While reading Junie B., First Grader At Last, we got to the part about Junie B. needing glasses. Her parents were telling her that everyone ends up getting glasses sooner or later. Jace pipes in "That's not true." I then proceeded to tell him that I got glasses when I was in first grade. He looked at me funny and said. "Hmmm. .. you must have put a flashlight right up to your eye WAY too much." lol I guess he was listening when I told him not to do that.
Brooke is quietly laying on my bed and suddenly pops up declaring "I can hear my heart beeping!" You mean beating? "No, mine beeps." lol
Daddy was telling Brooke that he hopes she marries a rich handsome prince when she grows up. "Well, I don't want him to be TOO rich because then he might brag a lot and buy way too many toys and I would just get buried in his living room of toys!" Hmm ... that was weird.
Brooke: "I love my birthday because I can do whatever I want and I get to be in charge and say what I want to and do what I want to and it's SO fun!"
After the 3rd time I've gone into the kid's room to get them something before bed ... water, luvs, kisses, pajama help, etc ... Jace calls me in yet again. I roll my eyes and trudge in exhausted. "Mom, I just wanted to tell you I love you and that Gatling guns can also be Gatling cannons. I got a book about submarines at school ... and could you tuck me in?" Ahh ... my heart melts. :)
While watching Mirror Mirror on Brooke's birthday: "That queen is SO mean. I would NEVER tell someone that they had ugly hair. That would just hurt their feelings. I'm so glad that mean queen isn't my mom. She's SO rude!! I think Snow's hair is beautiful."
As I'm tucking Brooke into bed on her birthday: "Mom, I wish I could wear my Stompeez ALL the time. I would wear them to school and at home and to the store." With a glum face... "but I can't. I can only wear them at home. I'm going to have them sleep on my feet tonight." Sigh ..."I just love them so much." Singing ... "Stomp, Stomp, Stompeez. .."
The dresser. Right before school started I bought a used dresser off of craig's list to put in the kid's room. Brooke had been using the old white dresser that used to go with the nursery set. It only had 3 small drawers and was pretty much falling apart. The drawers were hard to open and close so she would sometimes just leave them open. It fell on top of her once because of this. We NEEDED a new dresser. I found a used one that wasn't too far away. They were even willing to deliver it to us since we didn't have a large enough vehicle to pick it up. The kid's reaction was hilarious. This dresser was replacing the old white one with Brooke's clothes in it so naturally the dresser was for Brooke. Jace went ballistic. He kept arguing about how it should be for him and how "cool and adult like" it was. lol The new dresser had 6 drawers and it came with a night stand with 2 drawers. Jace felt like if he couldn't have the whole thing then he should at least get 3 of the drawers. They were both SO excited over this used dresser. It was so funny. Brooke kept laying on it so proud. When I told Jace no he actually started to cry. This is unusual. Jace doesn't usually cry. Typically he would get mad and say something mean but this dresser meant so much to him that he actually started crying about it. I gave him a hug and we came up with a resolution together. Brooke gets the dresser for now and we turned the nightstand into his new gun locker. When Ty is old enough to share a room with Jace that dresser will stay with them and Brooke with get the other 4 drawer white dresser. This seemed to console him. It reminded me of when I was a little kid. I shared a room with 2 of my sisters and somehow we were short a pillow. Julie and Becky quickly each claimed one which left none for me. I have no recollection of what happened to my pillow ... got left on vacation, destroyed, who knows but I was without a pillow. Then one day dad came home with a brand new dinosaur pillow and it was for me. It was so much cooler than the old pillows that Julie and Becky had and they were jealous. I was so proud of that pillow. The dresser reminded me of that. lol Kids are funny.
Jace's trades: Jace is the sneakiest trader around. He is always talking Brooke into/ selling his junk to Brooke anytime she has money, prizes, or treats. Ex. He traded a big treat she got at church for a broken paper airplane. When the Olympics were going on we held our own little games and awarded the kids with plastic gold medals for different events. After taking them to Open Play at gymnastics they both earned a 'gold'medal. Jace talked Brooke into trading hers to him for a penny. I tried to explain to Jace that it's not quite the same when you buy a gold medal. You have to earn them. Brooke is so gullible and just wants to please her big brother. When ever she has money I always have to remind her NOT to do any trades with Jace. I do have to commend him for his sales skills though. He can make a broken pen, crumpled up paper, and an old cupcake topper seem like gold. He gets this from his father. :)
Jace, what do you want to be when you grow up? "The President, because then I can get my face on a coin." lol Awesome reason. He also thought maybe a pilot or owning his own business.
Brooke had 5 cavities at the dentist's office. They said NO more juice, soda and chocolate milk. All Brooke heard was NO MORE TASTY DRINKS. :) She was devastated. "Tasty drinks" are a large part of Brooke's daily happiness. When we got home we talked about it some more. All of the sudden her eyes got big and a smile crept across her face. "I've GOT it! I'll ask Santa for a snap on smile. I've always wanted one of those. Then I can have all the tasty drinks I want." Have you seen the commercial for 'The Snap on Smile'? They are veneers. I couldn't stop laughing. I wasn't sold on the whole dentures idea so we decided to limit sweets and have her swish with water after chocolate milk or juice instead. We are doing better at brushing longer at night and flossing too. What a crack up!
One of the air bubbles in Brooke's Stompeez slippers popped 2 days after her birthday. "Stompeez are a STAM!!" A What!?! "A STAM! They just wanted to get our moneys. Dad told me. My unicorns eyes won't pop up anymore and I let them rest for a whole day and it's still not working so it's a STAM!" A scam? "Yeah, that's what I said." lol So sad.
Jace loves playing this hunting game on my phone.When I take the phone away they sometimes act out the game in the back yard. Poor Brooke, she always ends up being the Kodiac bear and Jace is the hunter. lol
Conversation I had with Brooke while driving her to a birthday party: "Mom, I won't even bring my dog to your house when I'm all growed up." Why, thank you Brooke. That's so thoughtful of you. "Yeah, I'll just get a visitor for it. I might get a visitor for my babies too when I come to see you." Well, I would want to see your babies because I would be their grandma. "Whoa! You know how many kids would be too many?" How many? "A million because then I would need like 100 tables and it would cost like 100 dollars. Hmm ... There needs to be a sister and definitely a baby." Sounds like you've got it all planned out. "Yep."
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I LOVED reading about your kids. They are so sweet and adorable. They do say the funniest things!
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