Liar, Liar... Part 2

Okay, so one story for one day is not enough. I went to have lunch with Carter today & his assistant teacher told me another one. When he came in yesterday morning, he went to her & said, "guess what... we got robbed last night". So his teacher was very concerned about it & asked what happened. He proceeds to tell her that in the middle of the night someone broke into our house, so he got his gun & Corby got his gun & somehow the tooth fairy got in there, and they both shot him & took care of things. She said he was so believable, so she went down to Chandler class & asked him "did ya'll get robbed last night?" Of course we didn't & he told her we didn't.

What am I going to do with this kid????? When I talked to his teacher today (because she was back at school) she thinks it's hilarious. She is sure that he is going to do something great with this skill one of these days. Of course, she's a grandma herself & loves to hear what he comes up with. But for me, I'm just waiting for somebody to freak out about one of his stories, because, they are mostly believable (not the tooth fairy part) stuff that can really happen. When he tells them, he makes no grins or gives you any reason not to believe him. HELP!!!!!

Liar, liar, pants on fire

I have a storyteller on my hands. I've posted previous stuff about this before. Carter is a big time fibber. Sometimes it's about little stuff & other times it's more serious. Today was a serious one. He told me that his teacher wasn't at school today. So I asked why & he said "she crashed her car into a tree." Very nonchalantly.... no big deal. I freaked & started into a million questions. Is she okay... was she hurt... is she in the hospital? To the last one he answered "yes", but she'll be back at school tomorrow. Oh my gosh! My heart sunk & I'm thinking, if she's in the hospital, she won't be back tomorrow! So I called his assistant to ask her about it. She wasn't there. I called a friend who's kid is in the same class. She wasn't there. I called another friend who's kid is in the class & he said she had an appointment. "Ding"... the light bulb went on. I played into his story. He is SO believable. Then I started drilling him again & saying "are you sure she had an accident?" and he started to cry. I knew it... the little stinker! So I called his teacher (should have been the first one I called, but I didn't think she would be there if she was in the hospital) to make sure all was okay & she laughed out loud. She loves his stories... apparently he tells a lot of them in school and says that he's going to be a great writer one day. Let's hope so, but for now he's writing his own story...I call it "the little boy who cried wolf". One of these days, no one will believe him when he IS telling the truth.

Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger...

I feel like that song keeps repeating over & over in my house...we just can't get rid of it. Carter has strep throat again. We went to the doctor again this morning. I'm still snotting (for lack of a better word) but it's better than it was. It's reverted now to coughing up all the congestion that I guess settled in my chest.

Other than that, things are pretty good here. Kensley is just walking everywhere now. She's so cute strutting around the house. She loves to carry things around, but she can never carry it all at once, so she gets frustrated (like in the video) and screams at the stuff. She's saying new words everyday. Her newest is "oooos" for shoes. I heard that one for the first time today. She's also saying "mow" and points to her nose... yes, she's a little confused. She's starting to nod her head if she wants or doesn't want something. It's hilarious, because you really don't expect an answer & she shakes yes or no.

The boys started basketball this past weekend. They had their first game on Saturday. It was cute to watch them. Carter's league (5 & 6 yr olds) are still pretty much clueless and the coaches are on the court & guide them. We lost big time... but they don't officially keep score. I don't know if he is going to like it or not... it just doesn't seem like his kind of thing. Chandler's league (7 & 8 yr olds) is more into the game. They actually look like they know what they are doing. There are some big kids in his league. He's so skinny & small compared to the other kids. He's raring to go at the beginning of the game, but towards the end, he's tired of it. Although, he is doing much better than I expected and sticks with it. Kensley doesn't cooperate very well at the games, so I'm not as attentive as I would like to be. They have a game every weekend, so I'll try to get some pics and post them.

Cough, blow, gag, bark....

...that's what is sounds like around our house these days. Sickness still plagues this house. I thought we would be on the mending side of things by now, but not so much. I'm still not over my sinus infection and wondering at this point if that's what I really have since I've been on an antibiotic for a week now. I was looking forward to going to church this morning since we've haven't been in a few weeks (out of town for Christmas, sick kids, me sick). I laid everything out & even got our breakfast stuff ready to make pancakes all laid out with cups, plates, forks, etc. Then about 12:30 am I was getting ready to go to bed & Kensley started fussing. Normally I just let her fuss & she goes right back to sleep, but she kept fussing. So I went in there to check on her & she was standing up. I picked her up, she gagged, we ran... thankfully we made it to the toilet in time, but she threw up several times last night. I am wondering at this point where in the world she would have picked something up because we haven't been anywhere (except yesterday morning to watch the boys basketball games) in almost a week. Who knows! Then, in the middle of the night, Chandler starts his barking cough. Ugh! I'm tired of it. I'm sure it could be a lot worse, but I'm ready for everyone to be well for a while. I want to feel up to par again and have some energy to do stuff. So, until next time... let's keep out fingers crossed & pray that we all get well.

