I just had the urge to check out the paper journal that I attempted to keep to log some of the funny things the girls say at this time last year before I had the better idea to start this blog. I only wrote three pages, so it obviously didn't last very long. Here are a few things I wrote in there:
-Jenny said to a 3-year-old at daycare who almost hit her in the face (when she was 5) "You want some of this" with her fist raised.
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-Jenny - You know what I'm going to wish for the next time there's a shooting star? I'm going to wish for all my family to stay alive. And I'm going to wish for Grandma to come back to life.
-Me - Why don't you wish for everyone to be healthy? And Grandma can't come back to life.
-Jenny - But Gandalf does in Lord of the Rings.
-Me - That's not real.
Lee pointed out that I should have told her that it's because Grandma's not a wizard, since Lord of the Rings is the real history.
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Jenny at Christmas - People can celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah. We choose to celebrate Christmas because you have 2 girls who want presents. People who don't have kids can celebrate Kwanzaa or Hanukkah.
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Jenny, when she was home sick and I told her she wasn't acting like a sick child - I'm pretending to feel good.
Obviously the girls still say such funny things every day that I don't need to resort to the old journal, but I thought it would be fun. Jenny spent most of the car ride home today telling me about how ghosts and spirits are real based on some long story one of her friends told her. I must say that I didn't really listen to the whole long story because it involved the swamp by school, and some other graveyard, and the haunted house at a graveyard, and her friend Brianna's 4th birthday when a ghost blew out her candles before she had a chance to. I supposed I should have listened.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Reagan Really Does
Many of my mornings with Reagan go this way, but this was a particularly bad one.
First, Reagan woke up before I went in to get her, which is always a bad thing. I was already downstairs, so she yelled down to me.
Reagan - Is it a school day?
Me - Yes.
Reagan (crying) - I don't want it to be a school day. I don't wanna go to school.
Me - Well, you have to. And I have to go to work.
Reagan (still crying) - But I really, really, really don't want to.
Me - There's just no choice.
Reagan (over and over and over again, still crying) - But I really, really, really, don't.
Once we've moved past the initial crisis, there's usually an argument over what she's going to wear, but we didn't have that one this morning. She did cry a little while because she said she was cold, but we moved past it.
We came downstairs to finish getting ready, and I looked up in the cabinet for something. Reagan asked what I was looking for. I said, "None of your beeswax." Then I moved on. I noticed that Reagan was crying (again) a couple minutes later.
Me - What's wrong, Reagan?
Reagan - (mumbles something I can't understand) ass.
Me - What?
Reagan - You just called me none of your ass.
Me - No, I didn't. What are you talking about?
Reagan - You called me that.
Me - I said none of your beeswax.
Jenny - That just means it was none of your business.
Reagan then cried because it was none of her business. We eventually made it to school.
When I picked them up this evening, Jenny got a mini-moonpie as a treat from one of the teachers that she helped today. Reagan cried because she wanted one, too. There wasn't another one.
Reagan - But I really, really, really, really do. I really, really, really, really want some candy.
I tell her repeatedly that I don't have any. She always pulls out all the reallys when it's something that I have absolutely no control over. Which doesn't make me frustrated and angry at all!
As a side note, Jenny pulled out another tooth today. Which made her talk about the tooth fairy coming tonight. Which made Reagan cry again because she doesn't want to ever lose any of her teeth, and she doesn't want the tooth fairy to come to our house because she's scared of her because she's not sure what her skin looks like. What a fun day.
First, Reagan woke up before I went in to get her, which is always a bad thing. I was already downstairs, so she yelled down to me.
Reagan - Is it a school day?
Me - Yes.
Reagan (crying) - I don't want it to be a school day. I don't wanna go to school.
Me - Well, you have to. And I have to go to work.
Reagan (still crying) - But I really, really, really don't want to.
Me - There's just no choice.
Reagan (over and over and over again, still crying) - But I really, really, really, don't.
Once we've moved past the initial crisis, there's usually an argument over what she's going to wear, but we didn't have that one this morning. She did cry a little while because she said she was cold, but we moved past it.
We came downstairs to finish getting ready, and I looked up in the cabinet for something. Reagan asked what I was looking for. I said, "None of your beeswax." Then I moved on. I noticed that Reagan was crying (again) a couple minutes later.
Me - What's wrong, Reagan?
Reagan - (mumbles something I can't understand) ass.
Me - What?
Reagan - You just called me none of your ass.
Me - No, I didn't. What are you talking about?
Reagan - You called me that.
Me - I said none of your beeswax.
Jenny - That just means it was none of your business.
Reagan then cried because it was none of her business. We eventually made it to school.
When I picked them up this evening, Jenny got a mini-moonpie as a treat from one of the teachers that she helped today. Reagan cried because she wanted one, too. There wasn't another one.
Reagan - But I really, really, really, really do. I really, really, really, really want some candy.
I tell her repeatedly that I don't have any. She always pulls out all the reallys when it's something that I have absolutely no control over. Which doesn't make me frustrated and angry at all!
As a side note, Jenny pulled out another tooth today. Which made her talk about the tooth fairy coming tonight. Which made Reagan cry again because she doesn't want to ever lose any of her teeth, and she doesn't want the tooth fairy to come to our house because she's scared of her because she's not sure what her skin looks like. What a fun day.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The Truth About Jenny
Yesterday in the car (how many posts do I start with a conversation that happened in the car?), Jenny was talking about her friend Keri with me, and she told me that they have a secret that she can't tell me because I would freak out. I told her that I felt like that was probably something she should tell me about. To give you some background, for those of you who don't watch Disney Channel all the time, Jenny and Keri are big fans of the Disney Channel movie Twitches (and Twitches Too). Twitches is the story of two girls who find out that they are twins - and witches! Hences Twitches! And if you're wondering, the girls are Tia and Tamara Mowry from Sister Sister. Here's the story:
We tell most people that we're joking but me and Keri really know that we are twins. And we're witches. We talk about it a lot.
