Christmas Lyrics?

Isaac was sitting at the table today singing, "You butternut squash, you better not cry." I didn't know that was the way that song went. 

Cleaning and favorite colors

So every couple of months the house just gets to the point that I can't stand it anymore and I just have to rearrange the mess. Last night as I was laying in bed I got the itch and wanted to move some of the toy genres into the kids rooms and set up specific areas for everything. So this morning we got the handy laundry basket out and went to the basement and ground floor and gathered up all the trains and cars and their paraphanalia to put in Isaac's room and all the baby dolls and Little People toys to go in Indiana and Abigail's room. Then I went through each room with varying amounts of help from the children and we found homes for each of the groups of toys so that now they can put them away instead of the old throw everything in the toy box method we had been employing. While all of this was going on Isaac got in his head that we were "making a new house" and he decided we need to paint too. So he's following me around saying, "We can paint my room blue next because that's my favorite color, then we'll move to the basement and paint those walls. This will be quite a bit of work Mommy." And Abigail chimes in, "And paint my room yellow because that's my favorite color." I finally had to tell them that we are NOT painting any rooms today and that we probably will not be painting for a while.

She Escaped!

This morning when I came downstairs with Indiana, Isaac and Abigail were still upstairs playing in Abigail's room. As I was unloading the dishwasher I happened to notice that the neighbor's black and white cat was in our driveway. I didn't think much about it and kept unloading and tidying up the kitchen. Suddenly I hear a scream from upstairs and Isaac and Abigail start running down the stairs screaming, "Mommy! She escaped, Niko is outside. We must have left the garage door open and she got out." They were at the front door by this time, and still in their pajamas, and were ready to run out and "catch" Niko. I told them in was the neighbor's cat, but they had to go to the basement and verify for themselves that Niko was still here. It was nice to see them concerned about their pet though.

Why are you crying?

Last night Isaac and Abigail were picking up their toys and putting them into a bag. Then Isaac found the cat toy, a piece of hot wheels track with a string tied on it, and decided he was Santa and that was his whip for the reindeer. So Isaac was riding his reindeer around the living room and he'd stop and give Abigail or Indiana a toy out of the toy bag. Well that was all very fun. So Abigail decided she would join in and Isaac told her she could be mrs claus since he was Santa. After one toy delivery though isaac took off and Abigail started screaming. When she finally calmed down enough to tell me what was wrong she said,"Isaac took my reindeer." yes, she was crying because he pretended to take her pretend reindeer and she couldn't pretend she had other ones. Merry Christmas.

More deep thoughts from isaac

Tonight we were talking and I asked Isaac what his goal was. We've been working on knowing that our goal is to get to heaven. Well he looked at me and said, "mommy I don't want to go to heaven yet because to get to heaven you have to die. How old do you get to be before you die?" so then I tried to explain that we don't know how long we have but that he didn't need to worry about it right now. That got him thinking and I am not sure what conclusions he'll come to, but I'm sure it'll be interesting. I pray that he has a long full life and gets to heaven when it is over.

Making Friends

It was a hectic day yesterday. The whole time I was working the kids were loud. Some days it just gets to me more than others and yesterday was one of those days. I was very excited that temperatures outside were in the high 60s and we could go outside to play. Unfortunately Isaac wanted to go play with our neighbor Reese, but she wasn't home. I suggested we could walk around the neighborhood and maybe Isaac could find a new friend. It was very fun as I pulled Abigail and Indiana in the wagon we walked around and Isaac kept his eyes peeled. We spotted a little girl and her mom going into their house and he ran right up to the door to ask if she wanted to play. Unfortunately they had to leave and couldn't play. As we were turning around to walk the back to our house we spotted a boy coming from the bus stop. Turns out Will was coming home from kindergarten and he wanted to play. So we spent an hour or so playing at Will's house. By the time we had to leave Will had decided he was coming home with us. It was a good afternoon and reminded me how easily children make friends.

Abigail Turns 3

Yesterday was Abigail's birthday. She woke up excited to open her present. We got her a cake ball maker and we spent part of the morning making cake balls. Then in the afternoon her friends came over for a little play date and to eat the cake balls from the morning. She got a play set with a hair dryer, curling iron, straightener thing, brush, etc. from her friend Anna. And she got a penguin with a blanket from her friends the Chatmans. She has really been enjoying her presents, but you can tell we don't really do hair styling in our household. She has been using the hair dryer as her gun to shoot things, the straightener is a stapler, and I think she's asked me half a dozen times what the curling iron is. Oh, and the red blanket from the penguin makes a great cape.

Overall I'd call this birthday a success.

When I'm Big

Abigail came up to me this afternoon and told me, "When I get big like you, my little teeth will fall out and I'll get big teeth like you. See this tummy, it will help me grow big like you. And I'll use my big teeth for crunching."