The Floridas on Friday

Caden was eating dinner last night.He looked at his cup and pointed at Ursula.
"She's on The Florida's mom"
"Yes she is buddy, thats Ursula from the Little Mermaid, we saw her in Florida"
"She big and mean, she come out. In another day and another day Gayles gonna take me to see Ursula on the Floridas!!!!"
Well the boy has big dreams. Apparently Gayle is taking him back to Florida on Friday. I hope he's not too disappointed when she doesn't show up!

Don't Blink

Scene: Morning of the second day of school; I am waking Caden up.
"Hey buddy, its time to go to GinaMary's for daycare"
"No Momma, I want to go to school, to preschool!"
"Sorry buddy, your not big enough yet"
"Yes mom. I is big now....see" {Stretches legs out in the air to show me}
Fast forward 30 minutes; dropping Izze off at school (after leaving a pouting Caden at daycare as he watched his friends go to preschool and he didn't--MOM GUILT)
"Bye Fa-shizza, have a good day"
"Bye mom, see you after school!" {looks around to see who's watching BEFORE she gives me a kiss}
So I walk to my car and climb in and turn the radio on.
The song "Don't Blink" is playing.
And here comes the tears....they flow.....and flow...... and flow.

From #2 to only child

Sunday morning Izze went to stay with Nana and Papa. Caden came home around lunch (from playing with Gayle) and didn't even mention the fact that she was gone. He went about his entire day not asking about her and enjoying being the lone child.
About 15 minutes before bedtime I looked around the basement and noticed the mess that Caden and Daddy had made. I told him someone needed to "clean up this mess".
He looked around the room and said "Not me, not you, not dad. Izze do it."
I pointed out that Izze isn't here to clean up. He thought for a minute.
"Izze do it when she come home"
The first thing he said about her all day...and apparently all she is good for is cleaning up his mess.

Silly little man

Caden did something that made Kev mumble "I guess I just need lower expectations"
To which Caden replied very insulted: "No! I'm NOT the lorax" (pronounced low ex)

Oh My

Today I had one of those moments with Izze that made me think: there will be an age when I will NOT want to hear my daughter say this to a boy.
Playing with her friend today Izze whispers to him in her best conspirator voice:
You be the horse and I'll pretend to ride you.
Deep breath mom. Deep breath!
I'm telling you if she was FOURteen instead of FOUR saying that in that voice; we would have a WHOLE different situation on our hands!

Summer..Fall..Winter...Spring...Winter

My children got to spend some time at Grandma Gayles.
As they were getting ready to go, I told Izze to get her boots on. When I looked down I noticed she was putting on her rain boots.
"No, honey you need to wear your warm winter snow boots."
"But momma its SPRING now."
(my poor dear girl had not looked outside to see that the world around us had turned from a beautiful brown world of mud to an ugly serene world covered in crystal white snow).
"No, Izze, its not......God changed his mind"
And with that she was put on her snow boots and went out to enjoy the world God had created for her. No grumbles (like her momma). And even some smiles.
I love my daughters trust in what the Lord decides.

I'm IN!

Mom You're my best friend!
Aren't those the best words ever?!
They melt my heart. Even if they DID come after a long list of others:
Matty and Hailey and Sydney are my best friends in my class.Nolan and Reagan are my best friends outside of school.Evie and Ava are my best freinds from dance and your class.My cousins are lots of my best friends. Caden is my best friend. OH at school I forgot that Marshall and Duncan are my best friends too.I have a lot of best friends.
Me: What about me? Can I be your best friend?
OH YES. MOM YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND!
So it came at the end of a long list. And I may have had to beg for it a little. But it came with a big hug and a smile so huge I forgot all that preceded it.
I'm IN!

Show the man some respect!

Caden loves is obsessed with Buzz.
Kev thought maybe he could use that to get Caden on the potty chair.
"Caden if you use the potty chair, we will buy you Buzz underwear"
Caden looked at him like he was CRAZY.
"Noooooooo {giggle} NO Buzz on my BUUUUUTT!"
How disrespectful can Kev be?!!? Geez

Taste Tester

Kevin: Caden can I have one of your candies?Caden {looking at his large pile of mini M&Ms}: No.....Ucky. {stuffs face with said M&Ms}
Isn't it kind how he's saving his dad from eating that horrible ucky food? Kev's so lucky.

