I'm such a stinker!

I am so worn out today. I was out cold on the couch while the girls were playing quietly in their room.
Sadie went to the bathroom and was washing her hands. Apparently she was in the bathroom for a while. She walked out to the couch with her pants down around her ankles, the sleeves on her shirt soaking wet all the way up, and crying.
She repeatedly told me that there were "too many bubbles".
When I finally had enough brain power to figure out that she needed me in the bathroom I went in to find a sink and counter full of dense bubbles and the new bottle of hand soap nearly gone. Too many bubbles.
I don't know how she did this. She didn't open the bottle of soap. I guess she just kept pumping it while the water was running?
I told Sadie she was "such a stinker", pulled up her pants, and I walked away.
A minute later Bethanie came in to survey the damage and fix the situation like any oldest child would.
I heard Sadie telling Bethanie, "I am such a stinker! I am such a stinker!!"

The Creature

Today while I was taking a shower Sadie came running in to the bathroom. She said that she was going to the bathroom and a "creature" climbed up her pants. It ran really fast. She took her pants off and threw them.
I have to say that I am really glad this happened to Sadie and not Bethanie. Sadie didn't like the situation, but was reasonably calm. Bethanie would have had a cow right there in the bathroom!
After getting dressed I was able to find the bug. It was a house centipede. You can find a picture of one at http://www.whatsthatbug.com/cent.html .
I have seen one before and I don't like them. I was able to get rid of this one though.
When Sadie and I picked up Bethanie from school, Sadie told Bethanie all about it. She has given the bug a name though. From this time forth we are to refer to said bug as "Huma".
Huma the creature.

PS- Bethanie is five years old today!

Grandkids?

Today I was very achy and sore and feeling pregnant. Bethanie gave me a hug and said, "It's ok mom. I know you don't feel well. I know what it is like to feel pregnant."

You Will Do, I Guess

Last night on the way home from the Pre-school pumpkin night Bethanie was explaining to her dad that the invitation was to Dads, grandpas, or uncles. (So as not to exclude any of the kids.)
Bethanie told Sean that Grandpa couldn't come, and her uncle doesn't live around here, so she decided that her daddy would have to go with her.

Sean was happy to step in and help out. :)

Now Rhyme!

Today I took Sadie to the store to pick out a birthday present for Bethanie. Bethanie and daddy went to the preschool for the daddy pumpkin carving night.

On our way to the store I asked Sadie if she wanted to get the etch-a-sketch that Bethanie wanted.
She said, "Sure, but before we can buy an etch-a-sketch we have to find a word that ryhmes with etch-a-sketch."

Why couldn't Bethanie ask for a dog? ;)

Penny Pincher

Today the girls and I went to the grocery store. When everything was bagged and back in the cart the checker handed me a really long receipt.
Bethanie was amazed. She said, "Mom! That is sooo long. You bought a lot of things. You must have really saved a lot of money!"

Yep. That is what I tell your dad. ;)

Exciting!

In the last few days Bethanie has started sounding out a lot of words. She is doing a great job! She is so very proud of herself and it is really fun for Sean and me to watch her learn to read.
I just had to share that!

Use Your Manners!

While we were eating lunch I was explaining something to Sadie.

Sadie: "Mom! Don't talk while I have food in my mouth! It's rude."

That's Why I'm SMRT!

The kids are having a short fall break this week. Bethanie won't be going to pre-school tomorrow. I was trying to explain this to her.
All of the sudden a light came on in her head.
"OH! It's like a vacation! I remember when spongebob had to take a vacation from the crabby patty. I know exactly what a vacation is. I am so smart because I watch spongebob!"

Yes, exactly. That is why I insist upon you watching as much television as possible every day. I want you to be very smrt. :)

Dinner

Tonight at dinner Sean was talking to me. While Sean was trying to talk to me Sadie kept trying to get my attention.
"Mom, I need to sing you a song. Mom, I need to sing you a song. Mom, I need to sing you a song. Mom, I need to sing you a song. Mom, I need to sing you a song. Mom, I need to sing you a song."
(Are you getting the point here?)
I finally turned to her and told her that her dad was talking to me and she needed to wait until we were done.
Once again she told me she needed to sing a song. I told her to go ahead.
"Um, I can't. It's a secret."

Later during dinner Sean told Sadie that she needed to "behave".

Sadie:"I AM being haive!"

Correction Noted

Me: Oh brother, Sadie.
Sadie: No Mommy! NOT Oh brother! Oh sister! Oh sister mommy!

