The jokester

O. is my comedian.  She tries and tries and tries to tell us jokes, and she just thinks she's the best at telling jokes ever!  Here's a sample of her hilarity!

What did the cucumber say to the other cucumber?  -  Good luck!

What do you call a chicken in the street?  - chicken street

What do you call elephant boogers?  - hair gel

Why did the pickle cross the road?  - to go see the other pickle.

I hope you have had your laugh today!  ;D

Are you kidding?!

Today I am making cards, and I'm working w/ my cuttlebug.  I have my die and the paper, and the sandwich I need to get the paper through to cut my swirl die out.  I got up from my desk to write something down, and E. dropped everything on the floor.  When I said her name exasperatingly, she said, "Are you kidding? What?  Shhh!"  That was NOT said in the correct context, but it's so funny that she said that!  Her little eyebrows were knit together and it was such a teenage look!  Like, how dare you call me on the fact that I did something I wasn't supposed to?!

Playing "chest"

This weekend, my husband introduced the game of chess to our son.  He loves it now and after just an evening of playing, was able to explain the game to me perfectly!  Well, I was teasing him yesterday about playing chess, and he said, "I love chest and I have feelings too!"  I cracked right up!  He has been calling it "chest" instead of chess!  LOL!

Today, my youngest was in the backseat as we left school, and she was whining and carrying on, and I said, "What is wrong w/ you?" and she replied, "I'm not sure!!!!!"  She's only 2!  How does she know those words?!

Praying

A couple weeks ago, my son started whining and complaining about going to church.  I told him, "Listen, do you like all the toys that you have?  All the clothes that you wear, the food that you eat, the house that you have?  How about how smart you are?  Do you think you got that on your own?  God gave that to you.  God gave everything to you.  And do you know what He asks for in return?  ONE HOUR!  Do you think you can handle that?!"

Well, after that, J. has been praying quite often!  He prayed for my husband to come home from his meeting.  And he did!  LOL!  J. was so surprised that his prayer worked!  And then tonight I had a church meeting, and was coming home in the rain.  Well, J. prayed that God would put a shield all around my car and keep me safe and dry all the way home.  And he prayed that I would come home safe and sound.

I guess my little tirade worked!  Now he prays and his prayers are answered every time!  He's a true believer!

Whatever, Mom! Ok?!

This evening, I prepared Chicken Marsala.  The directions say to pound the chicken before breading and frying.  I laid it on the table and started pounding out my agression!  I had a crappy day today, so this was the perfect outlet!

As I was pounding away, E. came strolling in, took one look at what I was doing and yelled, "WHATEVER!  WHATEVER, MOM!"  and ran into the toy room!  For absolutely no reason! 

Meaner than a junkyard dog!

My older two children are very sweet.  They can be stubborn at times.  And they definitely are not angels.  But, they are pretty good.  And then God gave me my youngest.  Holy Moly!  She is SO mean one minute, and SO nice the next!

Here's one example:  The other day E. and O. were sitting in front of the tv.  E. was sitting on a play dress up stool.  She was playing w/ O's hair.  O. has REALLY long, thick beautiful hair.  So, I'm standing behind them watching in awe at how nice they are being w/ each other.  She's playing, playing and then all of a sudden O. moved, and E. yanked on her hair so hard she screamed in pain!  And why, you might ask?  Because she wasn't done playing w/ her hair and she wanted her to stay sitting in front her her!

The other day my husband took them to the natural history museum by himself.  He does this quite often.  He's a great dad!  He told me that O. must have done something and E. was struggling to get out of the stroller.  He finally let her get out, and E. walked right over to O. and kicked her in the leg!  My husband was astounded!  I just laughed when he told me!

Last week O. was teasing E. about her stuffed animal that she loves.  It's name is Honey, but she started out w/ Goggy.  O. was saying, "No E., your dog's name is Goggy" and E. got in her face and sreamed, "NO!  IT'S HONEY!"  O. said it again, and E. screamed, "HUSH!  IT'S HONEY!" right in her face again.  She's just so mean!

The stories could go on and on!

Is routine really a bad thing?

So, last month I fell outside of Macy's and hurt (bruised) the whole right side of my body.  I felt like someone ran into me w/ a truck.  Man is concrete hard on your body when you fall and bounce and fall again!  LOL!  Darn summer dress that's made for a 7 ft. woman!  I'm only 5'3" for heaven's sakes!  Plus I'm a klutz!  I was rushing into Macy's to buy my favorite perfume, and wasn't paying attention.  I thought I had pulled up the hem of my dress enough, but no.  The toe of my sandal caught the hem and down I went.  W/ flying arms.  And boy did I fall hard!  OMG!
Ok, so fast forward.  I have been going to my chiropractor's office since the fall because it essentially screwed up my back.  So I have been going 3 days a week, and now we're finally letting off and going 2 days a week. 
Now that it's kind of our routine at this point, E., who travels w/ me EVERYWHERE I go, should pretty much know what's coming next.  We pull into the parking lot of the chiropractor's office, and she starts to whine!  She doesn't want to go in.  She wants to go home.  She wants to go get her brother and sister from school.  ANYTHING except go in there!  And really, it's not that bad!  Well, she might be bored, even though I bring toys in w/ me.  So, I promised her suckers when we got in there.  That always does it!

But, it's the same thing when I go to work out!  We pull into the parking lot, and she starts to whine!  Is it because we're not going home?  Or just the fact that she's not getting her way?

Who knows when you're talking about a two year old!