So Cuddly

Dear Ling Ling you are so cuddly - you HAVE to snuggle up when you sleep. However, when you are awake you far from cuddly... today you peed on my leg today because you were so excited when we got home, yuck!

One Day...

Dear Joey, keep practicing and you will be a great photographer one day.

Good Day

Dear Jaida, you proved this morning that you can be ready for school in less than 20 minutes.  I'm not sure what motivated you, but this morning the alarm woke you up. You came up stairs and got dressed - with shoes, brushed your hair, got your backpack on, jacket and violin.  All I had to do was feed you and you wanted to get to the bus stop 20 minutes early. You are awesome!

Dear Kylan, today is the happiest you've been in about a week.  You hardly cried, today must be a good day for everyone! (now I'm jinxed)

Pumpkin Dragon

Dear Joey, I just had the funniest conversation with you. This is how part of it went.
Mom: Joey, what do you want to dress up as for Halloween?
Joey: I want to be a pumpkin dragon.
Mom: How 'bout a Ninja?
Joey: No, that is for girls, I want to be a pumpkin dragon.

hahaha!

Apartment Forts

Yesterday the kids wanted to create forts so we rearranged the furniture and made "apartment forts". Jaida of course got the suite and Kylan and Joey just wanted to sit on the top of theirs and make it cave in - over and over and over.

Mom, this is SO cool!

Dear Joey, I think that it's hilarious that you found a fascination with nail clippers. You carried this one all around the store today and when we got home you found the straight edged "knife".  You kept saying, "Mom. This is SO cool!" and "Look at this one!"  I guess it's not a fascination with nail clippers as much as it is with knives - like father like son.

Wash Your Mouth Out With Soap

Dear Kayla...
Last night Misty treated us all to Sonny Boys BBQ and then McDonald's for ice cream. At McDonald's you were playing the air hockey game and then the basketball shoot game and you kept saying, "Damn," when you would miss a shot.  All of us kept saying, "Kayla, don't say that anymore." You would just giggle, or shrug your shoulders.  Then I told you that when we got home you were going to get your mouth washed out with soap - you still said it at least two or three more times!!  When we got home, Dad got the bar of soap all wet and you had to put it in your mouth for 7 seconds. Afterwards you pinky promised never to say it again.  I'm sorry to do something so drastic but you weren't taking us serious.  If it makes you feel any better we had to do the same thing with Jaida.  ~ Love you Miss K!

Michael Jackson is Cool

Dear Jaida, last night when Dad was playing "Beat It" on youtube, you said, "He's way cooler than anyone else." Dad says, who? and you say, "Michael Jackson."

Song & Dance

Dear Monty, last night Misty took Jaida to Old Skool Skate.  When they came back they were telling us about all the songs they skated to.  So you got on youtube and started playing some 80's music.  ALL the kids (and you) started dancing.  We need to do this more often.

Mom....Poop!

Dear Monty, today you texted me and said that I haven't posted in 6 days!  I can't decide if I'm just slacking or if I'm recovering from the weekend.  Either way, I'm sick of cleaning up Kylan's poop all over the house!  At least he comes and tells me! "Mom!  Poop!" As he's pointing it out.  What a good boy.

Another Fish Disaster

Cracked fistank

Moving fish to new tank

New fish tank

Dear Joey, today you kept going in my room and shutting the door. After showering I go in my room and there is water ALL over the place - from the fish tank which had a big spider web crack in the side and a large crack running across the entire front of the tank.  You're lucky I was able to save ALL the fish.

Apple Picking

Dear Kayla, today while I was cleaning up the fish mess that Joey made I got a phone call from your school saying that you had to go to the refocus room.  You refused to do your work, were causing distractions and were using the markers to draw on yourself.  When you got home I said that you would have to do extra work for getting in trouble at school. You told me you had to go to the refocus room and that it was really quiet in there and you got all your work done.  I asked if you liked it in there and you said, "Just a tiny bit." (I hope you don't try to get in there all the time)  Your extra work was filling a grocery bag full of apples that had dropped off the tree and were rotting.  I think that secretly you liked doing it. What am I going to do with you. :)

County Fair Million Dollar Smile

Dear Kylan, I would pay $3 again just to see how much fun you had in the Aqua Boats. I'm not sure if you were aware that you could steer the boat but you sure were turning left and right like a crazy driver!
Tonight when trying to get you and Joey to sleep you started trying to pull my head up, like you wanted me to sit up. You were also saying something that I didn't understand. When I finally sat up you turned around and backed up to sit on my lap.  You were saying, "PRAY!" And we had forgotten to say your prayers.  I swear you are so smart!!  You did that one more time - grab my head to pull me up, turn around and sit on my lap and keep repeating 'pray'. We said your prayers one more time and then you finally went to sleep. You are the cutest little thing!

Baby Blankets

Dear Jaida and Kayla, these are just a few of the baby blankets I received when you were born.  Each one was made by someone that loved you!  Yesterday I was thinking that it was time to donate some of your blankets to someone else to use but as I started going through them I started crying, "...but I don't want to give these away." Luckily Grandma Fielding came to visit and told me not to give them away and just keep them as a keepsake. I didn't need to give it a second thought - I'm keeping them.

Rims, Wheels, Tires, Spokes

Dear Joey, at the car show mostly what you were interested in where the rims on each of the cars.  You kept saying, "Mom! Look at these wheels!" And then you would count each spoke if they had them.
You are on this kick right now where you'll come and say, "Here mom, you play with this car and I'll play with this car. You say 'wow that is a big car!'." And so I'll have to repeat what you want me to say.  We'll do this ALL DAY LONG. With cars, bouncy balls, trains... Oh and you LOVE pretending to be a dog - but I still have to say everything you tell me to. "Mom, pretend that you didn't see me and say where did that puppy go?", "Mom say, What's in that blanket?", "Mom, say, I'll save you!"...

More Skills

Kayla's on a wild ride and not paying attention to those escaping out the back.

Dear Kayla, today we stopped to get a watermelon from a street vendor. In the van you said, "Look mom! I can buckle up AND hold the watermelon at the same time!" Which you were doing with your leg.  I said, "Wow Kayla, you've got... you've got..." and I couldn't think of the word I wanted to use. You blurted out, "SKILLS!"  Yes Kayla, that is exactly what you have, watermelon holding (with your leg) skills.