Short And To The Point

Sadie: "Mom, you are so ridik-uh-lus!"

The Worst Day Ever

I asked Bethanie to pick up her toys in her bedroom and in the living room that were on the floor. She gave me the "how can you ask me to do that?" look and fell to the floor in a heap.
"Mom, this is the worst day of my life!"
So I asked her, "Is this the worst day of your life because I asked you to pick up your toys??"
She nodded her head.
"Well, just so you know I pick up toys and do dishes EVERY DAY of my life. What does that make my life? Is every day worst then the next? Do I live a completely miserable exsistence?"

Somehow this whole concept shocked her in to silence. She picked up her toys. :)

Don't Let Her Testify

This morning Sean caught Sadie doing something she knew she wasn't supposed to be doing. She looked at him and asked,
"Dad, are you going to beat me?"
Sean told her that dad and mom DON'T beat her.
She said, "Yes you do! You and mom beat me. I PROMISE."

Sean told me never to let Sadie testify in a court of law.

I Love These Times

Bethanie came up to me and asked me one of those questions that a mother, who is doing her best to teach her children, loves to hear!

"Mom, why was Jesus baptized if he didn't have any sins?"

We spent some time talking about that for a while and the great example that Jesus is to us. It was a lovely moment.

I Will Try That Next Time

Bethanie has decided that because it is October we need to leave all of the lights off in the house. We need to have the Halloween atmosphere.
Since the sun has decided not to shine upon us today it is very dark in my house. I turned a light on in the kitchen.
Bethanie turned it off.
I turned it on.
Bethanie turned it off.
I finally tried to explain to her that the light needed to stay on so I could see what I was doing.
She ran away.
Bethanie, will you PLEASE turn the light back on?
Nothing.
Bethanie, PLEASE turn the light back on.
Nothing.
BETHANIE, GET BACK HERE AND TURN THE LIGHT ON NOW!!!
Here she comes.
"Mom! I will do it if you will ask nicely, GEE!"
Right, I will remember that for next time. : Þ

There Goes Another One

I am pretty sure we are going to lose another goldfish today. It looks pretty inevitable. To the blog's one fan, Jill, the answer to your question, which fish died, is simple. I don't know.
All of the goldfish, except one, look the same to me. The only one that I know is Nilly. Nilly is the color of cooking vanilla. I am pretty much positive that my kids didn't do that on purpose, but it is how I remember that name.
So, I do know that Nilly is not the fish that died. I will let you all know when he does. :)

A Good Day For Blogging

There were quite a few quotable things said today in my home.

At about 8:45 this morning I went in to Sadie's room to get her out of bed so that I could take Bethanie to preschool. At 8:45 I had to wake Sadie up! That doesn't happen every day.
I shook her gently and she opened her eyes and looked at me. The first thing she said was, "Mom, don't ever, ever wake up a sleeping person. Ever."
Ok, so she isn't a morning person.

Later I looked at Sadie and asked her why she was so cute. She looked right back at me and said, "Mom, you are just jealous. You just aren't as cute as I am."
I am raising a blunt child.

Bethanie learned about Christopher Columbus at school this week. She was very excited to tell her father and me all about him at dinner. Did you know that there were sailors that actually thought the world was flat? OH MY GOSH!

Relax Mom!

Yesterday Sadie climbed up and got in to the caramel popcorn bowl on the counter. She popped some in her mouth and ran over to me to show it off.
"Look what I got mom!"
"Sadie, you didn't ask and you don't need popcorn right now. No more."
"RELAX MOM! I love it. If I love it then I want to eat it. If I want to eat it then I should eat it. RELAX!"
"Sadie, no more popcorn!"
"RELAX MOM! RELAX!"

One down

One fish down, four to go.
Um, why does our house smell like fish food today???

Bad Mom!

Last week at Bethanie's preschool they did a whole unit on teeth and most importantly -brushing them.
My kids each own a tooth brush. They have gone through several actually. They even each have their own tube of toothpaste! (No fighting) I SWEAR that Sean and I have taught them to brush. Every night up until about last week we have had to go in and wrestle down our kids and make them brush before bed. We have even told them that their teeth will fall right out of their heads if they don't. (I am hoping their isn't permanent damage and a need for therapy when their teeth actually do fall out. :) )
This morning as Bethanie was getting ready for school she said, "I NEED TO BRUSH MY TEETH!"
Great! Do it! Please do! I would love that!
Then she went on to tell me that the kids got stickers on a chart last week for every day they brushed their teeth before school. Bethanie is the only one without any stickers.
UGH!
So there you have it. I get the bad mom award for the day. Sheesh.

