This is filmed by Emma so apologies for the wiggle.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Chronicles #5
Our black-eyed beauties. At the beginning of last week William was throwing a rock over or at the fence and it bounced back and hit his cheek. Then the middle of the week William swung a plastic pencil box at Emma which resulted in a blood blister just below her eye. Yes we know, it is just a matter of time before our first emergency room visit.
Emma was trying to avoid going to the bathroom and she was pretending to be a "talking cat". I asked her to go use the facilities and she says,"Someone took my bum, maybe a soldier or something took this kitty's bum."
I responded that someone can't take her bum to which she responded, "No, this is a tend (pretend) kitty and someone took her bum."
Emma working on her pet negotiations skills while we were outside weeding the yard:
"Mama you be Frosty and I will be Karen. Frosty, look at all the snow (as she is making piles of gravel in 100˚ weather). Frosty, (she waits for my response in Frosty the Snowman voice) I have a friend named Emma and her Mama said she could have a pet (Oh really, that sounds nice, says frosty). Emma is going to get a doggy from the pound. It will be soooo cute and she will name him Tiny!"
When I am sitting at the couch Emma comes over and wants to pretend that my feet are horses. She brings over plastic carrots and apples to feed my toes by shoving them between my toes (that really tickles). After the feeding she climbs onto my knees and goes for a ride. Here is an example of her interactions:
"Say nay! (nay) Good horsey! You cited (excited) we are going to have breakfast. We are going to go to the fair, you are going to take me. Talk in horsey Spanish (Graaaaacioussss). Help I'm stuck, I can't get up. Help me Spanish horsey. Thank you, good job horsey."
Whenever we go to a friends' house Emma asks,"Mommy would you please leave and go on a date with Daddy and leave me here".
After William pulled Emma's hair she says, "Brother doesn't know the quences (consequences)."
Papa was cleaning Emma's boogery nose and Emma says, "Papa, you sure do love your granddaughter don't you".
William watched Papa swim under the water and he frantically pointed and said, "Oh no, oh no, oh no!"
William likes to put things together in unusual ways, especially his food. We went out to eat with Burton's lab at the Mongolian BBQ. William takes a chopstick and slides it into his drink cup and tries to drink from it. I give him a straw which he puts in, takes a few drinks, then he discovers that the chopstick fits inside the straw. He plays for a little while, pulling the straw and chopstick combo apart and together several times. I give William his chow mien noodles which he excitedly pulls out with his finger, dangling them over his face and slurping up like Lady and the Tramp. He removes the chopstick from the straw and realizes he can thread the noodle into the straw. Once the noodle is in place he slurps it out. He likes this so much that he finishes all his noodle this way, (see video above).
Another food discovery:
William was sitting at his chair with his bowl of rice staring intently at his belly button. He was inserting grains of rice, one at a time.
William has the amazing pocket holster/sword sheath. Any long object such as a spoon, chopstick, ruler, etc. is stuffed into his pocket and then pulled out with a flourish and brandished.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Chronicles #4
As the trashman is dumping our garbage cans Emma yells, "Thank you garbage man! Thank you for taking the stinky diapers!"
We have trained Emma well. We appreciate that some people are pet people but we realized a long time back that we are not. After we played with our neighbors darling puppy Emma said, "I want a puppy just like that, when I have a house of my own".
Emma's morning farewell to Burton, "Watch out for dogs that whistle and wild aminals".
This morning I couldn't help but laugh even though it was 5:45 am. William comes bouncing into our room "Mommy, mommy geeup geeeup (get up)". He runs over the bed grabs my hand and pulls "come-on". Then he adds his Japanese sounding gibberish in prolific waves to try and hurry me up.
William does nothing calmly. He has this amazing way of getting off the couch. He stands up, kicks his feet out from under him, bounces on his bum and lands on his feet on the floor.
We always know something is up with William when we hear his maniacal giggling. If he is that happy it usually involves something messy. Yesterday I let the kids eat their dinner out on the porch and from inside I hear that laugh accompanied by Emma's shrill "STOP IT". I look out to see William chucking hand fulls of rice at his sister. Much better than last time we heard that laugh; He was gleefully dunking his head in a public toilet.
See the video below to experience some of that giggling.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Chronicles #3
Emma:” Mama, what’s the cricket saying to us”?
Tracy: “Goodnight, goodnight.”
Emma: “No Mama, he is saying” I’m looking for a girrrl cricket””.
One very preceptive girl.
William was fussing in the morning, Emma’s comment: “He’s just a little grumpy guy. How about you leave him alone”.
