Kids Quirks

All three of my girls have said they are "busy" instead of "dizzy." And they didn't learn it from each other because the older one stopped doing it before the younger one started saying it.

Grace says "somepling" instead of "something."

Abi takes everything you say to her as an accusation and then yells it back at you. For instance: Abi, that's silly. "NO! YOU'RE silly." Abi, let's change your diaper, you're poopy. "NO! YOU'RE poopy." Come here Abi so we can was the cake off your face. "NO! YOU'RE cake face."

Abi stepped in something and it left a sticky spot on her foot that collected dirt. In the car she said that her foot was broken, but it's ok, because "other foots will grow."

Abi thinks anything she digs out of her ear is a "flower garden seed."

The battle for the minds of our children

I took Scout to school this morning, and Grace wanted to ride along. On the way there Grace says, "Daddy, half of my brain is nice and half of my brain is mean."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah, last night, my left side (pointing to that side of her head) of my brain wanted to think about the Nightmare before Christmas, and my right side (pointing to the other side) just wanted to think about just Christmas. But my left side always gives me nightmares. Well, only at night. They always fight at night! Last night they were fighting."

Scout chimed in at this point "Who won?"

"Neither, I told them to stop fighting. And then it all just got mixed together. During the day they are nice though, they just play during the day. But they fight at night."

Best Pictures of 2007

I loved Brett's post so much that I decided we had better steal the idea and do one of our own. I would love to see all of you do it on your blogs too. I know I see very little of your family and would love to see more. So Tag, you are all it.

So I gave this to Abi thinking she would like it and she did, but every time she licked it, she cried because it was too cold. I tried to take it back but she wouldn't let me.

Abi rests up before tackling the second half of that piece of lunchmeat.

Grace's future in competitive donut-on-a-string eating seems to be in doubt.

You really have to click on this one to see it all. It is a little dark but I love how all the kids have simultaneous squeals of delight at the fireworks.

Gotta love pool pictures.

Time to bust out that ugly stick.

Disneyland. See? It really IS the happiest place on earth.

What cookie?

Ready to go

Today Abi asked if she could go play outside. I told her that she had to get pants on, her coat on, and her boots on. She told me she already had her "boobs on." I couldn't see her feet, but I didn't think she had her boots on yet, so I asked her "You do? Let me see." I thought I would turn around to see her holding her foot up. Instead she proceeded to pull her shirt down to show me that, yes, she did indeed have her boobs on.

Jared, I had to edit your post, it was severely lacking in story telling skills.

Husband Tag

I tag Angela, Amy, Debra, and Carrie
What is his name? Jared
Nicknames? Dad
How long have you been married? 7 years
How long did you date? 6 months
How old is he? 30
Who eats more sweets? Usually me, but Jared has been catching up lately
Who said "I love you" first? He did
Who is taller? He is, by 3 inches
Who can sing better? He does, adult me can't sing
Who is smarter? Jared, everything comes so naturally for him, I have to study like crazy
Who does the laundry? Nobody lately, but I do usually
Who pays the bills? I do
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Facing the bed, Jared does
Who mows the lawn? Nobody has for a few months, but so far this summer it's Brittney - at least 5, Jared - 0
Who cooks dinner? If it's cooked it was me, if it's been thrown together it was Jared, which has been more often lately
Who drives? Jared
Who is more stubborn? I am, except when it comes to saying sorry when it's both of our fault, then Jared is
Who kissed who first? I did, but Jared asked
Who asked who out first? Jared asked me to come to a movie night with his friends, and then only Ben ended up coming. But he invited me over and made dinner for me a couple days later.
Who proposed? He did, but I said the "M" word first, three days after the dinner date.
Who has more siblings? I do, I have 6, Jared has 5
Who wears the pants? I think we figured out that two different pairs of pants works best