. 
O. must have had this on her mind, because she blurted out when no one was saying anything, "J. thinks that there are 13 brothers, but he's wrong.  There are 12 disciples."  I told her that she was correct and asked her what else she knew.  Here's what she had to say:

"They didn't drink God's blood, it's just wine, Mom!"
"They teared the bread and shared it with everyone."
"Jesus died on the cross."
"He rised from the dead."

Which, this last statement brought up the conversation topic of Jesus going to the cave and the rock door that was mysteriously moved.

J. said, "The King put Jesus in the cave and then put the rock over the door so that He couldn't get out.  But Jesus just punched His way through the rock to get out.  Or He just walked right through the rock.  He was super strong!"

O. of course didn't believe it, so she said, "No.  That is NOT what happened!  There were two girls that came to the cave, one had black hair and one had red hair, and they moved the rock out of the way.  THEY were super strong!"

I love when they pay attention in school and church!
Happy Easter!

Hold on tight, Mom!

E. is "fixing" my shoulder with her play drill. She has a flashlight and drill and locates my problem. She says, "hold on tight, Mom!" and proceeds to drill into my shoulder. I wonder if she'll become a surgeon or a construction worker! At least she has a nice bedside manner! Lol!