Trade?

So tonight Skye really wanted to stay up until her daddy got home ... which I was fine with ... he had been gone all weekend and she was dying to see him ... so I let her bring her dvd player in her room so she could watch a movie while she relaxed in bed ...

Every time she went pee she wanted another chocolate mint ... at one point I told her we had to stop getting treats for going pee ... she gave me a pftt and was back in her room ...

When she came to the top of the stairs to proclaim yet again that she had gone pee and needed a chocolate mint I informed her she had had enough for the evening ... this was not the answer she was looking for ... so I told her I would make a deal with her ... she could have her movie player or a chocolate mint ... which one did she want ...

Her first answer of course was, "I want my mobie and a chocolate mint." ... I told her that was the wrong conjunction (we've been watching a lot of School House Rock lately and she loves Conjunction Junction) ... we were using the conjunction OR ... she could have her movie OR the chocolate mint ...

With her finger to her mouth she said, "Hummmmm ... I'll take the mobie" ... and back to her room she went ...

Not even 10 minutes later she comes down the stairs with her movie player and said, "I want to trade my mobie player for a chocolate mint please." ...

How could I say no to that ... it was beyond adorable ... so I took possession of the movie player and we went to the kitchen for a chocolate mint.

She snuggled next to me on the couch and said, "Mommy that was a good trade. This is delicious." ...

How Many?

With chocolate on her face Skye came up to me as I was coming out of Linc's room ... the conversation went as follows:

Me: How many chocolate mints did you eat while mommy was in Lincoln's room?

Skye: One

Me: How many?

Skye: one, two, three, four, five, six and seven

Me: Schuyler how many did you have? Do you remember mommy saying you could have one?

Skye: Yes

Me: Did you have more than one?

Skye: (sly smile) Yes

Me: How many?

Skye: one, two, three

Me: Did you have 4?

Skye: NOOOOOOOOO. I had two

Me: Did you have three? remember I can go down and count the wrappers

Skye: (shocked look on her face) Yes mommy I got three. But they are just so delicious I had to. You should try one, you love it. You will.

Me: Yes mommy knows how great chocolate mints are but I told you you could have one, now I have to put them up high.

Skye: How did you know?

Me: There is too much chocolate on your face for just one mint.

Skye over-exaggeratedly licking her lips ... not realizing it is just too late to cover up now ...

Smart Cookie

My kid has got a memory like a steel trap ... I am amazed at the things she remembers ... today in the car we were jamming out to Pandora and having a great time ... then this song came on and I started thinking, "This sounds familiar ... what movie is this from?" and from the back seat I hear, "Mommy this is from Wall-E when Wall-E and Eve dance around in the sky." ...

And wouldn't you know it she was right ... playing on Pandora was Louis Armstrong's La Vie En Rose from the scene in Wall-E ... I was just so very impressed ...

We Will Rock You

So these are two videos ... first one is from May and the second one is from July 4th ... I totally forgot to post them but she is just so obsessed with this song and they crack me up ... she is even better with all the words now and it is a riot to watch her rock out to Queen ...

We Will Rock You

Knock Knock

We are in the process of replacing all the doors in our house ... the ones attached to rooms that had work got replaced as part of the work ... the other 7 David is doing on his own ... and has decided to go the "from scratch" route ... so he has to do everything involved ... this is a video of the first door he did ... it came out GREAT ... I can't wait to see them all done ... even if we have to do it bit by bit and will take some time ... he did such a great job the house is going to be rockin' when he is finished ...

Making A Door 7/31/09

Linc's First Saucer Ride

Today we whipped out the exersaucer and after what took forever to clean and wash everything he got to try it out for the first time ... and he loved it ... and so did Schuyler ... she was so excited to show him how everything works ...

He loves looking around and feeling a part of everything and this is the perfect item for him ... he did a great job holding his head up ... and really got some good bounces in (which he loved) and moved around in it ...

He isn't a newborn anymore ... he is officially a baby now ...

Linc's First Saucer 8/2/09

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Ours apparently is growing the biggest veggies around ... Schuyler was so excited to pick the veggies ... they are just gorgeous and H U G E ... i couldn't believe it ...