Stuff: Christmas stuff & kid stuff

Why is it that when you take down all your Christmas decorations that the house looks bare? (yes, I'm telling on myself that I just took down my decorations today, but I've had a good excuse) The only extra thing that takes up space is the tree, but all the other decorations in my house are put out when I take the other stuff down or put it away to be replace by the Christmas stuff. I don't get it. My house looks so empty & so plain now. I guess all the bright colors are more noticeable than my neutral stuff.

I love having a girl...(I love my boys too, but I can relate better with Kensley... cause I am, after all, a girl myself). I prayed that I would have a girly girl and I think I got one. It is SO much fun to just sit & watch her be girly. Today we sat in the floor & played for about 45 min before the boys got home from school. She has a small rocking chair & she sat & rocked her babies & fed them while proclaiming "nummy, nummy, nummy, nummy" as she stuck the bottle in the baby's mouth. She not only had one baby, she had to have 2 babies to rock (mind you, one of them was as small as my hand). She then got up and walked the babies around in the stroller for a few minutes & then went back to rock them again and she said "yok-yok" over and over, loving & feeding them. It is SO sweet! I could just eat her up. She had to have her new pink crocs on & a bow for her hair as she walked around. Then she got so frustrated because she was wearing one of her teething rings as a bracelet, but it kept falling off of her wrist every time she would try to crawl across the room. She cried big, crocodile tears and just pointed at it. She finally gave up trying to crawl with it & just walked with her arm bending up so it wouldn't fall off.

Her personality is so adorable & she is so bright & bubbly. I remember loving this age with the boys too. They really are starting to express themselves at this point and show who they are. I've also looked at the boys over the past few weeks & thought, "where did time go?" They are growing up so fast! Chandler is to my armpit and Carter has lost his little boy look. They are so smart and independent. Chandler made a comment to me the other day about something & said "Mom, I AM 7 years old... I can do this by myself". I sit and look at them & think about when they were Kensley's age. Chandler with his white hair, smiling all of the time & singing. Carter with his curls & fat cheeks, so quite and sucking his thumb. Gosh, I miss that! I guess with another year passing you can get so caught up in all the "stuff" that you do everyday & don't really take time to see how fast your kids are growing up.

Here's a little video of Kensley & her babydoll "episodes" today. So funny!

Name lables for cups!

If you are a mom of a young child, I think you will appreciate this post. It looks like one of the most fabulous inventions ever! I just saw an advertisement for these in a parenting magazine today. Check it out here. Look under the featured products on the front page... it's the Bumpy Name Orbit labels. I've had some labels before that work good, but they were a one time stick and if you took them off they didn't re-apply. How many times do you have to label your kids cups when you go places... church, preschool, play dates, etc. I will be purchasing some of these.

Welcome 2008

How many of you actually stayed up to watch the ball drop last night? I was struggling. I felt bad from my sinus infection, but I was gonna make it & we did. We've had a tradition for the past 7 years that we go to some friends house for New Years Eve, stay up late, play games, eat lots of junk, and ring in the new year together. They live about 45 minutes away, so we always spend the night. We have a lot of fun & their kids about the same age as my boys, so they have a blast playing together & all cramming in the same bedroom to sleep. This year we didn't even break out the board games. They got a Wii for Christmas and we played that all night. It is a lot of fun! I've got Corby on video playing tennis. He broke out in a sweat from playing so hard. It can be a great workout.

I've got a few pics of Kensley. She's at such a cute age right now, so something new is always waiting to be captured. If you ask her where her eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair & bellybutton are, she will point to all of them. Her favorite is the bellybutton.

She's so girly and loves her babies, so Corby gave her one of my purses the other day. She loves to cram stuff into it and carry it around... and it has to be on her shoulder.

She got some new boots for Christmas from my Mom & she loves them. It put them on her tonight & she was fascinated with them & the balls on the front of them. She kept pointing at them & walking around talking some gibberish. So cute! I'll say "Kensley, look at Mommy" and she sees the camera and says " eeeeeese" (for cheese).... that's what she's doing in this picture.