Funny things they say

Macy's new phrase when ever she drinks something. "Mmmm. Rummm punch." (from Mary Poppins) I bet people are wondering what is in her cup.

What Macy has learned in church last week.
Me: What did you learn about today?
Macy: Three Heavenly Fathers.
Me: Oh did you learn that Heavenly Father, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are three seperate beings.
Macy: No. There are three Heavenly Fathers and one Jesus.

What she learned this week.
Right after church
Me: (looking at her picture) Oh is Jesus your friend.
Macy: No. Heavenly Father is.
Me: Is Jesus your friend too?
Macy: No, just Heavenly Father.

Later on today
Me: So what did you learn about in class?
Macy: biting. The big tall lady used to bite.
Me: Didn't you learn about Jesus being a friend?
Macy: No. Heavenly Father is my friend.

Brian and I were pushing the girls in seperate strollers down the street. No one had spoken for a bit. And then ...
Macy: Kelsey do you want your jacket?
Kelsey: Um, no.
More silence. Brian and I started laughing because it sounded like a first date situation.

Kelsey teaches Macy a new trick

Kelsey shows Macy her new trick and says "see". Macy then asks me to help her and then she asks Kelsey for help. Being the good-natured sister, Kelsey says "okay". The best part was the scream at the end, but my camera wouldn't download it to the computer.

This was the second attempt. Macy tells Kelsey she's scared. Again the scream is missing and added so much. After a couple more tries Macy did learn the new trick.

Whys and whats

Tonight the girls and I were playing rough housing a little (For my family: we were doing "do-do, do-do"). Kelsey had a bit of undigestive food come back up. As a grabbed a towel to clean up the small pools, the girls had to see and analyze it. When I told Macy what it was she looked again and said, "I think it is punch."
I replied back, "I think it might be conversation hearts."
Macy leaned in closer and said, "Yea, that's what it is. Hearts."

We are into the why and what is it stage. She is very curious and is trying to figure things out. Many of these items are tough to explain because the words I want to use she doesn't understand yet and leads to another question. Some of the most difficult questions have to do with stories. It is taking a lot longer to read short stories because she tries to figure out what is going on in the picture and why characters are feeling the way they do. Lately her favorite movie is the Lion King, but this is bringing up difficult to define situations like death. She wants to know why Simba is sad and what is wrong with Mufasa. It is a good thing we have seen the movie before otherwise we might get frustrated with the constant commentary.

Heaven help me

I love my daughter Macy, but she can be so difficult. Today I was using the scissors outside. I set them down on the table while I put something away in the shed. I warned her to leave the scissors alone. I had my back turned for 2 minutes. Well she cut some more hair. I found the scissors and the hair in her hand. She hasn't really told me who's hair got a trim this time. Sometimes she says it was Kelsey's and other times it is hers.

I had to lay down the law because she just isn't getting it. We had already told the girls that we were going to Cold Stone so her punishment was no ice cream. We have done this before but the rest of us were punished because we all didn't get to go. This time I wanted her to really understand so we all went and we all got ice cream except for her. Brian and I were hesitant at first because she can throw some pretty good tantrums, but then she yelled at me for something and I realized that this girls needs to know we are serious.

This was the most difficult thing. She was so good at Cold Stone. I was afraid we would have to leave, but she was very dignified the entire time. She kept trying to convince Kelsey to save her ice cream for tomorrow so they could both eat it. But we all know Kelsey is not the saver of the family. Macy then fed Kelsey her ice cream without sneaking a bite. She sat quietly and stared at my ice cream longing for a bite but was not going to ask. I so wanted to give her a bite because she was being so good about the whole situation. She was very pleasant. I then started to realize that she was being stubborn and trying to outsmart us. I think she decided to show us that the ice cream didn't matter to her. She told Brian she didn't want any. She said it was gross. Towards the end she started making up stories about what happened this afternoon. It included Kelsey using the scissors first then she cut both hers and Kelsey's hair. Each version was slightly different. She was trying to get herself off the hook. In the end I don't think this is going to stop her from using the scissors or disobeying. She inherited every bit of stubborness that Brian and I have and she thinks she is the boss. Being strong, loving and consistent with discipline is so hard.

