Where's that pony?

Common sense lessons from Jada...

The girls woke up this morning and instantly panicked. One of the 18,000 my little ponies that they took to bed was MISSING!!
"mommy, we can't find one of Eden's ponies. I TOLD HER TO HANG ON TO THAT LITTLE GUY!"
After hours (ok.....minutes...) of looking, the search was abandoned. We didn't know how that 'little guy' got away, but we were just going to have to wait for him to show himself.
Then Jada decided to take another look. She knew it had to be around there somewhere. Suddenly, i hear shouts of victory! The pony has been found!!
"mommy it was right here! YOU DIDN'T EVEN LOOK THERE!!"
"EDEN, YOU HAVE TO JUST OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK."
What would we do...where would we be...without her 3 year old wisdom??

Reading.

It all starts innocently enough. You read books to your kids for hours. And hours. And hours.
They memorize the books as you read them, and soon you get to listen to them recite the books as they 'read' them.
Then they start to make up stories to books they haven't read much by just looking at the pictures.
And then it happens.
WHAM!! What the what??! Is she reading??? Yes, i think that's what she's doing.
wow.

January 29, 2013

Today is a new day. A day filled with new hope. New opportunity. New goals. New dreams. New attitudes. Yesterday was an end. An end to our 'beginning'. Today is new. Today is my Happy New Year!

Breakfast.

This morning, between the hours of 3am-6am, i decided i was pretty weary of this whole 'mommy' gig...between the baby and the 3 year old, sleep was like a distant memory. But at breakfast this morning, i realized these days are numbered... You know, the days where you sit with a bowl of apple jacks and discuss the lifestyles of mermaids and fairies. Yeah... I'm gonna miss this someday!

Royalty.

"mommy, I AM A PRINCESS. Just thought I'd let ya know!" -Jada

6:41pm

6:41pm
The girls were told 5 minutes until bath time. They both complained that they didn't want to take a bath. Instead of arguing with them, Nate gave them an ultimatum: they still had 5 minutes, but they could choose bath time or bed time (because that's a no-brainer, right??) It was unanimous -- bed time! We exchanged glances, had a silent conversation with each other, and made the same offer, just to be sure. Same answer.
7 pm. Stories read, prayers said, lights off, girls snug as a bug.
Ahhhh.. Perfect ending to an overwhelming, exhausting day.