Is That A Good Thing?

Today I told Bethanie that I loved her more than chocolate cake. She told me that she loved me more than all of the good smelling hair spray.
I am feeling very blessed and loved today. :)

Are You Sure?

I don't believe that I mentioned that Sadie chose a nickname for herself the other day. She demanded that we call her by it. Luckily it was short lived!
I just don't think I would feel comfortable referring to my three year old daughter as "Mad Dog" in public. :)
I just don't know if people would understand.

What Does That Mean?!

Today Sadie came out of the bathroom brushing her hands off. She looked at us and said, "Done! My work here is done!"

A Picture Paints A Thousand Words

This is what I have been working on for the last ten days!

TEN DAYS of Insanity

I apologize for the gap in posts. We have been without Internet access for 10 days. They actually were supposed to come and hook things up tomorrow, but I called and complained that it was going to take 2 weeks when they told me 5 days at first.
They heard my complaint and responded. They came one day early. : Þ

In the last 10 days the girls have both said many interesting things. HOWEVER, my house was in total chaos and I am pregnant. I can not be expected to remember those things for very long!

I do remember a few things. A few days ago I celebrated a birthday. We found a trustworthy young woman from church who was willing to come and watch the girls while Sean took me out to dinner. This was quite an exciting thing for us!
The girls heard that Sean was taking me out to dinner for my birthday and that they were staying home with a babysitter. This was quite upsetting for Bethanie. She said,
"Why would dad take YOU to a restaurant for your birthday and not take us when WE are the ones that like restaurants?!"
I don't know why her dad would do that. Sean and I both hate going to restaurants without our children. It is way too quiet. We don't have to ask the server for three new forks because the others are on the floor. We actually taste our food...
Well, I don't even have to say that my birthday dinner at Outback Steakhouse was perfectly horrid without my children. ;)

Sadie has also given us further knowledge on her "China-girl" life in the last 10 days. For example, I did not know that a China girl actually has special powers.
When we asked the girls if they thought we would be having a baby girl or a baby boy Sadie said,
"A baby girler! I PROMISE you are having a baby girler! If you don't have a baby girler and you have a baby boy, then I will use my china girl powers to turn the baby boy in to a baby girler!"

Hmmmm.... I guess we should start thinking of girl names then, huh?

Priceless?

A Clorox Bleach Pen to get all of the crayon out of the (thank heaven it's) white down comforter on Sadie's bed: $3.00

Loctite Gel controlled super glue to put the lamp shade back together: $2.50

Old English Scratch Cover Furniture Polish for dark wood to cover up Bethanie's BITE MARKS on the coffee table: $4.00

Pampered Chef scraper to scrape the cheap black melted spatula out of the frying pan: $3.00

Avoiding having to pay the temporary housing company for a down comforter, lamp, coffee table, and frying pan: PRICELESS!! :)

Enlightenment

Last night Sadie gave us further insight into her "China Girl" world.
She told us that she became a China girl when she went to China and was there for a really long time. Because she was there for so long she just changed.
When Sean asked her how she got there she said, "You don't remember? I went on the airplane and you (her dad) had to go with me because they wouldn't let me on the airplane by myself."

Some how Sean has blocked out this really long airplane ride that he took with Sadie. I can totally see why. A plane trip that long while trying to keep Sadie in her seat and quiet surely had to be traumatic for him.

(I would like to dedicate this post to my friend Danielle who had a baby girl yesterday. I am looking forward to her future stories. : > )