No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

Its funny when you talk about something and within a day or two; maybe within hours or sometimes even with in minutes it comes up again. I swear this happens all the time.
So tonight as I sit chatting with some friends at swimming lessons; we are talking about the inappropriate songs we let our children listen to or the songs they learn from their friends. Well I guess I don't find them that inappropriate but they surely pass June Cleavers standards.
Fast forward 15 minutes to the drive home from swimming. We are listening to Taylor Swift. Gotta love TSwift she is so the opposite of inappropriate. I personally think even JC would approve {thats June Cleaver, not the big guy Jesus Christ...though I'm sure he's a fan too}.
And Izze says "Mom....what's the thing that she does on the matteress"
Um.....................What?!?!*I sit quietly and pretend I didn't hear*The song goes on and she's quiet, whew escaped that one. Oh shoot, wait...she sang it again.
"MOM...what's the thing she does on the matteress." Izze yells.
Well at least I bought some time to come up with this brilliant answer!
"Gymnastics dear. She does flips and jumps on it. Like the monkeys." Izze: "Well she shouldn't do that. She's not supposed to." "Your right Iz. You shouldn't do that {thing on the matteress}!"
Geez...who knew what a bad influence that Taylor Swift was, singing about jumping on the bed like a monkey!!!!

Drama Queen and her evil lil' Indian Brother

So Izze and Caden are sitting nicely in the chair watching a movieIzze steals Cadens bookCaden pulls Izze's hair Izze starts to SCREAMThere Caden sits with a handful of hair. Literally a handful! I have to step in now. I tell him that is naughty. I have him apologize to Izze and give her a kiss. All the while Izze is acting as though she may die, the fit of all fits, she may need a doctor, she claims she is now bald, she can never wear a pony tail again! I place Caden in time out.I return to the room and Izze turns to me as calm as can me "Can I have a treat" Like nothing happened. HOW does she go from being scalped by an adorable blond Indian boy who left her on deaths doorstep not 30 seconds ago to HUNGRY in zero point 2 seconds?

Oh Izze, you know how to break your daddys heart

Dad....I like the packers. *pause* Do I need a new family?

Space Aliens

Izze is a smart girl. She likes to tell stories. Sometimes this gets her in trouble. We are working on telling the truth, telling a lie and telling a story (or teasing).
Today her teacher came up to me laughing in the hallway here is our conversation:"So I hear Izze got LuLu from a space alien"***Are you confused? Because I was"First of all who is LuLu?""Her duck she has today""Well I suppose if she had it placed in her backpack without knowing, she may have thought space aliens magically left it there, though thats far fetched even for her."***They received small ducks for our recent fundraiser"No, not that duck, her stuffed duck"***pause for momentary confusion, and then the light bulb turns on"I think she meant 'I got LuLu from Space Aliens'.......
....... as in the restaurant. At least for today I know that she was not telling lies or losing her mind...to space aliens.

Old School Movies

As I'm fast forwarding through the previews Caden asks "Doing momma?"
Before I can answer him, Izze says "She's just waiting for it to load Cade"
Such a generation gap! Things I would have never imagined as a kid. Heck, we had to RENT our VCR to watch movies. Now they thought I was pulling out an antique when they requested Toy Story and I had to get the "Tube" style tv/vcr combo!

Marry vs. Mary

Caden LOVES daycare. Mary and Gina are two of his favorite people. Or as he calls it "MaryGina".
Flash forward to dinner on December 31st (Happy New Years Eve!)
Izze: When I grow up I'm going to marry Matty *swoons*Caden: I going to MaryGina
Awwwwwww......if only he could marry his great aunt; but no he doesn't want that; he just wants to go to Mary and Ginas and really didn't want to be left out of that conversation! He's done with Christmas break. LOL Now to teach him the difference between Mary and marry.

The new Boots...

Words
My baby just came flying up the stairs at mock 10 speed yelling "mom! mom!" Not the usual "mommommomm" but real words. I don't like it one bit. My baby is NOT allowed to grow so fast.

His favorites...."WOOOOOW!" "Yeeeeeah!" both of those always drawn out!

"Yeeeeah-sh" (yes)

"Ball!" (if he doesn't know what something is and he wants it, it becomes ball-though he does know what a ball really is)

Daddad!

