Her Arms Are Too Short

 This is a couple of weeks old.  The girls were dancing for us first thing one morning, and I loved this moment when poor Neely tried to dance like her big sister.  So cute and funny.

Bombermen and Bots

Neely has discovered Caillou and it might be her new favorite show.  At least for the moment.  She will start singing the theme song out of nowhere, it's really cute.  Tonight I turned on Netflix, planning to watch Family Ties(I'm on a kick lately), but Neely spotted Caillou and yelled "ready, set, CAILLOU!"  Needless to say, Family Ties lost out to Caillou.

Caso has discovered his artistic side.  He's spent HOURS drawing bombermen and robots the last week or so.

They're everywhere.  The cement out front:

Papers all over the house(I like how the little ball on top of his helmet has it's own smiley face):

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The marker board in daddy's office:

Today while Neely napped we drew together.  He did a couple new awesome pictures.  The first one was a regular old robot.

 

 Then he drew this one:

He told me "It's a picture of you when you were little, driving the robot ship your mama made for you." Cute, I'm riding inside my robot ship, driving it with all the little buttons he drew all around me.  I think this is the first time he included hair when he drew one of us.

Then he did a version for daddy.  Daddy is "one years old, and then thirteen years old, driving his robot ship."

 

As for Paige, she still loves school SOOOO much.  We had the first parent teacher conference.  It was great of course, how could it not be with a kid who gets disappointed when she finds out it's the weekend, and makes up homework assignments to do when her teacher doesn't give her any real homework.  Ha.  It was also fun to get cute little pictures and projects she's been doing.  Like this drawing of our family. 

Nuffin

Neely's little conversations are getting so cute.  I especially love when she's talking with her siblings.  This morning they were all playing together with their tunnel, and Paige did something Neely liked, apparently, because I heard her say "GREAT JOB Paige!"  Haha. 

Then I was picking up the aftermath of newly artistic Caso:  Papers strewn about the hallway near the craft closet.  Neely walked up, holding a snack, and goes "Hey, wha'youdoin' mom?"  I said "Oh, just cleaning.  What are YOU doing, Neely?"  She thought for a second and goes "Nuffin."

Happy Happy Bombers

Jess found the camera tonight!  I've been looking for days, and I asked him to look around tonight, just in case I'd overlooked some obvious spot.  He came back about 2 minutes later to tell me he'd found it. 

We've had a nice night.  Cason spent like 2 hours on his stomach on the floor, coloring pictures of bomberman from one of his favorite video games, and singing "bombers, bombers, HAPPY HAPPY BOMBERS!" over and over in a funny high pitched voice.  Every so often he'd switch it up and sing "bombers, bombers, BOMBERS BOMBERS BOMBERS!"  Paige and I were watching DC Cupcakes on Netflix while Neely spent most of her evening in a superhero mask, "flying" around the living room telling me "Wook MOM!  Superman!"  

Paige also had her keyboard out, practicing her songs, and we decided we should learn to play Caso's "Happy Bombers" song for him.  So we quietly worked on it, with Caso still coloring and singing away, oblivious to our plan.  We figured out the right notes, and then Paige got his attention and played it for him.  So cute.  He smiled all big, a little embarrassed, but clearly pleased that we liked his song.  Now that the camera battery has had time to charge I'll have to get him to sing it again for us tomorrow, while Paige plays it on the keyboard.  :)

The camera WAS charged and ready at bedtime though.  It was Jess's turn to read to Caso, and my turn to read to the girls.  (Actually Neely pretty much migrates back and forth at bedtime usually, sometimes she listens in Caso's room.)  Tonight it was us girls though.  Neely fell asleep with Paige in her bed, which has never happened before.  

 

She was still wearing her superhero mask too.  :)

Upside down.  :)

I peeked in on the little fellow after taking those pics, and he was pretty cute too, cuddling Rufo.

Naughty Little Lady Loves Me

Still no camera.

Neely has been SO feisty.  She's really hooked on saying "MINE!" to everyone.  She tells people everything is hers, and doesn't really think she should have to share with her brother or sister, or that they should be able to have anything at all, really.  Ha.  Most of the time, she gets her naughty look, says "Mine." and then tries to look all tough, trying not to smile.  So usually she's doing it just to get a reaction.  She's even crossed her arms and given me a "hmmph", while very sloooooooowly turning her head away from me and slowly closing her eyes.  My my my.  I guess our girls will be our stubborn ones.  So far Cason is by far our most laidback child. 

Neely's still sweet sweet sweet though, too.  Tonight I was hanging out on the couch with them, and she was sort of climbing all over me.  She got kind of on my back, put her arms around my neck, leaned around to look at my face and said "Mama.  I wuvoo."  :)  She got a thousand kisses for that one.  She's known how to say that for a long time, but refused to say it to ME.  I seriously think she knows how much we want to hear those things, so she withholds them, building their value.  So naughty.

She's still telling me she "Wikes" everything.  While waiting for Paige in the school parking lot today she saw a lady holding a baby.  She leaned way out of her stroller, pointed and yelled at me, "I WIKE A BABY, MOM!"

Cason played me a song he wrote today.  It goes "Mama, I love you.  I love you so much, maaaaaaama!  I love you....." and so on.  :)

Paige has the day off tomorrow, for parent teacher conferences.  She's of course disappointed that the weekend is here early and she won't be back in school for four days.  Ha.  I'm wondering how our meeting will go tomorrow.  I know overall it will be good, but I'm curious because I know Paige and another girl had to swap seats.  I asked if it had to do with anyone chatting too much in class and she smiled, looking a bit embarrassed.  She claims it was all the other girl, and that she even told her to "stop" with sign language but the girl didn't listen.  We'll see what Mrs.  Arnold has to say.  Paige definitely doesn't hate talking.  :)

She Knows Her 55

Today my dad sent me this cute pic of the first kindergartener to get her name up for knowing all 55 popcorn words. Her little popcorn kernel up there above her head has her name on it.  I didn't even notice until Jess pointed it out that she has her finger up to show she was 1st.  Haha.  So cute.  So proud of her.

Bonkahead

Welp, while I posted last time, I believe Neely must have stolen and hidden my camera.  I had it plugged in to the computer, getting the pictures off of it, and then immediately blogged.  I didn't even leave the computer until I finished the post, and when I did, I noticed the camera wasn't plugged in anymore.  Still haven't found it.  :(

So I don't have any new pictures, but I did remember something I meant to write about like a month ago.  Neely likes cuddling up and pointing out the parts of my head and face, and telling me what they are.  She used to point to my nose and say "NOSE!" and then to my ears and say "Eawws", and my mouth and say "Mouse".  Then she'd point to my forehead or top of my head and say "Bonkahead".  Haha.  A month or two ago she shortened it to just "bonk".  Ha.  I love her.