Monday, August 23, 2010

New Things

Peyton has this new thing she does - It's an evil laugh combined with a monster voice. I'm not sure of any other way to describe it, but it's pretty funny and she thinks it's hilarious.

Cianna was helping me unload the groceries yesterday. She kept bringing me a bag, then she would pull each item out and exclaim "WOW! I've never seen this before!" I've never seen anyone get so excited about crackers or potatoes before.

Cianna started gymnastics on Thursday. She loved it. It's a short session, only 3 weeks, but we just wanted to give her a little preview so she can decide if she likes it. She was tumbling all over, jumping into the foam pit, on the trampoline and walking on the balance beam.

We took the family camping last weekend and we were really roughin it. We decided Peyton had the best spot in the tent because she was in her pack and play and slept like a baby. We will be investing in an air mattress before our next attempt. The girls enjoyed being out in the fresh air and running around. We saw three moose and Peyton was still talking about them yesterday.

Two days ago, Peyton was running around with out her diaper off. She does this when she gets tired of her diaper. Sometimes she sneaks into the bathroom and goes potty without telling anyone. Well after she did that, she climbed up on the coffee table naked and was doing some kind of crazy yoga pose, like downward dog or something. She was doing pretty well, although she looked hilarious...until she toppled off the table. Woops!

Monday, August 9, 2010

Magic Wand

Cianna just used her magic wand to turn me into a dog. Woof woof.

Peyton has another ear infection. She woke up from her nap on Saturday and said "daddy, my ear hurts." No fever, but her ear is draining a lot. Fortunately, I was able to get the dr to call in a prescription so we didn't have to go down to the doctor's again.

Cianna has this naughty habit of turning the TV back on after the sleep timer goes off and when she does, she gets in trouble, usually a spanking for disobeying. Well, the other day, she did just that, When I came in her room, she instantly apologized and turned the TV off, hoping to get out of a punishment. I told her I still had to give her a slap on the hand for disobeying and her response was a little unexpected: "I LOVE A SLAP ON THE HAND!!" she put her hand out for me. I explained to her that she wasn't supposed to love it. She was in trouble for not obeying. Oh my!

Peyton went pee in the potty today all on her own because Cianna was going. She is so annoyed with being in wet diapers, she takes them off immediately after peeing, but we're not that close to potty trained. She spends a lot of time naked around the house. Now, she has actually developed a preference for diapers. She likes the dora easy-ups and asks for them when she wants a new diaper.

At dance last week, she did great, getting more independent every day. She was very excited when she got to do wheelbarrows with the teacher and now greets her teacher, Stephanie, by name.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Bedtime

After over 30 minutes of trying to get Cianna in bed, finally I get some quiet time. We went round and round tonight trying to get her in her pajamas, then brush her teeth, then an arguement about whether she was allowed to watch 10 minutes of TV at 9pm, then a story and a whole bunch of silliness in between. At one point she told me "My face is sad."

Other cute stories from this week:

Cianna was in the back seat sneezing repeatedly on the way to daycare and I asked her "Is that you?" her reply was "That was me doing Ha-choos!"

Today we went to famous footwear to get Matt a new pair of work boots. Cianna kept asking "Where are we going?" and I told her a few times, to get daddy new shoes. She told me, "Stop mom, I'm trying to ask daddy." "Daddy, where are we going?" So Matt told her "I'm going to buy a new pair of shoes at the store." Her reply was "But I want a new pair of shoes too." She sure knows her audience.