Change in the Weather

The nice fall weather this morning was a wonderful change. After enduring 100 + temperatures for the majority of the summer and extremely high 90s even this past week, it was amazingly refreshing to walk outside for school this morning with a temp of 57! Little Miss A said "I think we skipped fall and went straight to winter!" Mr. D added his prediction of SNOW for later today. Too funny...no snow, but it sure is a nice afternoon!!!

What Does Freedom Mean?

As we were wrapping up the evening getting ready for bed tonight, Little Miss A informed me that "That's not Freedom! My teacher said freedom is getting to make your own choices, and I definitely didn't choose bedtime!" Happy freedom week Little Miss A, but it's still bedtime! :)

Kindergarten Crushes...

Okay, didn't think I'd have to post on this topic for a while, but we've already had our first "crush" report! Mr. D came home from school this week and announced that he had a girlfriend. At first I didn't think anything about it...it's a friend that's a girl...no big deal, right? Wrong!

I began with the basic question. What's her name? With a dreamy faraway look Mr. D told me "Her name is Maddie short for Madelyn. Isn't that such a pretty name? Oh Mom, she's the most beautiful girl in Kindergarten!!!" Am I really hearing this from my five year old little boy?? What's really funny is that as I am asking what she looks like, Miss A has an open ear, taking it all in then announces that her brother HAS to show her who this girl is on the playground tomorrow! This is a scene I have imagined in my head before, but with the roles reversed!!! Too funny!

In taking the kids to class the next day, I stopped by Miss. A's room to get a sneak peak of "the girl", but alas she was absent. I was explaining to D's teacher who I was looking for and why, Miss. A laughed...she said that ALL the boys like her. With my curiosity at an all time high, I can't wait to check in again tomorrow morning to see this mystery girl. :)

Email

The email "bings" from my phone throughout the day prompted a conversation about what emails are. My explanation..."information from one person that kind of flies through the air to someone else."

A few minutes later I see this..."Look Mom, we're sending email!!"

This is Little Miss A sending a picture from the top of the stairs and Mr. D scrambling to catch it. :)

Make Up

Little Miss A realized she still had her recital make up in her dance bag and came downstairs looking like this...

Isn't she lovely?

A Daddy Do

Little Miss A asked Daddy for some braids tonight. (I honestly think she could ask her Daddy for anything...total Daddy's girl syndrome!!!) Anyway, I snapped some pics of the momentous occasion...too cute!!!

Boots

Little Miss A and Mr. D came running down he stairs this morning in their boots, insisting that I needed to wear boots too!! I told them to pick some out and that we'd be triplets this morning. They picked out the most atrocious pair that I have and even put them on for me. I think I need a more Texas option for them to choose from.

Seven?

At the park this morning, I noticed a fairly large group of girls surrounding Little Miss A. Upon closer inspection of the situation,I realized these were definitely older, they weren't taller, but then again most of my students entering 3rd grade are shorter than she is, but these girls were definitely more mature given the things they were saying and they way they were saying the things they were saying. After a brief encounter with Mr. D amongst the group where he asked if he could play too, the girls said he wasn't old enough. Mr. D's reply, "I'm EXACTLY as old as she is...we're twins!" Silence...the other girls just looked at Little Miss A. Then I asked "How old do your friends think you are?" Little Miss A's response "7!!!! That's how old I am pretending to be today!!" The sad thing is that she could SOOOOO easily pass for seven and um, she's only five!!! What are things going to be like as we enter the teen years? Will she be the one getting into 21 and up clubs at the age of 18? YIKES!!!!

Cookies or Carrots?

Silly question, right? We made cookies this afternoon so we could have a super fun dessert tonight after dinner. Apparently not for Little Miss A, however tonight she said "Actually, can I have carrots instead?" Um, what? Absolutely yes...but who are you related to? Your Daddy has seriously been dubbed "cookie monster" and your Mother has a giant (non chocolate mind you) sweet tooth. :) Little Miss A is definitely a unique little girl!!! She could eat broccoli ALL day every day and I love it!!!! Don't get me wrong, she LOVES frosting and always ditches the cake/cupcake underneath and definitely loves her share of "prizes" that we pair with our popcorn movie nights. :)

Mr. D on the other hand...my bouncing baby boy devoured those cookies like there was no tomorrow. I think he would have single-handedly eaten the entire batch without proper adult supervision. My picky little eater unfortunately has his mother's sweet tooth. Uh oh!

Now I've Heard It ALL

We've heard the "Don't cross that line" line for a while now, but tonight the kids went "swimming" in the "big bubble tub" and I overheard Little Miss A say to Mr. D "Don't cross those bubbles!" Ha!!!

The BEST Bike Ride EVER

We set the bikes out for the kids to "ride" while we were doing some yard work.

