Some Gweny-isms

*Gweny is by-far THE least graceful child on the planet. She is constantly falling down, smashing her fingers, and running into chairs, door frames, door knobs, pretty much anything will do. She is famous for a scenario that routinely goes like this:

Me: Gweny, go get (shoes, pants, my phone...whatever it might be)

Gweny: OK!! (Gweny turns quickly to run and get whatever I asked her to and SMACK!..right into the wall. Yep, happens all the time.)

Well, a few days ago, she asked if she could have the dollar she found on Josh's night stand. He said, "I'll make a deal with you. If you can go all day without bumping your head, you can have the dollar." She came back that night and yelled at him, "I didn't bonk my head!" Then she pointed at the dollar and yelled, "So give me that dollar!" Then we went to the grocery store and she threw the dollar and a Kit Kat at the cashier who laughed as he rang up her proud little purchase.

*Gweny is potty trained, but I don't know how. She still has the tiniest little bladder and she has to go potty every 20 minutes. So, I took her to the bathroom as soon as we got into Costco the other day. We started shopping and wandered away from the bathroom area and she started squirming and said very loudly, "I have to go potty!" I said, "Gweny, hold it. I just took you." She put her little hands on her hips and tilted her head to the side and had an exasperated look on her face as she said, "Mommy, do you want me to pee in my pants? If you don't take me right now, I will be very mad at you."

*Gweny told us that she broke her grandmother's glasses and that grandmother got very mad at her. We were worried and we called Josh's mom to see if we needed to replace the glasses and to say that we were very sorry if her glasses were indeed broken. She told us that her glasses were fine and that she has actually never been mad at Gweny. We found out later that it was all just a dream...

*Speaking of dreams...Mikayla very often tells us true stories of things that happened to her at school or at dance class or at a friend's house. When she is finished with her story, Gweny pipes up with, "Well, in my dream"...and then goes off on some random thing that may or may not have really happened.

*Gweny refers to all buildings as houses. Some examples...the movie theater is the popcorn house, the gas station is the drink house, Taco Bell is the cheese roll-up house, the doctor's office is the doctor house, the airport is the plane house. Even if she knows what it's really called, she simplifies it and puts the word "house" after it.

3 Months!

Our little boy is 3 months old today!

Kindergarten Grad!

Here is a flashback to Mikayla's first day of kindergarten.























And here she is today, a kindergarten graduate. We went to her cute little graduation today.























An interview with the graduate:
Me: What was your favorite about kindergarten?
Mikayla: Recess and playtime.
Me: Tell you something you learned.
Mikayla: I can't remember
Me: What was your favorite activity?
Mikayla: I can't remember
Me: Did you have a boyfriend?
Mikayla: No...but I like Dixon
Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Mikayla: A vet or a store lady. So you can get lots of money.
Me: Did you learn anything important?
Mikayla: I can't remember
Me: What are you most excited about for first grade.
Mikayla: I don't know

There Were Never Such Devoted Sisters

I love stumbling upon little scenes where the girls have been playing. Last night, I went to turn off the lights in the play room and found Mickey waiting patiently for his waitress and dining companion.

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That is a very stern look on Josh's face. You can almost feel the guilty I-almost-got-in-trouble feelings coming from Mikayla. You know what I mean...when you are about to jump in the puddle at the bottom of the little water fall but you look up in time to see THAT look on your father's face and you know at that point that if you go through with it, you may never see the light of day again.

Spring Dance Recital

Mikayla and Gweny both had another dance recital a few weeks ago. Gweny danced to "Baby Face," and Mikayla danced to "Stupid Cupid." Mikayla was pretty nervous, but of course, in my never-to-be-argued-with mommy opinion, she did an absolutely fantastic job. Gweny loved being on stage and was so excited to do her dance. She performs it again and again for anyone who comes to visit.