Skittle Shoes

My little lady helped me wash our filth-stricken car today. She was quite a hard worker, soaping it up again while I tried to rinse.


We finished just in time, because this child was becoming more and more agitated at not being held. These pictures are actually in the order I took them, with him looking angrier in each.




Then we hung out in the backyard, where Paige insisted on pulling little blossoms off of the tree Jess planted, no matter how many times I asked her not to. She'd look at me like she was going to listen, and then pull another one. Ha. So I distracted her with some other flowers I had. Then she got to arrange them in a "vase" to use as a centerpiece at her "tea pawdee" table.


We were getting treats in the checkout line at Walmart tonight, and Paige wisely chose Skittles. She enjoyed several on the drive home. But then while we were putting the groceries away she sat down on the floor with her skittles, eating them I THOUGHT. After a few minutes she goes "MAMA! shoooooooooooes." So I looked down at her shoes and saw this:

Sharing

Paige was finishing off some chocolate chip cookies this morning, and said "More cookies?". I showed her the empty bag and told her the one she was eating was the last one. She broke hers in half and sweetly said "Heeyago." Good hearted one.

"GUARDS!"

Today was a nice day. I FINALLY found some daffodils, and I told Paige to smell one. Apparently she likes to smell flowers from a distance.
Right after that, she found a ladybug, who she told me was "SOOOO TUTE!"
Once today, she was yelling at us while I tried to do her hair. It sounded like she yelled "GUARDS!" Haha. She probably does think there are guards at her disposal.

Gate Keeper

This child is in charge of our front gate. She always runs ahead now, and politely holds it open for the rest of us.
and she will NOT get in the car until she's sure it's closed.
Then when we're in the car, she makes up songs and conversations between her toys, for our enjoyment. Yesterday she had her sandbox shovels in the backseat with her, and they were saying to each other "What's wrong? What'samatter? What you talk about?" and "I KNOOOOOW, what'samatter?" Then tonight she sang a song that went something like this: "Apple dinosaur, Daddy a Dinosaurs, Cason, Mama dinosaurs...."

THIS one is officially a big boy, proudly riding in the front of the cart with his sister. He even puts the steering wheel to use.

Great Mornings....

...begin with awesome fresh out of bed hair.

and also the discovery of our first blooming iris.

Oh, and for those of you who haven't seen it, the bog in our front yard is actually pretty cool when these purple flowers pop up all over it.

He's Done It, and He's Happy About It!

I was straightening up the playroom today, while Paige napped, and I put Cason down on his belly with a few toys to keep him busy. Every so often I'd glance over at him. One of those times I looked over and he was sitting up! He's been able to for a while if WE put him in a sitting position. But this was the first time he sat himself up. I went running for the camera, and got this gem:

He also fell asleep on our walk this morning, so I let him nap in there on the back porch while I watered all the plants.
He let his Grammy and Grampy have a little taste of his temper during the bible study tonight. Of course it was sandwiched between "little tastes" of his sweetness, and more of his sweetness. Like this:

Cat Whisperer

Paige made a friend of the feline persuasion before dinner. Then when we had her come in to wash her hands for dinner she told me "I love a cat! I like it!"

She also spent a little time spraying the hose..
..much to the delight of her brother. He was squealing like a crazy piglet the whole time. Jess thinks the neighbors will think we're "harming him".