Quotes and Pigtails

I've been talking to Cason about how he feels. He gets frustrated or mad and just doesn't know what to do. So I've been trying to teach him to tell me what's wrong, like if he's angry or sad or frustrated. Today he told me Paige wouldn't give him a turn at Donkey Kong, and then he balled up his fists at his sides and told me "I...am...REFRIGERATED!!" Haha, I love him. I said "Frustrated?" and he goes "YEAH".

Neely has a few new things she likes to say. She's been greeting Gia first thing in the morning. I carried her to the living room and she saw Gia sleeping on the couch, and said "HI GIA!" But to the untrained ear it would sound like "EYE CHIA!"

She's big on giving hugs lately too. She'll run to me or lean her head against my shoulder and say "UG! UG?!"

This next one was SO cute. The other night, like every Sunday night, the kids got to pick a movie and watch it in our bed. We were all hanging out before putting the movie on, and Caso was getting a little hyper. He did this wild move that ended with him pretending to fall off the bed. It was totally faked, but Neely thought he really fell. She rushed toward him and asked "You 'kay? YOU 'KAY?!!!"

I got this little video of her saying "ug" in the bath the other day, and she even threw in a "too cool", which she LOVES to say but I'd never got it on video before this.

I know people love to do their little girls' hair as soon as it's long enough, but I've personally never been a huge fan of those teeny little pigtails. They of course look cute, because babies always look cute, but for one thing they make them look older. And I want them to look like babies as long as possible. But last night we put Neely's hair in pigtails for the first time, just to see if we could. Her hair still hasn't filled in on the sides completely, it'll probably take about 3 years like Paige's did, so they almost looked like fake pigtails we just attached to her head. Ha. She looked so confused when she looked in the mirror.
But don't expect to see this happening in person for a while. I'm keeping her a baby quite a while longer.