Mitch! (Though JJ is really his favorite)


Getting Places
He can walk now, but thankfully he doesn't feel the need. Crawling is faster so while he will walk short distances he finds it much easier to crawl up right on just his knees in crawling walk. But if you could run a marathon based on your dancing skills, this kid would win the Boston. He dances like crazy....

Eating
He gets mighty confused when its time to eat. He THINKS he hates everything, and instantly shakes his head no at the sight of food. But then realizes you really have a cookie and his no turns into a yes...but since he doesn't really trust you, he keeps the no too....so its a LARGE circle with his head. Undecided.

Dora
Dora asks....what letter is missng to help spell *#$# ?
And the answer is always "O!

"Will this help get out of the net?"
*Backpack circles a balloon*
"UuuuH" *with a head shake to mean no*

"Will this help get out of the net?"
*Backpack circles a feather*
"UuuuH" *with a head shake to mean no*

"Will this help get out of the net?"
*Backpack shows a scissors*
"UuuuH" *with a head shake to mean no*

(this should have been yes but he insists Dora is ALWAYS wrong, he must wonder why she deserves her own show when she needs sooo much personal help from him, where would she be without him....really he's more helpful then boots!)

And as I write this, Dora sings the "We did it" song and he comes flying in the kitchen (on his knees of course) to yell "yeeeeeeeeeeah!" as he dances that little watermelon head all around his broomstick body!


He cracks me up!

Izze-isms

Daddy: Izze momma has a friend coming over.
Izze: Oh, well, is she NICE?
Daddy: Of course she is nice.
Izze: Good. (Pause) Is she PRETTY?!?!?!

I don't think it would matter either way to Izze, nice IS pretty in her eyes, but how silly of her to ask such a thing!!!! Deanna must have passed her test because she played with her all evening and even took her to show off her room. They didn't come back for quite some time. Kevin finally went down to break up the party, turns out Izze locked D in her room!!! (The lock is on the outside). She musta really liked her!!!!! Ha ha ha. Poor and patient D! Thats my angel Izze, the one others see.......



Fast forward to today, to OUR Izze. The one she saves for parents and grandparents. Izze is going on much too little sleep, I am tired after returning home from our run and am TRYING to pee in silence.

Izze: (barging into my bathroom) Momma. I'm staying overnight at Nana's.
Mom: NO, Izze you are not.
Izze: YES, momma, I AM!
Mom: No Izze, that is NOT an option.
Izze: (hands on hips, and head swaggering, and most sarcastic voice I've ever heard!!!!) Well what about a tubby momma, is THAT an option???!!!

Oh jeez. I about died. I did let her take her mermaid tubby at Nana's it seemed fair. Though I woulda rather wash her MOUTH with soap.

My momma the stripper.....

Izze: Momma goes to work there all the time.
Adult: What does your momma do at work?
Izze: Momma makes moniess for Sunny D!
Adult: How does she make monies?
Izze: Dancin' on the stage!!!!


And there you have it folks. If you ever wanted to know what I do for a living. My daughter can explain it well. Lucky for me the number of people she knows, is small. They include a daycare provider, family and some neighbors. Also lucky for me, somebody from each of those groups attended the event at the High School (momma's work) tonight, so they know that what she really saw, was the young dancers performing, and NOT her momma. She did see some moms do a dance, and some dads do a dance (Neighbor Bob included). So the story may get more interesting with time. But for now, she sticks to the basics.

And on the way out, she announced to anyone who would listen.
"Bob does fireworks in the sky at night! That is naughty."
Eh sorry Bob!
Thats what we get for the police making a visit after the fireworks
demonstration last weekend.

From the mouth of babes

FUNNY STORY
Here is a conversation I overheard this morning.....
Daddy: Who's in charge here?
Izze: Izzes charge here!
Daddy: Who makes the rules?
Izze: Izze make rules!
Daddy: What does daddy get to do do?
Izze: Daddy does the work.
Daddy: Well then what does momma have to do?
Izze: Momma gets to sleep!

MOMMY LOVES THAT GIRL!

High Maintnance

All in a days demands......

Getting dressed "I want organge on"

Going poop "I want toes pretty"

Catching mom with a frappacino, sure it was made for her "I want sip"