Emma: “I’m Huckenberry Finn”.
Emma is fascinated by Huckleberry Finn and her usual night time routine is one of us pretending to be Huckleberry and she is Lucky the dog. The area rug in the living room is the raft. We fish, clean our catch and cook it over the fire. When Emma is Lucky, she talks with her lips almost all the way closed, muffling a high squeaky voice. Burton was effecting an over-the top southern accent and told Emma, “Lucky, say goodnight to your mom”. Emma quickly corrected him in Lucky voice, “Actually it’s Mama”.
Another Huckleberry instance, Emma announces in a whispered, scared Lucky voice, “There are mean raccoons over there”. Burton asks,”Where did they come from”? Emma responds, “North Carolina”.
Emma saying goodbye to her dad: “Watch out for lions, spiders, mean rumbling horses, and watch out for buffalos, they will hurt your car”. This morning she also added bunny rabbits. I asked her why we needed to watch out for bunny rabbits and she said while giggling, “They will chase you”!
When Emma is running around the lawn with her daddy she will say, “chase me like a fish”. Whatever, that means.
I was putting William down for bed and I gave him his sippy cup with water. William took one sip and crinkled his nose. He jumped up and ran out of the room. He ran back in, dragging the gallon of milk and his cup.
When it is time for prayer we tell William to kneel down. Instead of slowly kneeling down, William jumps into the air folds his legs and lands with a thump on his knees. Nothing is halfway with William.
Burton was watching the kids while I was being a guest teacher at my friends classroom. William was having some constipation difficulties and Burton decided a suppository was necessary. I called him on a break and Burton said,”I put one of those superlatives in”. We both started laughing. I guess an exaggerated expression of praise would be better than the alternative.
Later that evening: Tracy is changing William’s diaper and Burton comes in with a plastic bag
to collect the offending item, saying, “Bring out your dead, bring out your dead”.
At bedtime William can’t quite get out the 2 syllables of goodnight so instead he says “ni-ight” in 2 syllables. When he gives kisses he says, “mmmmaaa” as he puckers up.
William loves hats, tupperware, potty seats, cottage cheese containers, metal bowls or anything else that will fit nicely on his head. When he puts metal bowls on his head he loves to run as fast as he can because the bouncing of his head makes a thumping noise against the bowl. His favorite hat of all though is Emma’s lavender Easter hat.
Other than the frilly hat thing, William is boy through and through. He throws everything. I apologize before church starts, to the people in front and behind us and warn them of flying objects. I’ve learned the hard way that I only give him soft toys during meetings.
Last night William made a frightening discovery. Well frightening for us. He was throwing his knit hat up in the air and it caught on the spinning fan blades and shot across the room. With utter glee he screamed out and laughed. We just can’t wait to see what else he will throw up there.
Tracy: “Goodnight, goodnight.”
Emma: “No Mama, he is saying” I’m looking for a girrrl cricket””.
One very preceptive girl.
William was fussing in the morning, Emma’s comment: “He’s just a little grumpy guy. How about you leave him alone”.
Emma: “I’m Huckenberry Finn”.
Emma is fascinated by Huckleberry Finn and her usual night time routine is one of us pretending to be Huckleberry and she is Lucky the dog. The area rug in the living room is the raft. We fish, clean our catch and cook it over the fire. When Emma is Lucky, she talks with her lips almost all the way closed, muffling a high squeaky voice. Burton was effecting an over-the top southern accent and told Emma, “Lucky, say goodnight to your mom”. Emma quickly corrected him in Lucky voice, “Actually it’s Mama”.
Another Huckleberry instance, Emma announces in a whispered, scared Lucky voice, “There are mean raccoons over there”. Burton asks,”Where did they come from”? Emma responds, “North Carolina”.
Emma saying goodbye to her dad: “Watch out for lions, spiders, mean rumbling horses, and watch out for buffalos, they will hurt your car”. This morning she also added bunny rabbits. I asked her why we needed to watch out for bunny rabbits and she said while giggling, “They will chase you”!
When Emma is running around the lawn with her daddy she will say, “chase me like a fish”. Whatever, that means.
I was putting William down for bed and I gave him his sippy cup with water. William took one sip and crinkled his nose. He jumped up and ran out of the room. He ran back in, dragging the gallon of milk and his cup.
When it is time for prayer we tell William to kneel down. Instead of slowly kneeling down, William jumps into the air folds his legs and lands with a thump on his knees. Nothing is halfway with William.