Going Fishing

Friday night Sean and I took the girls on "dates". He took Sadie out and I took Bethanie out. We all went our seperate ways and took care of some errands and then got a treat for the girls.
When we were loading up our seperate cars Sean asked Sadie what kind of treat she wanted to get. She told him that she wanted a "Chocolate Smith".
What exactly is a Chocolate Smith?
Well, Sadie says it is just like a Joseph Smith, except it is chocolate.
I have never seen one of those before. Maybe they could find one at the BYU bookstore. :)
I think it is funny that while out on our little dates Bethanie and I ended up looking at different pets like fish, birds, etc. Sean and Sadie also went in to check out a pet store while they were out.
The difference is that Sean and Sadie came home with 5 goldfish. Bethanie and I came home with ingredients to make caramel popcorn.
So, now we have goldfish. The girls carefully picked out names for each of them. Their official names are Nilly, Willy, Silly, Billy, and Chili.
Sadie happens to call them by whatever name comes out of her mouth at the time. Occasionally I have heard Tilly or Milly. I have even heard Elmo.
I guess we will see how long these fish last. Luckily they were 12 cents a piece.
You are welcome to email me with your bets on their life expectancy.
Let me just tell you that Sadie has already tried to feed the godlfish macaroni and cheese, and Bethanie has already tried to entertain them by blowing bubbles in to their aquarium.

Let There Be Light

I have to start out by documenting this day in the history books. It is nearly 5:30 in the evening. My kids have not fought once today. They did everything I asked them to do. They even cleaned up their room. It was a strange day.

One of the games they decided to play today was Super Hero. This one comes up every now and then. Their super hero names are "China Girl" (I will let you guess which child chose that name) and Sticky Girl (I have no idea why).

Some poor, helpless woman was stuck in her house without any lights on. She was sitting in the dark!! (I believe this woman did have the blinds open and the sun was shining through.)
These wonderful super heroes saw that there was a need and "swooped" right in to take care of it.
Every light in my house is now on. :)
"We saved the day again!!!"
Another productive day comes to a close.

An Oldie but a Goodie

This one is a classic. One of my personal favorites.

One morning Bethanie went in to the family room and turned on the t.v. looking for PBS.

This is what she said to me later that day,

“Mom, this morning when I was looking for Between the Lions I found a show about hip hop! It actually helps you lose SIZES! I think it could work for you too!”



What was she trying to tell me? LOL

Remembering

My mom was reminding me the other day of some things that Bethanie said when she was Sadie's age. It is really too bad I didn't have a blog then so I could remember all of those!
She reminded me of one time when we told Bethanie she had to ride in the stroller. She kept screaming, "Princesses don't ride in strollers! Princesses DON'T ride in strollers!"
That was when we ran right out and bought her a pumpkin that we could strap her on to. ;)

Shhhhh!

At dinner Sean and I were having a conversation about something or other when Sadie interrupted us.
"SHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh! I am trying to listen to the spirit! I can't hear it when you are talking!"
We have such a spiritual giant on our hands. ;)

Get Low!

Yesterday my favorite moment of the day was definitely watching Sadie talking on the phone with my mom. I was on the phone with her and Sadie decided she had something very important that she needed to share.
Sadie and Bethanie had received some books in the mail from my mother in law. One of those books was a safety book with Dora. It went through different situations and the kids had to pick out which people were doing things safely and which people were making bad safety choices.
Sadie wanted to make sure that my mother was aware of what was safe and what wasn't. My mom just celebrated her 50th birthday and her mind is going. She could have forgotton those important things. ;)
Sadie went page by page and pointed at different situations. She asked my mom if they were doing things "safely". (Sadie still thinks the people she talks to can see everything she is doing over the phone.)
She insisted that my mom answer yes or no. This was a difficult task since my mom couldn't see the book or understand half of what Sadie was saying!
I found the whole situation extremely funny! I especially had a hard time holding in the laughs when Sadie got to the fire safety page! She instructed my mom to "GET LOW!" and how to "stop, drop, and roll". She then proceded to show her how to do it. All of this with the telephone to her ear.
I finally got smart and picked up the camera and took a video on our end. Too bad I missed the fire safety part. That was classic!
I finally was able to talk Sadie in to handing me back the phone when she started running for a second book. She had my mom on the phone for a good ten minutes before that.