Monday, January 30, 2012
Cute Kiddos
Cianna was repeatedly getting out of bed last week, so I got out the wooden spoon and threats were enough. She finally stayed in bed and I left the spoon on the ledge outside her room. Last night, she was having another rough night and I realized that the spoon was missing. I asked them both and both girls blamed each other. I asked Cianna if she took it and she said, "No, I didn't take it but I'll help you look for it." Within seconds she found it neatly tucked in a basket in her room and her explanation was "look I found it. Peyton must have hid it there." I tried so hard not to laugh and tucked her back in.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Funny things they say
Cianna:
“It’s like 911 important, mom.”
“I want to go to the mountains and go skii-ting.”
“Can we make rice Christmas Trees?” (Rice Krispie Treats)
Everytime we drive by her future school – “That’s my kindergarten!!!”
“I’m going to give toys to the kids who don’t have lots of money.”
“Peyton, come here so I can brush your hair. I love brushing her hair". (Peyton giggles and shakes her head). PEYTON! Stop! You’re making it all crazy again.”
I reminded Cianna that last Thursday was her last day of gymnastics for the year and her answer was, “and then I can do soccer?” She loves soccer and has been waiting since October.
Cianna comes downstairs and asks me to help her with the laundry because she can’t reach the panties at the bottom. She was trying to switch a laundry load all by herself without even being told.
Grandma recently visited for a week and stayed in Cianna’s room. I think Cianna started to wonder if she was going to get her bed back so after 3 nights she asked me, “When is grandma going home?” I asked her if she wanted grandma to go home. She said “No, she can stay here and this can be her new home.” I chuckled and told her grandma was only staying a few more days and asked if she missed her bed and if she wanted to have a sleepover with grandma. She asked “Did grandma say I could sleep in here with her?” So we made her a little bed on the floor and she had a sleepover for a few nights with grandma.
Cianna was sitting at the dinner table tonight holding her Christmas card from Autumn (her godmother) with a picture of baby Sam (Autumn's baby). She tells Peyton "Peyton, this is Sam. I love him."
Peyton:
Puts her tights on her head and says in her deepest voice: “I’m Santa and I’m gonna get you presents. Ho ho ho!”
As we were working on Christmas cards: “I’m making this Christmas card for GOD.”
Peyton has had some issues with accidents here and there, only at home, with peeing her panties. Oops. She’s making great progress, but still has the occasional accident. The other day she says “Uh-oh, I have to go potty” and then waddles slowly to the bathroom. She actually had not had an accident and made it to the potty successfully. ![]()
Peyton is not fond of new people or new activities, so when we took her to see Santa, she wouldn’t go near him or talk to him. After she saw Cianna ask for a new horse toy, she whispered from far away: “Santa, can I please have a new dolly?”
Peyton likes to tell it like it is and recently asked me why my butt was so big and why daddy had a big belly. Thanks Peyton.
This morning, Peyton was very tired and crabby. She asked me to hold her like a baby, so I did and walked her to the bathroom to go potty. I gave her a kiss and she said “I told you not to kiss me.” Then she told me she was tired and I said that she could sleep in the car. Her response, “I want to sleep in my bed.” Can’t say I blame her.
Church Stories
After church, the girls like to run down the big grassy hill over and over while mommy walks the long way down the steps. If you’ve seen the Rapunzel movie, Tangled, you’ll get this: Peyton runs down the grass shouting “BEST DAY EVER!!”
Cianna has started going to Sunday school and really likes it. She’s a great student. One day I sat in on class to try and encourage Peyton to stay. They were asking the kids questions: “What does a candle represent?” Cianna: “Jesus is the light of the world.” Then the teacher asks what is this special book (Holding up a lectionary – Gospel stories) and Cianna answers “Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.”
Monday, July 11, 2011
Summer Updates
Potty Training SucksThe never ending saga of potty training. I remember this being so much easier with Cianna. Yesterday, Peyton tells me she wants to wear panties so I help her pick out a pair of her new Rapunzel panties to put on. I reminded her not to make Rapunzel sad by peeing in her panties. About 30 minutes later, she's standing in her chair at the dinner table and I hear "I made the princess sad." followed by the gushing waterfall of pee on the chair and floor. Awesome.
One day Peyton was wearing panties all day and doing pretty well. She comes downstairs in the evening and tells me that she needs a pull up. I asked her if she had an accident and she nods without actually admitting anything. So I lift her up onto the potty telling her she needs to try to go potty before putting her pull up on. I didn't even notice at the time that the panties were completely dry and clean. After the futile effort on the potty, she puts on her pull-up. About 5 minutes later..."Peyton, did you poop in your pull-up?" sure enough. She knew she had to poop and came down to switch to a pull up so she didn't poop in her panties (and refused to go in the potty). What a punk!
We're working on the thumb sucking. Cianna tells me that she gets 3 jelly beans at daycare if she doesn't suck her thumb. I have promised her a new horse at the end of the month if she can quit the habit. Crossing my fingers.
Grandma came to visit for a few days and I told Cianna we were going to pick her up at the airport. Her response was "Is she going to have a sleepover?"
My girls like to play pretend, like most kids this age. However, the other day I found myself yelling at Peyton to stop drinking from the dog's water bowl. Cianna had a great justification for this behavior. "Mom, she's just being a horse."
The best soccer game
Cianna told Matt and I on the way to soccer that she was going to score a goal today. They practice for the first 30 minutes, then play a short informal game. She was the only one on her team that was really playing and on top of that she scored 4 goals for her team (and one for the other team). She was amazing and all over the field. I'm so proud and can't wait till the next game.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
more sillies
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Peyton, big girl
This morning, Peyton was the first one up and getting ready for daycare. While going potty, she asked me "Where's my little Cianna?" after I finished laughing, I told her Cianna was still in bed. A few minutes later, she heard Cianna hop out of bed and said with great enthusiasm "MOM! Cianna's awake!!" She ran to her to give her a hug and Cianna pushed her away, "Stop Peyton." I told Cianna she was just trying to give her a hug and she replied, "Oh, okay, you can hug me Peyton." LOL!