Silly things

1.  Amelia was snuggled up in bed with me this morning.  It was early - somewhere between 6:30 and 6:45am.  I heard Gemma stirring in her room.  Half awake, I asked Amelia if she wanted to go and play with Gemma for a few minutes.

Amelia replied that she didn't need to go and play with Gemma.  "William is on Gemma patrol right now."


2.  We went to Culver's for lunch this weekend.  With a kids' meal, you get a ticket for a free scoop of ice cream.  William picked mint chip ice cream and Amelia picked chocolate with M&M's.  Gemma didn't get one as I make the 3 kids split the 2 meals.  Gemma just picked at her food and I assumed she wouldn't want much ice cream.  William and Amelia both shared a few little bites with Gemma.  When William put a taste of his flavor into her mouth, Gemma got a funny look on her face. 

I asked her, "What flavor is that in your mouth?  What does it taste like?"

"TOOTHPASTE!" is what she replied.

From then on, when she wanted another bite of ice cream from William, she would request the toothpaste kind.

3. Amelia had a soccer game this evening.

John and I watched the game and kept one eye on Gemma and William.

William entertained himself by chasing around 2 four year old boys in a game of modified tag.  Gemma did her best to get in the way of the boys and when that didn't work, she would roll down a small hill or pull up hunks of grass.

I turned to see Gemma dump a huge handful of grass on one of the smaller boys playing with William. It was a huge handful.  She giggled and ran away.  The boy looked at William.  William just shrugged.  The boy leaned over and pulled a tiny handful of grass.  He walked toward Gemma.  William turned to see this boy dump 3-4 blades of grass on Gemma's arm.  William was not pleased.

He walked over to the boy and informed him that he needed to leave alone his little sister.  He told the boy he shouldn't put grass on Gemma again.

It is good to know that while the kids terrorize each other, they still care about each other.