A William conversation

I'm in the bathroom when William wanders in*.

He chatters away while I try to pretend I have some privacy in my life (ie: if I ignore it, it isn't there).

I cleaned the bathroom today and the scale hasn't made its way back into the bathroom yet.  William scoops it up and puts it back in its rightful place.

He steps on the scale and reports "48 dot 2! Isn't that great Mama?"

I ignore (see:privacy or something like it).

He steps in front of the mirror and entertains himself with the funny faces and silly moves he makes for a few moments before breaking into a set of jumping jacks.

Without a word, he hops back on the scale.  "WOW!  49 dot 0 Mom!  It worked!"

--Wait, what?--

I ask him to explain.

"Exercise made me stronger and BIGGER!  The scale said so!!"

And he hops off to do some more jumping jacks followed by some mountain climbers.

He hops back on the scale.  "48 dot 2!  Great Mama!"

I consider a lesson on decimals and place value and discard the idea quickly.

He hops off the scale and does more jumping jacks, push ups followed by mountain climbers.

He hops back on the scale.  "48.3 Mom!  What does that mean?  What happened?"

It appears that the lesson of the day is exercise is important to keep our bodies strong and healthy.  However, the results are not visible immediately.  It takes times....




*Why yes, many of my parenting conversations occur while I am indisposed in the bathroom.  Captive audience, whatever you want to call it, the parenting doesn't quit just because I'm on the pot.

Tooth #3

William lost tooth #3 last night. It has been loose for some time and it finally came out last night. Probably not my favorite story, but right before bed William was getting himself a giant cup of water. Bunk beds+ sleeping on top bunk+ heavy sleeper= trouble, this is a problem. He was told no several times and finally John stood up to take it from him. William quickly turned his head away and bit down on the cup. However, John had a good grip on it and the tooth just popped out. Nice and easy.

The tooth fairy stopped by last night and left some money with me to out under his pillow. He still isn't sure he wants her in his room when he is sleeping.

Fun Guy

William has a joke.  He read it on a children's menu somewhere*and I think it is utterly hysterical.  I have been working to get it on video without success.  So, here it is and if we're lucky, I'll follow up with some video soon.

Q: Why was the mushroom invited to the party?
A: (and the delivery is everything on this one) Because he is a fun GEE (ryhmes with me)**

We have tried and tried to explain that the word fungi is pronounced like "fun guy" with no avail.  He is convinced we are wrong on this one.  He knows we are wrong because he read it somewhere.


*as an aside, now that William is reading to himself, he is coming up with all kinds of information that I can't account for most of it.  I used to generally know where the information came from and was much better able answer his questions.  Now?  I have no idea why the girl went over to that place.

** And now I'm laughing again just thinking about the joke and William's earnest delivery.

Amelia's 4 year Dr visit

We had Amelia's 4 year appointment yesterday with our doctor.  It was so unexciting that it hardly warrants a post here at all, but it seems wrong to skip it altogether.

Here are her stats:

39 lbs - 77% for kids her age

(up almost 5 lbs from a year ago)

42 inches tall -90% for kids her age

(up almost 2 inches from a year ago)

So, Amelia continues to be at the taller end of the height spectrum and her weight is appropriate given her height.

She is meeting and exceeding all of her developmental milestones.

Her vision and hearing were normal.

Then we sat and watched Gemma toddle around the room and push the stool on wheels with much gusto.

See?  Super exciting, isn't it?

Organizing junkie

I enjoy organizing things and feeling like everything in our home has a place. The girls' barrette drawer was out of control, so I took a few minutes to sort it out. It is a small thing, but it gave me great pleasure to gain some sense of organization over a little part of my house because at this moment it is anything but organized.

Not pictured? While I was doing this little project, Gemma emptied my sock drawer and un matched all my socks (it was left open just enough to let her hand fit in it).

One step forward, two steps back.

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Hot dinosaurs here! The kids are cooking up some delicious dinos. Anyone hungry?

Bunk beds

The big kids continue to share a room. The floor space was all taken up by the beds. There wasn't much room to play and the kids were having a hard time finding a baby free place to play Legos and Polly pockets (small pieces).

The bunk beds opened up a ton of room in here for the kids to play - now I just need to solve the closet problem....