We may have to do this more often, well until we ditch the training wheels anyway. That said, after reading a friends blog of the big boy bike riding buddies, I have renewed hope that Little Miss A and Mr. D can do it even though we had such HUGE failure last year. This little video is actually the FIRST time the kids have been on their bikes since that traumatic experience last summer. Our last Kindergarten readiness steps...drop both sets of training wheels, get Mr. D tying his shoes and maybe learn to blow a bubble gum bubble. :)

Keep an Eye on Me

Mr. D has become VERY needy when he needs to do something by himself lately. Tonight as he was going to go get a drink, he asks "Who is going to come with me?" No response. "Hey guys, someone needs to come with me...to keep an eye on me! I can't go by myself." I guess we need to revamp the conditions in which he needs us to keep an eye on him...the other room doesn't constitute the necessity of an ever present chaperon.

Daddy Long Legs

For weeks now Little Miss A and Mr. D have been obsessed by the Daddy Long Leg spiders under the stairs in the backyard...always inspecting and checking them out, although they're usually WAY up high. Today we pulled into the garage after school and found one on the wall. It was huge and right at the kids level, so I showed it to them thinking they'd like to see one up close. Little Miss A thought it was cool, then walked into the house. Mr. D, on the other hand, FREAKED out!!!! SCREAMING, CRYING in the middle of garage refusing to come anywhere near it. Seriously? Is this the same kid that just 2 days ago was completely mesmerized by the giant tarantula at school? Holy crow, I can't keep up.

Caught in the Act

I walked out on the balcony and saw Little Miss A on top of D's back next to the fence. I thought it was cute, and went to grab the camera, but was apparently was a little too loud on my return and caught this instead...When I asked them what they were up to, they both said "NOTHING!" There's my first sign of trouble. I eventually got out of them that they were trying to hop the fence to grab a ball that bounced into the greenbelt. My little escape artists. That was another post move-in conversation I wasn't thinking we'd have to have. What will those monkeys think of next?

Recital Costume

Let me just say how happy I am that we don't have a black and yellow recital outfit this year...2 years in a row was too much. :) As we left dance class with costume in hand, Little Miss A smells inside the bag and announces "it smells like whipped cream!!" Mr. D says "maybe they used whipped cream to make it, it is fluffy, you know." We tried it on when we got home and she looks like a prima ballerina. They are doing their performance to the Jane and Michael Banks advertisement for a new nanny song from Mary Poppins. It's really cute. :)

Alex?

As I was picking the kids up from school the other day, Little Miss A's teacher asked when we decided to switch Allie's nickname to Alex. What? When we first decided the kids names we thought androgynous nicknames would be fun, but opted for the girlie Norwegian shortened version for our sweet baby girl. That's about the only time "Alex" every came up. When we started working on her "long" name as she likes to call it, we were explaining her name starts with Alex's name (a sweet friend in class), has a little of her brother's name in the middle and a cheerleader RA at the end. Ever since that, she's been writing Alex on her papers in school. I asked her the other day if she wanted to be called Alex instead. "Just at school, I still want to be called Allie at home." Make me cry...she's already becoming a different (more grown up) girl when she's away from me at school. :(

Mr. D's Magic Tricks

My son is becoming quite a little magician, thanks to the help of Uncle D when he was in town over the holidays and taught him a few tricks. Mr. D loves to perform these tricks for us at home and has apparently been showing his 5th grade friends at Friday Lunch Bunch as well. :)

His tricks:

Eating his eyeball

Face Changer

Magic Thumbs

I am so bummed...I have been trying to publish this video for DAYS and blogger isn't cooperating. :(

Funny Faces

Little Miss A and Mr. D have gotten into a silly phase of making the craziest faces at one another. I have to be honest and admit that some of them really freak me out! (Little Miss A's...not so much, but Mr. D...YIKES!!!) Little Miss A seems to think that her entire eye is white when she does this, that you can't see blue at all. :) Thankfully they're not turning their eyelids inside out like our friend Ash...yet!!!

Midnight Wanderings?

Daddy went upstairs to check on the kids last night and this is what he found...
Mr. D asleep UNDER Little Miss A's bed...with light sabers in tow I might add. (That's another post altogether.) Poor buddy, he doesn't look very comfortable, but he was OUT!!!

The Egg Factory

I just realized I hadn't posted this from last month. It's too funny not to share...


The kids were learning about winter and enjoyed an afternoon cup of hot cocoa. (The kids have become addicts BTW, have I mentioned that yet?) After a fun sequencing activity, the kids were able to decorate their mugs. This is Mr. D's mug. It is called the "Egg Factory". Just as it sounds, this is a factory where eggs are made. The center can only be described as a conveyor belt, although he didn't actually call it that and the people all over the place are workers that make sure that the eggs don't break. I have NO idea where this idea came from, but this egg factory has been coming up in conversations A LOT lately. Whether or not the factory is open, asking if we'd like to visit, telling us how to get there and reminding us of what they do there. Two weeks ago we were driving a different way to gymnastics and dance when Mr. D tells me to "turn left."
Me: "Why?"
D: "Because the egg factory is that way!!"

Holy crow, seriously? I have no clue where that road went, but I am determined to get back there with him and just check it out. Had we not been running late for gymnastics, I totally would have turned just to see what was back there and where Mr. D would lead us on this wild "egg hunt". As soon as we continue the search, I'll post an update to...The Egg Factory!! :) What a funny little guy!