As I continue to collect my thoughts on Zambia and wonder when I’ll get enough computer time to type them up, here are a few little happenings on the homefront that I wanted to jot down:
K’s favorite new way to end any statement: “Serwioswee. I not kinning.”
“I want bottle, Mom-Mom. Sewiouswee. I not kinning.”
“I want hold you, Daddy. Sewiouswee. I not kinning.”
Occasionally, she’ll omit it and D will say exaggeratedly “You’ve got to be kidding, K!”
“No, Daddy. I not kinning.”
While driving past a wooded area, Ken pointed out the window and jokingly said “there’s where Bigfoot lives”.
Miss A (in her tiny little high-pitched voice) remarked: “They call him Bigfoot because one of his feet is small”.
(It is true, we don’t call him BigFEET. The visual makes be giggle. Suddenly, he’s not so scary anymore. Poor guy, I feel sorry for him.)
Look who’s swimming without water wings! Way to go Miss M!
Remember THIS post? Our baby girl is still crazy about hair and skin products (and anything product-like)! About half an hour before this picture was taken, this was a brand new, full tub of Miss Jessie’s Baby Buttercreme:
And 10 minutes before this picture was taken, this was a full container of pink paint:
What a mess!
"ALERT! ALERT!" Another of Miss K’s favorite sayings. Here’s the story behind that one, in a cute excerpt from my mom-in-love’s blog:
Grand kiddos are the MOST fun a Grandparent has ... on some days!!! Boy, can they make you laugh ~ and you better not laugh in front of them, or AT them! Soooo many times you have to hold it all in. Sometimes you can NOT hold it in, and you have to act like your laughing at the DOG!(poor dog ~ he gets blamed for everything!). SMILE!
Grandchildren learn EVERYTHING you allow them to learn. They have no fear of trying anything new! They just look at something and they know that they can work IT ... if you just say it is okay for them and give them just a little direction ... ONE TIME! It only takes one time for them ... THEY get it! I have a two year old that can work an iphone, and find her way through the apps to find what SHE WANTS ... just because she watches her Mother doing it!! FEARLESS! I don't even want to touch it because I might mess it up!!! So I sit there learning NOTHING!
My little two year old Granddaughter learns so much every single day. She has two older sisters who teach her everything by example and on purpose. They don't even realize that she is just a baby! And SHE believes that she is just like them ... able to do all that they do! She is really getting her verbal skills in order. She makes her wishes known quite well and understandable NOW! Yesterday, I thought that I would teach her how to say Colorado ... I said "say COL...O...RA...DO " ... and she lets loose with "COLORADO!"
Just a few months ago I told the then four year old and the seven year old sisters to STOP tattling on each other!!! I explained to them that the only time that I wanted them to tell me about the OTHER one, was IF it was an emergency ... if it is URGENT, and important that I go and help the other sister in some sort of trouble ... like if she is hurt, maybe she fell and needs help. I said "Just yell ALERT! ALERT! BOTH of you say ALERT, and I will come and help you!”
Okay! Well, actually THAT worked! I heard “ALERT!" and found one of them with her foot caught, and stuck under some crashed toys in a closet. WOW ... that's working great!
BUT, then the two year old ... caught on perfectly. (She IS a quick study you know!) She liked that word, it was easy to say and she noticed the quick reaction of me hopping to IT! SO, she decided to give it a go!
It is now her word, and her word ONLY ! "AWERT!" "AWERT!!! ... she took my toy!" "AWERT! my chair ... she in my chair!!!" ALERT! has been reinvented as a call "tattle" panic button! It is the funniest thing to watch her, and hear her in motion. AWERT!!! ALERT!!!!.............................................SHE owns it !!!
And finally, we may have officially lost our last little bit of coolness. . . We are now a TWO van fam. His and hers. And yes, I even monogrammed mine. Seriously. I’m not kidding.
K’s favorite new way to end any statement: “Serwioswee. I not kinning.”
“I want bottle, Mom-Mom. Sewiouswee. I not kinning.”
“I want hold you, Daddy. Sewiouswee. I not kinning.”
