Out of the Mouths of Babes - Part 3

Grandma: "Here is your Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich, Sienna - I made it special with love!"

S: "Thank you Grandma"

(About 20 minutes later)

S: "Grandma, can I have another Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich?"

Grandma: "Sure!"
S: "But this time don't make it with love"

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S: "Sometimes when the sun is in my eyes they leak a little"

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S: "Mommy, the other day a car drove into a frog and it died it."

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S: "Sometimes do you think about a song even though there is no music on?"

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S: We love Jesus. He is the best one. He does everything and makes rainbows for us.

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S: Daddies get to go restaurants and movies and work but mommies just get to stay home with all the kids.

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S: This is my train. Her name is Rosie and she is so awesome and so cool and so polite.

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Me: Sienna - do you see that guy on a motorcycle?
S: Yes
Me: See that thing on his head? Do you remember what it is called?
S: Yes - a paddywack.

(She starts cracking up & shaking her head.)

S: Ahhh...that's not right!!

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S: "I like sunsets. I don't like the sun or the clouds or anything else better than sunsets."

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S: "I do exercise but sometimes it's not worth it."

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S: (Snuggling John Henry) "Mom - do you think he is bigger than me?"

Scoot

John Henry hasn't really mastered rolling from his front to his back. Instead, he stays on his belly and scoots himself backwards across the room.

The fact that he hadn't really figured out how to roll over, I thought I had some time before baby-proofing. Ahhh -- they've outsmarted me again...

'Tis the Season!

We recently watched "Cars" on TV and typically Sienna doesn't see movies or TV shows that have commercials. However, during the movie, she saw a commercial for the game "Hungry Hungry Hippos." Later that week she saw the game on sale at Kohls and asked me if she could have it for Christmas. I told her that maybe we should ask Santa for it and she agreed. She isn't really sure about Santa yet. She likes the idea because he is going to bring her presents, but she isn't too excited about the whole sneaking-around-the-house-while-she's-sleeping thing. But she seemed to think it was a good idea. She must think that a creepy intruder is worth a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos. So I added it to our Christmas list.

This morning finished my shopping for the kids - complete with the requested Hippo game. After breakfast, I found a "Letter to Santa" online and I printed one for Sienna and one for JH. It left blanks to write down what they wanted. I thought this might be fun but, of course, things went awry...

I had planned to use the power of suggestion and remind her she wanted Hungry Hungry Hippos then suggest that she ask for new books and maybe some new paints. Why am I such a dummy? I always forget that my kid is smarter than me.

First of all, Sienna insisted on writing the letter for herself and for JH. I asked her if she wanted me to write the words down for her so Santa could read it, but she assured me that Santa could read what she was writing. I had to keep asking her what she was writing and then I had to remember what she what she was asking for because all of her "words" resembled a straight line. She was VERY confident in what she wanted to ask for. Here is her list:

1. A specific purple dinosaur (that we already have that is part of a $40 playmat and therefore, unless I buy another playmat, cannot buy another one.)

2. Candy Canes

3. Cookies

(Whew. 2 & 3 are easily accomplished.)

Her list for John Henry:

1. Yet ANOTHER purple dinosaur. Yeah. Number 3.

2. A blue lion (Stuffed Animal, I hope...?)

3. Another Exersaucer. (Because a baby can always use two Exersaucers?)

So we put the letters in the mailbox this morning but just went out to the mailbox to get the letters back so I could save them as a keepsake but apparently the mailman is faster than I am. All around fail. Oh well - I better go. Sienna is napping and I need to use this time to find 2 replacement purple dinosaurs, a blue lion and a free Exersaucer. No sweat.

I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite.

Mountains Love...ADK 2011

I know it is November (whaat?) but we had a great time in the mountains in August so I am going back 3 months ago and posting our pics :)

We enjoyed the sunshine...

We rowed...

We ate...(only on vacation do you enjoy a lollipop with a side of potato chips)

Stayed entertained on rainy days...

We went swimming...(Well, not Mommy. The lake is freezing!)

We fished...

And then we cried because we had to wait 358 more days until next year's trip. But we are being patient. Most of the time.

Old Navy Friends: Still a favorite...!

I am so behind, I don't even know where to start. So I will just leave you with this for now:

Persistance is the key.

I forsee a thumb-sucker in our future.

Sometimes, there are no words.

Random...

I have been playing with a filtering application on my iphone to edit photos. Here are some of my favorites...

Sienna told me she could tap dance on the driveway...

I told you this post was random. Sorry.

Sienna's First Haircut

I have been putting this off for months and we finally did it. Sienna had her first haircut. I was afraid of the following things:

1) I would cry and therefore scare Sienna

2) Her curls would disappear (they did) :(

3) Sienna would be be upset because she liked having long hair like Rapunzel.

But, we had to do something because she was having more bad hair days than good. We talked about it on and off for a few weeks and last Saturday we told her excitedly that today we were going to take her for her haircut. Thankfully she followed our lead and she was excited. She looked a little nervous once we got to the salon, but when they called her name and ask her which chair she wanted to sit in, she confidently picked the Fire Engine.

Here is the "before"...

And the after!

She feels so grown up. When she saw her little friends she flipped her hair over her shoulder to show off her new look. She loves it. And believe it or not, I didn't even cry! Mission accomplished.