And she's serious. I just remembered to tell Lee about it tonight when we were out (in the car, of course!) and Jenny told him that Keri wears a wig so that people won't know that they are twins. So obviously we're wrong and she's right. Even though I told her I was certain that I gave birth to her and not Keri. So now you guys know the truth.
We tell most people that we're joking but me and Keri really know that we are twins. And we're witches. We talk about it a lot.
And she's serious. I just remembered to tell Lee about it tonight when we were out (in the car, of course!) and Jenny told him that Keri wears a wig so that people won't know that they are twins. So obviously we're wrong and she's right. Even though I told her I was certain that I gave birth to her and not Keri. So now you guys know the truth.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Death
Reagan is sitting in my lap panicked about dying one day. I tried to convince her that she has a long time before she has to worry about it, but she still keeps crying about how she doesn't want to die.
Jenny came over to clear things up for her by explaining to her that she has the longest of anyone in the room before she dies. "Daddy's gonna die first, then mommy, then me, then you. So you shouldn't worry." Reagan's still not convinced, but we're glad Jenny's got it figured out.
Jenny came over to clear things up for her by explaining to her that she has the longest of anyone in the room before she dies. "Daddy's gonna die first, then mommy, then me, then you. So you shouldn't worry." Reagan's still not convinced, but we're glad Jenny's got it figured out.
Table Topics 2
Jenny's asking us the kid topics.
Q: What would you do if you could stay up all night?
Jenny: I would eat junk food and practice punching so I can punch people if they try to come in and kill anyone or hurt the cats or dogs.
Q: Would you rather be a dolphin, lion, eagle or horse?
Jenny: I wouldn't want to be a dolphin because you can get eaten by a killer whale. I wouldn't want to be an eagle because someone would throw one of those arrows at me. And if you're a horse, you have to be hitten by a string, because a person has to whip you if you're not going as fast as they want. And a lion's good.
Q: What's your favorite joke?
Jenny: My favorite joke is knock, knock, who's there? Because I like to make up names.
Q: If you could dress your mom in an outfit you think she'd look best in, what would it be?
Jenny: Probably a dress with a tank top under it.
Lee: A donkey costume.
Jenny: Oh, I changed my mind, a fairy costume.
Q: What do you think parents have forgotten about being a kid?
Jenny: Probably about what day they got their toys. I mean, how small they were when they got a toy.
Reagan is, as usual, in the other room talking to her dolls while we are doing this.
Q: What would you do if you could stay up all night?
Jenny: I would eat junk food and practice punching so I can punch people if they try to come in and kill anyone or hurt the cats or dogs.
Q: Would you rather be a dolphin, lion, eagle or horse?
Jenny: I wouldn't want to be a dolphin because you can get eaten by a killer whale. I wouldn't want to be an eagle because someone would throw one of those arrows at me. And if you're a horse, you have to be hitten by a string, because a person has to whip you if you're not going as fast as they want. And a lion's good.
Q: What's your favorite joke?
Jenny: My favorite joke is knock, knock, who's there? Because I like to make up names.
Q: If you could dress your mom in an outfit you think she'd look best in, what would it be?
Jenny: Probably a dress with a tank top under it.
Lee: A donkey costume.
Jenny: Oh, I changed my mind, a fairy costume.
Q: What do you think parents have forgotten about being a kid?
Jenny: Probably about what day they got their toys. I mean, how small they were when they got a toy.
Reagan is, as usual, in the other room talking to her dolls while we are doing this.
Stolen Pictures
I thought I would post here a couple of my favorite pictures from the ones that aunt Charlotte took while she was here because she was really able to capture their craziness (I mean coolness), and I don't think everyone who visits here also looks at her pictures. These first few are from jumping on the bed fun. Plus, you can see Jenny's obsessions on the wall. I didn't think these things started when girls were 6 years old, but apparently they can.
The next ones are in the car when we were driving through the Festival of Lights - a Christmas light display here. Reagan was fun and crazy, and Jenny was very upset at this particular point because she desperately needed to go to the bathroom and we had not yet reached the port-a-potties.
The next ones are in the car when we were driving through the Festival of Lights - a Christmas light display here. Reagan was fun and crazy, and Jenny was very upset at this particular point because she desperately needed to go to the bathroom and we had not yet reached the port-a-potties.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Just A Couple Funnies
I was going to a do a nice big Happy New Year post earlier this week, but the girls were out of town visiting my mom and dad, so I didn't do it. Maybe this weekend.
A couple quick bits from this evening:
-Jenny tapping on Lee's belly and saying it was big like a drum.
-Reagan telling me that Reagan is a pretty name and Eure is a pregnant name. I asked her if she knew what pregnant means. She said no. And then she said that her friend Haley at school is pregnant. I again told her that she maybe doesn't know what that means, and she said that it means she's going to have a little sister. She's just a little confused.
A couple quick bits from this evening:
-Jenny tapping on Lee's belly and saying it was big like a drum.
-Reagan telling me that Reagan is a pretty name and Eure is a pregnant name. I asked her if she knew what pregnant means. She said no. And then she said that her friend Haley at school is pregnant. I again told her that she maybe doesn't know what that means, and she said that it means she's going to have a little sister. She's just a little confused.
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