Taunts

Ella is strutting around saying "I'm the awesomest kid in the world, and you're not!" Its working to its desired effect because its REALLY tweeking Colin. lol So his retort is "Yeah, well, I'm the SMARTEST kid in the world, so THERE!"

So I'm the mother to the smartest and most awesome kids? I asked them "What does that make me?" Colin said "Our mom"

Doh.

I posted earlier about Colin and the tooth drama last night. He was up until 12:30am last night (gaah) so I made a point of telling him that he was DEFINETELY going to bed on time tonight. Three minutes before his bedtime, he came in and told me he was going to bed early, because he'd stayed up so late the night before. lol Three minutes? Sure, that makes up for 4.5 hours. But he was so proud of himself, that I just said "Sounds great,bud. Thanks."
lol

The Tooth

In case you didn't know, my son has a mood disorder, and that comes with some pretty severe anxieties. About EVERYthing. So yesterday evening Colin's tooth became quite loose, and he was terrified to go to bed because he thought he would swallow his tooth.

Normally I'm a stickler for the rules, but sometimes you have to be more flexible.

The problem was that he didn't want to mess with the tooth because it hurt. He'd ask ME to do it, then push my hand or pull away as soon as I touched it. Also, the blood freaked him out, so even though I tried to hide the fact that he was bleeding, he eventually figured it out. Because of all that, it was 12:30 before the tooth FINALLY came out.

And then, he refused to put the tooth under his pillow. He knows the Tooth Fairy isn't real, he's known it for a long time (figured it out when he was 3 or 4) and he hates it when I talk to him as if those things are real. He kept saying "Mom! (rolling his eyes) Can't you just give me the money?" So finally we made a deal, I gave him the money, and he put it under his pillow and told his sister in the morning that the tooth fairy brought it. lol

A message to my kids

Hey kids, these things are the OPPOSITE of helpful, thought you should know...

1) When I say "excuse me" and without looking, you move MORE into the way.

2) When I'm struggling to get out the front door with a giant bag of garbage, and just as I get through, you yell "HEY MOM! Look at this!" or "WATCH ME MOM!!"

3) When you all talk at the same time. I can't hear more than one conversation at a time, and sometimes not even that.

4) When I'm reading, typing, thinking, and you walk into the room talking and expect me to have heard everything you said and respond accordingly.

5) When I am dropping stuff, and trying to keep hold and I say "SOMEBODY HELP ME!" and you stand there, looking at me and say "With what?"

Colin's interpretation of my favorite things

Colin drew a picture for me today, encompassing what he thought were my favorite things in the whole world.

It was me, with a giraffe head, wearing a Wonder Woman costume and a tutu, with Brook next to me, also wearing a Wonder Woman costume.

Hahahaha.

Ella on the phone

I am so upset that she won't ever let me take video of her. lol

She's walking around with her play phone, it rang, she pretended to look at the caller ID, and she said "Oh, its someone that needs my help." Then she answered the phone and said "What is it now?!?" Then there was a lot "You're kidding!" "Why do you do this to me?!?" and "Oh, fine!" then she hung up the phone and said "Iyiyiyiyi! These people! Do they think I am FAMOUS or something?!?"

Hahahahaha.

Colin's take on Wonder Woman's new look

So I saw the news today that Wonder Woman has a new look. Since I love Wonder Woman I took the news...not great.

Colin likes it even less. lol

His opinion? "She looks like one of those people who sit on the sidewalk, with their backs against big buildings, smoking cigarettes."

What? lol

He even drew a picture of it. lol I'd scan it into the computer, but I can't get the printer to work.

My kid cracks me up.