Occasionally, she’ll omit it and D will say exaggeratedly “You’ve got to be kidding, K!”
“No, Daddy. I not kinning.”
While driving past a wooded area, Ken pointed out the window and jokingly said “there’s where Bigfoot lives”.
Miss A (in her tiny little high-pitched voice) remarked: “They call him Bigfoot because one of his feet is small”.
(It is true, we don’t call him BigFEET. The visual makes be giggle. Suddenly, he’s not so scary anymore. Poor guy, I feel sorry for him.)
Look who’s swimming without water wings! Way to go Miss M!
Remember THIS post? Our baby girl is still crazy about hair and skin products (and anything product-like)! About half an hour before this picture was taken, this was a brand new, full tub of Miss Jessie’s Baby Buttercreme:
And 10 minutes before this picture was taken, this was a full container of pink paint:
What a mess!
"ALERT! ALERT!" Another of Miss K’s favorite sayings. Here’s the story behind that one, in a cute excerpt from my mom-in-love’s blog:
Grand kiddos are the MOST fun a Grandparent has ... on some days!!! Boy, can they make you laugh ~ and you better not laugh in front of them, or AT them! Soooo many times you have to hold it all in. Sometimes you can NOT hold it in, and you have to act like your laughing at the DOG!(poor dog ~ he gets blamed for everything!). SMILE!
Grandchildren learn EVERYTHING you allow them to learn. They have no fear of trying anything new! They just look at something and they know that they can work IT ... if you just say it is okay for them and give them just a little direction ... ONE TIME! It only takes one time for them ... THEY get it! I have a two year old that can work an iphone, and find her way through the apps to find what SHE WANTS ... just because she watches her Mother doing it!! FEARLESS! I don't even want to touch it because I might mess it up!!! So I sit there learning NOTHING!
My little two year old Granddaughter learns so much every single day. She has two older sisters who teach her everything by example and on purpose. They don't even realize that she is just a baby! And SHE believes that she is just like them ... able to do all that they do! She is really getting her verbal skills in order. She makes her wishes known quite well and understandable NOW! Yesterday, I thought that I would teach her how to say Colorado ... I said "say COL...O...RA...DO " ... and she lets loose with "COLORADO!"
Just a few months ago I told the then four year old and the seven year old sisters to STOP tattling on each other!!! I explained to them that the only time that I wanted them to tell me about the OTHER one, was IF it was an emergency ... if it is URGENT, and important that I go and help the other sister in some sort of trouble ... like if she is hurt, maybe she fell and needs help. I said "Just yell ALERT! ALERT! BOTH of you say ALERT, and I will come and help you!”
Okay! Well, actually THAT worked! I heard “ALERT!" and found one of them with her foot caught, and stuck under some crashed toys in a closet. WOW ... that's working great!
BUT, then the two year old ... caught on perfectly. (She IS a quick study you know!) She liked that word, it was easy to say and she noticed the quick reaction of me hopping to IT! SO, she decided to give it a go!
It is now her word, and her word ONLY ! "AWERT!" "AWERT!!! ... she took my toy!" "AWERT! my chair ... she in my chair!!!" ALERT! has been reinvented as a call "tattle" panic button! It is the funniest thing to watch her, and hear her in motion. AWERT!!! ALERT!!!!.............................................SHE owns it !!!
And finally, we may have officially lost our last little bit of coolness. . . We are now a TWO van fam. His and hers. And yes, I even monogrammed mine. Seriously. I’m not kidding.
hilarious. I told you that once you go van, you never go back!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodnesss, not just two mini vans, but two of the SAME minivans! If it's any consolation, you're still way cooler than us! Thanks for the sweet comment on the blog Mrs. B. You are a good friend!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are to cute!
ReplyDeleteHilarious!!! Sounds like you should read her "The boy who cried wolf"! And, love the vans!
ReplyDeleteThat is soooooo funny!!!! Loved the post! How do you decide which van to drive when you all go somewhere together? "Honey, which car are we taking, my van or yours?" :) xoxo
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