Elisan is notorious for pointing out the obvious, as I'm sure, most four-almost-five-year-olds are.
There is no other way to describe what it is that I'm about to write about, without being completely graphic.
Proceed with caution...
Randy oftentimes leaves skid-marks in the toliet. Elisan however, refers to them as brown polka dots.
Today, Elisan hollered out to me excitedly that she too, left brown polka dots in the potty --just like Daddy.
I'm so proud.
28 June, 2006
22 June, 2006
Sink or Swim (...or sink)
At the end of the Summer last year, Elisan was jumping into the swimming pool like you would expect a three year old to --with sheer abandonment! She loved the water and wanted to go swimming every day.
This year, I signed her up for swim lessons thinking that 'Okay, she's ready! She will be swimming by the end of the two week course!' WRONG! If anything, she is more afraid of the water, this year, than she was at the beginning of swim season last year!
So, anyway, there goes $100.00 down the water drain... but, I think, 'Okay, well, it's the beginning of the swim season, maybe she just needs to get acclimated again to the water.'
You'd think, right? Well, we've been swimming about 4 times since her last swim class and she's still afraid. Oh, yes... she'll swim with a foam noodle, life vest, inflatable ring, etc., but jumping in, getting her face wet or God Forbid, get splashed! -gasp- That is just cause for waling and screaming, that truthfully, is just plain.... okay, I'm going to say it.... embarrassing. Especially, when the little girl next to Elisan, that is trying to initiate play with her, is a young four year old, who is swimming without any floatation device and is jumping and diving into the water.
Meanwhile, I've finally got KM to jump from the side of the pool into my arms and she is having a blast. She is wearing a life vest and rightfully so... she's only two.
Maybe KM will begin swimming before Elisan and will encourage Elisan to begin swimming on her own. But, not likely... Elisan is unfazed by peer pressure -- a trait that will serve her well, in about 8 years! Oh, who am I kidding, more like 5 years!
This year, I signed her up for swim lessons thinking that 'Okay, she's ready! She will be swimming by the end of the two week course!' WRONG! If anything, she is more afraid of the water, this year, than she was at the beginning of swim season last year!
So, anyway, there goes $100.00 down the water drain... but, I think, 'Okay, well, it's the beginning of the swim season, maybe she just needs to get acclimated again to the water.'
You'd think, right? Well, we've been swimming about 4 times since her last swim class and she's still afraid. Oh, yes... she'll swim with a foam noodle, life vest, inflatable ring, etc., but jumping in, getting her face wet or God Forbid, get splashed! -gasp- That is just cause for waling and screaming, that truthfully, is just plain.... okay, I'm going to say it.... embarrassing. Especially, when the little girl next to Elisan, that is trying to initiate play with her, is a young four year old, who is swimming without any floatation device and is jumping and diving into the water.
Meanwhile, I've finally got KM to jump from the side of the pool into my arms and she is having a blast. She is wearing a life vest and rightfully so... she's only two.
Maybe KM will begin swimming before Elisan and will encourage Elisan to begin swimming on her own. But, not likely... Elisan is unfazed by peer pressure -- a trait that will serve her well, in about 8 years! Oh, who am I kidding, more like 5 years!
17 June, 2006
14 June, 2006
Kyla Cuteness
That KM is so darn cute! Here are her latest words:
Bebo = hair bow
patterpillar = caterpillar
buebus = school bus
fwimming = swimming
bi bish = Care Bear diapers (She is referring to the movie: Care Bears and The Big Wish")
fefest = breakfast
sissy = Elisan (Even when you tell her to say ELISAN, she says "Sissy")
Mae Mae = Kyla (Same as above...still)
watey = water (in reference to ICE WATER she will say: "ice watey ice watey ice"
stickay = Sticker
boo boosh = pickle
And one final little story:
On the way home from church about two weeks ago, KM was saying, "Hit my back, Mommy! Hit my back!" I asked her who had hit her back and she said, "Snack you." I'm thinking, some other two year old hit her back at snack time. Later, the said it again, "Hit my back!" So, I ask again who hit her back, and she said, "Snack you. Snack you hit my back! Huuuuuurt!" Okay, I got it now.... there's a two year old in her class, named MATHEW.
So, I told her from now on, when Mathew hits her back, she needs to say, "No Mathew. Don't hit my back!" So, she says that now... ALL THE TIME...in the car, at the dinner table, during playtime, etc. "No hit my back, snack you!"
If she weren't saying "snack you" it wouldn't be so funny, but it is, and you'll just have to trust me on this one.
Okay, you got it, I'm going now....
Bebo = hair bow
patterpillar = caterpillar
buebus = school bus
fwimming = swimming
bi bish = Care Bear diapers (She is referring to the movie: Care Bears and The Big Wish")
fefest = breakfast
sissy = Elisan (Even when you tell her to say ELISAN, she says "Sissy")
Mae Mae = Kyla (Same as above...still)
watey = water (in reference to ICE WATER she will say: "ice watey ice watey ice"
stickay = Sticker
boo boosh = pickle
And one final little story:
On the way home from church about two weeks ago, KM was saying, "Hit my back, Mommy! Hit my back!" I asked her who had hit her back and she said, "Snack you." I'm thinking, some other two year old hit her back at snack time. Later, the said it again, "Hit my back!" So, I ask again who hit her back, and she said, "Snack you. Snack you hit my back! Huuuuuurt!" Okay, I got it now.... there's a two year old in her class, named MATHEW.
So, I told her from now on, when Mathew hits her back, she needs to say, "No Mathew. Don't hit my back!" So, she says that now... ALL THE TIME...in the car, at the dinner table, during playtime, etc. "No hit my back, snack you!"
If she weren't saying "snack you" it wouldn't be so funny, but it is, and you'll just have to trust me on this one.
Okay, you got it, I'm going now....
07 June, 2006
The Philistines
Randy is going to the Philippines for a business trip.
The other night, E asked, "Daddy, when are you going to the Philippines? Or is it the Philistines?"
You know your child is getting something out of Sunday school when they say something like that! I guess she could have said "Philippians" and that would have been cute too.
The other night, E asked, "Daddy, when are you going to the Philippines? Or is it the Philistines?"
You know your child is getting something out of Sunday school when they say something like that! I guess she could have said "Philippians" and that would have been cute too.
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