Tonight getting ready for bed she threw tantrums over small things (it was what I was expecting at Cold Stone). I stuck to the consequences for her choices and she was not a happy camper. I keep hoping one day she will figure out obedience and that her parents will never lead her astray. At least she is helping me to learn patience and how to discipline out of love and not anger. One day we will both figure things out and come out better people for it. Hopefully we can be friends afterwards too.

Lions, Tigers and Bears

Yesterday the girls and I joined some friends at the zoo. I brought along our camera, but being such a good photographer I didn't take any pictures. Good thing there really weren't any Kodak moments.

This was the first time Macy was okay with seeing the animals. In fact, she ran to different exhibits and looked through glass trying to find the different animals. We only had one incident of "Ewww! Something stinks." We were at the wart hogs looking for Pumba from Lion King.

If you ask Macy about her favorite part she might say the carousel. She is more of a ride type of gal. Her and Kelsey keep talking about rides so Disneyland might be in the future again.

On the way home the girls feel asleep in the car. I was quite jealous. Pushing them around in the stroller must have tired worn me out. There seemed to be no hope for a nap because the minute I pulled them from the carseats they would be up. Then I remembered how Brian used to sometimes find his dad napping in the car in the garage after work. His dad had real early hours and would stay up late and so would be too tired to make it inside to the bed. So I pulled into the garage, shut the door, cracked the windows and reclined my seat. It was great. I couldn't believe I got a 40 minute nap in. My justifications for the nap were I was worn out, the kids needed more than a 30 minute nap, and I had a play that night and didn't want to fall asleep during it.

The play was wonderful. We have season tickets to Hale theater again. Last night's play was Cash on Delivery. It was so funny. I was laughing so hard. One of the ladies behind us exclaimed "I am going to wet my pants if I laugh any more." It was about a man who was trying to cover up his fraudulant claims to England's social security. The plot was kind of like Abott and Castello's "Who's on first?" The actors and director did a wonderful job pulling off this story. In fact the actors were stupendous. It was long for a non-musical. It was 3 hours long. I only noticed because we told our babysitter we would be home by 10 PM, but the play went until 10:30 PM. If a theater near you is producing this play, go. It should be worth it.

Events of the week

Like I mentioned previously, nothing exciting has taken place this week. I made a 2nd attempt at bread. I took the tips given to me from my cousin, Melinda and tweeked a couple recipes and whola! I much better loaf. However, I think my hand mixer is about to quit on me. Good thing I am using my birthday money towards a stand mixer. And by the way, I like white wheat better than red. It creates bread closer to white bread.

I made bread again because I didn't want to have to go to the grocery store this week. Well I still wound up making a trip to Fry's and Costco. I ran out of eggs and milk and the fridge was pretty bare. Where does all the food go? I only have 2 small children. I can't imagine what happens when there are more and they are older.

My wonderful visiting teachers stopped by this week. I love to chat with Lacey and Amber. I can be quite the talker sometimes so it is nice to have people to listen to me during the day. Macy doesn't really like to listen to me. She is already to old for that.

Speaking of Macy. Last night they were playing instead of sleeping. Brian went into the room and threatened to split them up. Macy then asked "What is split up?" So he tried to explain it another way. He told them that someone would have to sleep in the play room. Well the smart thing that she is asked "Where will we sleep in there? There is no bed." He was amazed at her perception and the way she twisted the situation in her favor. He just said we will figure out a way so go to bed or else.

Below is a picture of the girls in the doll crib. This is Kelsey's favorite place. Often she packs a blanket, pillow and her Cinderella doll with her. Macy had to hope in this time because a picture was being taken. When the girls are playing often Kelsey is made to be the baby so the others put her to bed in her. Forget the dolls when you can have a real baby is what Macy thinks. Kelsey also gets pushed around the house in the doll stroller. I want to tell them that she is toddler but she enjoys being taken care of.

Pictures

Nothing exciting has been happening around our house this week. I know, a shocker. I promised pictures so I figure that is exciting.
2 Sundays ago we took the girls to a small airport to watch planes. These girls love planes and jets.
Here they are doing some core training while watching TV. It reminds me of the trainers at the gym. They all sit on big balls (the name of them has slipped my mind) instead of chairs. I know why the gym people do this but it still seems funny to me because if you don't have good posture you lose some of the benefit.
Here is the infamous haircut. Kelsey doesn't want her picture taken. I couldn't get a good shot of the right side by her ear.
Another angle.
Here she is trying to hide from the camera. She is either embarrassed or extremely tired making her grouchy.