more sillies

I was excercising in front of the tv while peyton laid in bed watching. suddenly, she started giggling. i asked her if she was laughing at me. She said "yeah, I see your butt mom." I was doing squats at the time. Laying in bed trying to snuggle with peyton. "Get off my blankie, mom!" I said "don't be rude." Her response was "you've got to be kidding me" Cianna decided last summer that she was going to save all her money for the ice cream truck. So she saved every coin in a little box all fall and winter. Tonight, she was upstairs and heard the music of the ice cream truck. She was soooo excited she ran to her room in a huge hurry and grabbed her money, dumping it all over the floor. She scrambled to pick it up and ran downstairs but the ice cream truck had turned down another street. We all sat outside waiting for a few minutes and finally matt got on the atv, rode it down the street and caught up with the ice cream truck and got it to follow him back to the house. I can't describe the excitement of these girls. They were so thrilled and thoroughly enjoyed their ice cream. Cianna noticed the other day that her hair gets darker when wet. She said "mom, a piece of my hair is brown. Wanna see?" I came in to look but she couldn't find the one hair anymore. The search continues.

Peyton, big girl

Peyton is making great progress on potty training, as of about 13 days ago. She wears pull-ups or panties and is peeing in the potty all the time. We're still working on the trying to get her to use the potty for number 2, but I have hope. She's very excited and feels like a big girl. "I did it!" "I went pee in the potty!"

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!

Cute Cianna Conclusions

1. While eating dinner - "Mom, drink turns into pee and food turns into poop, right?" 2. Driving by McDonalds - "Daddy, that M right there stands for Mommy!" 3. While out to lunch with mommy and Peyton, Cianna whispers in my ear - "Mommy, I am your girl and you're my best friend, but it's a secret. Don't tell daddy because he will give me candy." 4. Daddy bought milkshakes for Cianna, Mommy and Daddy (small, medium, and large). Cianna asks daddy which one is hers. He points to the small one and she asks Cianna: "why do I get the smallest one?" Dad: "because you are the smallest." Cianna: "but I'm 4 now and I'm getting bigger. I can spell my name and your name and mommy's name." Dad: "yeah but you're not as big as mom and dad." Cianna: "well how old are you dad?" Dad: "I'll be 30 this month." Cianna: "How old?" Dad: 30 5. After visiting Autumn (Cianna's Godmother) at the hospital with her new baby. Cianna says "Mom, I have 5 words...First word: Why is Autumn's baby not in her tummy anymore? (answer because he wanted to come out so he could meet his mommy and daddy) Ok, 2nd word: Where is he going to sleep? (Answer: in a crib like Peyton used to) Hmmm, another word: Why is Peyton sleeping in a big girl bed? (Answer: because she is getting to be a big girl now and she liked to crawl out of the crib) Ok, now why are they not at their house? (because the doctor's have to check and make sure they are healthy before they can go home). There was another question and I just can't remember it right now.

Recital Photos

Pictures from Cianna's recital in December are here. She is on pages 6 and 17. Enjoy looking and feel free to order if you are interested.

Also, from the last recital, here are some great pictures my neighbor took for me if you didn't get to see them last June.
http://gallery.me.com/brehenyz/100213
album is Jamie and password is cianna

Poor Peyton

Peyton has been miserable the last few days. She has had a fever every day for 5 days straight and is so tired and sad. On day 2, when she woke up, Cianna went to go check on her down the hall and I hear in the saddest little voice "Cianna, tell mommy that I am crying, okay?"

Potty training is going slow, if at all with Peyton. Every now and then she likes to remove her diaper and run around naked, just cause it's fun. So, she comes to me, butt bared, and asks "mom, can you please pick up my poop?" ARGHH!!! I head in there ready with the cleaning supplies and see 1 tiny plop of poop on the carpet. I pick it up and go to dump it in the potty, relieved to see 3 more identical pieces in there already. Whew...maybe this means she'll eventually get the hang of it.

Peyton sleep talks too. She groggily kept asking for daddy and popsicles the other night while sleeping on the couch.

While laying in our bed early one morning, still sick, somehow she managed to kick dad out of bed. When he tried to lay back down she yelled at him "NO!" He asked her if he could lay down too and again she said "NO!" He ended up sleeping sideways at the end of the bed while she lay sprawled out in his regular spot.

Cianna-isms

"Last night daddy gave me candy and that's why I am a daddy's girl now."

Peyton has been sick for a few days and missed daycare to stay home with daddy. When getting ready one morning, we were trying to decide if Peyton should stay home again or go to daycare. Peyton said she wanted to lay in daddy's bed. Cianna's reaction "OH NO! I have to go to daycare by myself AGAIN?!?"

Cianna got money for her birthday and she didn't really understand the concept of a check. Once the checks were cashed, I showed her $50 cash and she said "WWOOOWW! I want to save this for the ice cream man!"

Getting dressed in the morning for school can often be a treat. Yesterday, I had an outfit set out for Cianna and asked her to get dressed. Half awake, she told me she didn't want to wear that shirt. I asked her why and she said "because it's too sparkly." So I showed her another shirt that she also didn't want to wear and she told me that she didn't want to wear this one because it was too blue!

'Boys sleep like this "Honk Choo Honk Choo!" and Girls sleep like this "shhhhhhh"'

"I don't want to be friends with boys. I only want to be friends with girls."

(about a girl from school) "Mom, Aleah said she is not my friend because I am too little" I told her that she will always be little, but I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't like her.

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!