I changed it

So Abigail went potty this morning, and if you've been following the blog you know that going "big gross" in the potty means getting a cookie. Well Isaac saw the cookie this morning and said, "Mommy how about we change it so that if I'm good I get a cookie and if I go big gross I get a squeezey hug?" And now every few minutes he comes up and asks, "Can you give me a cookie for being good? I changed it so now I get a cookie for being good." He's just not grasping the concept that when Mommy and Daddy  make a rule only they can change it or is he? Now he's asking, "Mommy can you change the rule so that I get a cookie for being good? Mommy can you change it?"

Another cute quip: I was talking to Jake yesterday about our neighbors coming home and I said, "The Yacovetts will be back." Isaac looks at me and says, "What's a Yacovett?"

What's on your finger?

Jake took Isaac with him to a youth day event at the Oxford Church of Christ last weekend. They had to get up at 6am which is really early for Isaac, but he was still excited.  As Jake was getting his keys and preparing to leave in the dim light of the early morning, Isaac extended his thumb and told Jake to touch it. When Jake touched it he asked, "Why is your thumb sticky?" to which Isaac replied, "It has a boogie on it.  It's from my nose.  Get it daddy."

The Great Pancake Debacle

Our usual breakfast is chocolate chip pancakes. I have been having extra batter at the end and thus started making one pancake larger than the others. Well of course that didn't go unnoticed and soon I was making two large pancakes one for Abigail and one for Isaac. Well this morning there just wasn't enough batter for two. I told them they had to agree on who would get the large pancake or Mommy would eat it. Well, Isaac says, "I agree that Isaac should eat the big pancake." Of course, Abigail then agrees that, "Abigial will eat the big pancake." So I explain that agreeing means they both decide that the same person should get the big pancake. Isaac thinks about it for a minute then says, "Well, what if we cut the pancake in half and share it?" Abigail doesn't want to share the pancake or see it cut in half...So Isaac and I cut the pancake and we shared it and Abigail was stuck eating normal sized pancakes.

The Tooth Hurts

So Indiana has been running a low grade fever off and on for the past two days and has been really irritable. Well yesterday I could finally confirm that there is a tooth breaking through. So it only took her 8.5 months, but finally she is getting her first tooth!

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of the movies I have on VHS and I let Isaac and Abigail watch it when they're upstairs. It has taken over our house lately though. My kids are stomping around singing "Goin' Courtin'" and today Isaac is Adam and he just introduced me to his wife Millie (Abigail). So now Adam and Millie are going to pick up all of the blocks. It is so funny to hear Isaac using his deep manly voice telling me what they are doing.
Oh if only my house were set up like some of those reality shows and I could have this on tape...any TV producers reading my blog? We would make a great show.

More Vocabulary

So one of our lunch staples is vanilla yogurt and granola with the occasional fresh fruit mixed in. Abigail has coined a term for this. She will ask me if she can have "granilla" for lunch.

Last night our Bible story before bed was about Cain and Abel. During his bedtime prayer Isaac prayed that he and Abigail would be good and the Cain wouldn't be bad and kill Abel. At least we know he's paying attention to his Bible lessons.

Whine party

Wyndham has a lot of daily activities for guests to enjoy. Today we took the kids down and they got to paint flower picture frames. This afternoon we took Abigail and Indiana down and it happened to be during the wine and cheese social so we came back to the room. Isaac was disappointed because he wanted to join us, but we told him we came back because of the wine social. He said, "oh, we can't go down because they're having a whining party." the kids get in trouble for whining so he understood this was a place to avoid.