Burton was watching the kids while I was being a guest teacher at my friends classroom. William was having some constipation difficulties and Burton decided a suppository was necessary. I called him on a break and Burton said,”I put one of those superlatives in”. We both started laughing. I guess an exaggerated expression of praise would be better than the alternative.
Later that evening: Tracy is changing William’s diaper and Burton comes in with a plastic bag
to collect the offending item, saying, “Bring out your dead, bring out your dead”.
At bedtime William can’t quite get out the 2 syllables of goodnight so instead he says “ni-ight” in 2 syllables. When he gives kisses he says, “mmmmaaa” as he puckers up.
William loves hats, tupperware, potty seats, cottage cheese containers, metal bowls or anything else that will fit nicely on his head. When he puts metal bowls on his head he loves to run as fast as he can because the bouncing of his head makes a thumping noise against the bowl. His favorite hat of all though is Emma’s lavender Easter hat.
Other than the frilly hat thing, William is boy through and through. He throws everything. I apologize before church starts, to the people in front and behind us and warn them of flying objects. I’ve learned the hard way that I only give him soft toys during meetings.
Last night William made a frightening discovery. Well frightening for us. He was throwing his knit hat up in the air and it caught on the spinning fan blades and shot across the room. With utter glee he screamed out and laughed. We just can’t wait to see what else he will throw up there.
Chronicles #2
William is quite funny when he is watching a video. If he finds something scary he will slide out of his chair, walk about 6 feet back to give himself some distance from the frightening scene, all the time still watching. After the scary scene is over he slips back into his chair.
Burton was about to leave for a bike ride and Emma asked him,”Daddy do you have your phone? Watch out for BIG bugs! If you see any call me. Call Tracy, Emma & William. I will come and take care of them”. And again yesterday as he was leaving for work Emma said, “watch out for bugs, lions and bears”!
Something else that has somehow become a tradition with Emma before anyone leaves the house is,”I want to tell you a secret”. She will then say out loud “It’s about brother” or some other subject. She then proceeds to lean forward and whispers loudly in your ear, “tell you a secret” but then she grabs your face and turns you the other way so she can once again say, “tell you a secret” in the other ear. She never tells us what the secret is, but that’s OK.
William’s speech is getting a little clearer and here are a few of my favorites: “Burrdda” for bird pronounced just like Bambi, “Ge Be Fiii” for give me five, “Peas” for please said very softly, and “Tanktwo” for thank you.
William likes to help me with the laundry by putting the wet clothes into the dryer. With every handful I give him he says, “Tanktwo” and then he gladly stuffs them into the dryer. It just makes me smile thinking about him saying, “Tanktwo, tanktwo”.
We had just arrived home from our 2 hour drive back from Grandma’s house and I asked Emma if she had to go potty. She responded, “No Mommy, I’m not dancing”.
Emma & William were staying the night at Grandma & Papa’s house. Emma woke up with a nightmare and Papa came & laid down with her. It wasn’t long before Papa had fallen asleep and Emma woke him back up and told him, “Papa your snoring is hurting my ears”.
Burton was about to leave for a bike ride and Emma asked him,”Daddy do you have your phone? Watch out for BIG bugs! If you see any call me. Call Tracy, Emma & William. I will come and take care of them”. And again yesterday as he was leaving for work Emma said, “watch out for bugs, lions and bears”!
Something else that has somehow become a tradition with Emma before anyone leaves the house is,”I want to tell you a secret”. She will then say out loud “It’s about brother” or some other subject. She then proceeds to lean forward and whispers loudly in your ear, “tell you a secret” but then she grabs your face and turns you the other way so she can once again say, “tell you a secret” in the other ear. She never tells us what the secret is, but that’s OK.
William’s speech is getting a little clearer and here are a few of my favorites: “Burrdda” for bird pronounced just like Bambi, “Ge Be Fiii” for give me five, “Peas” for please said very softly, and “Tanktwo” for thank you.
William likes to help me with the laundry by putting the wet clothes into the dryer. With every handful I give him he says, “Tanktwo” and then he gladly stuffs them into the dryer. It just makes me smile thinking about him saying, “Tanktwo, tanktwo”.
We had just arrived home from our 2 hour drive back from Grandma’s house and I asked Emma if she had to go potty. She responded, “No Mommy, I’m not dancing”.
Emma & William were staying the night at Grandma & Papa’s house. Emma woke up with a nightmare and Papa came & laid down with her. It wasn’t long before Papa had fallen asleep and Emma woke him back up and told him, “Papa your snoring is hurting my ears”.
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