So here are a bunch of examples of the little things that bring joy to
my day, mostly in everyone's favorite format: cute quotes.
The other day I decided to be adventurous and flip the radio dial from
KTIS. Country was first. After a few guitar chords of Dixie Chicks
aired, Kaylin shouted out "It's Old McDonald!" A few seconds later
when I paused on KDWB I got to hear "he said stupid!" Hmmm... I"ve
been trying to teach them when it is and isn't okay to stupid (we
don't call people stupid...) but it's now evident that we just need to
stop using that word all together.
Yes, she hears every word. Just yesterday we were enjoying some
country music at home. "Mommy, he said 'kick you in the butt!' "
Shoot. I liked that song. Clay Walker's "Then What," actually a good
song about why you shouldn't cheat on your spouse..."whacha gonna do when you can't turn back on the bridges you've burned, and they can't wait to kick you in the butt, then what..." Later in the song..."Mommy, he said 'consequences'!" Then they got silly. "He
said 'off'!" Later she got a kick out of the song "Dreaming with my eyes wide open."
Everywhere we drive they know where we're going. They recognize
landmarks; a year ago Kaylin knew when we were close to home. Now
it's "We're going to Kari's house!" "We're going to church!" Kav is
joining in too. More impressive was recently, when I was going over a
bridge about 10 miles from home with construction on it that we go
over about once a week. Kaylin said, "Drive on the right road this
time so you don't hit a car." I knew what she was referring to. A
couple weeks ago on that same bridge I had to swerve because a car rolled through a stop sign.
Kavan's memory capacity keeps growing too. One time when buttoning up his shirt he thought I missed one and started whining. He really wanted me to button the top one. I told him we don't do that one because it would make it too tight. Maybe I said it would choke him. Now every time he gets dressed:
"Don't do the top one!"
After preschool the other day, the one at Ben's high school, the fire
alarm went off as they were leaving the building anyway at the end of
class. In an ironic twist, Kav was crying that he didn't like that
and Kaylin said it wasn't too loud and she wasn't afraid. She asked
me why it went off and then attempted to answer her own question.
"because somebody was cooking something in the kitchen and there was smoke." Oh, is that what happened at our house once??? She must not have been satisfied with her answer though because she continued to ask 'why?' all the way home. Hence my voice problems. It is hurting lately, and so is Ben's. I talk all day long and always at a very loud volume to be heard over their fighting. Add that to teaching exercise classes and I'm in trouble.
In another example where she puts two and two together - To the
stuffed Hershey's Hug and Kiss on our counter for Valentine's day:
"Is this one a zebra?" (to the hug, of course!)
Then there is Kaylin's honesty I could do without. "Why is your face
a little red?" (because I don't have makeup on) "Your nose is red."
"Mommy, are you having another baby?" "No, I'm sorry honey, I'm not
having another baby." (I apologized because I thought we were back on the subject where she wants a sister.) "But your tummy is getting
big." Thank you Ben for clarifying to her that my tummy is not big and that it is GETTING SMALLER!
Kavan is quite the imitator. To Ben, when putting him on a time
out."Daddy, you know better."
Kaylin is figuring out how we are different from others and noting
these things... wanting to join the "in crowd." "We need a van."
"When are we getting a duck (deck)?" The latest (while whining) -
"Mommy, Rachel and Jon's walls are painted. When are we going to
paint our walls?"
She is picking up on our health-conscious choices. To candy she wants
to eat. "It doesn't have any sugar in it." To a water fountain she
just took a drink at: "This water's good. It doesn't have any
chemicals in it." To a plastic cup that I accidentally called her
glass. "It's not a glass, it's made of vinyl." Actually it's not, but
interesting how she put the plastic-vinyl connection together.
One of the hardest part of the stage they've gotten to is making an
effort not to fight in front of them! Suddenly it's evident how much
they hear and how it affects them. I didn't think it was that bad the
other night, but later Kaylin said to Ben "You need to talk to God and
mommy needs to talk to Jesus and He'll tell you to be nice to each
other's hearts." Ouch!
We hope we made up for it the next night when she saw us kissing and exclaimed "You lived happily ever after!"
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