An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Almost every post is about the kids, which is understandable, since they ARE my world. But the recent spate of "kid-favorite" posts has lead me to the obvious question; what does Momma like? Here, my friends--or cyberspace-- is the answer.

Well, one of them. I also like

and

Now for the less obvious things.

1. Freshly shaved legs, clean sheets and silky pajamas all in the same place at the same time, preferably with 8-9 hours to enjoy them
2. Dark chocolate covered almonds
3. A shower without the possibility of child-related interruptions
4. Lifting weights and running
5. Cooking...uninterrupted
6. Reading a really good book
7. Going to school (wish I liked this one back when I had time to do it)
8. Traveling, mostly without kids
9. DRIVING! LOVE IT!
10. Throwing a party
11. Writing
12. A clean kitchen
13. All the laundry done, and put away
14. Disneyland
The End

Boy Stuff

It's time for a Boy Post. I'm all about equality in parenting...and blogging.

RECENT FUNNY STUFF:

We're driving in the car, and he starts to fuss, so of course The Baby joins in, because she's like that. The Boy says, "NO BABY! I CRYING! My turn to cry!" I could not help it. I laughed.

"Mom? Let's paint our house purple. I like purple, it's SO beautiful." "Um. Let's paint a picture of our house, and in the picture we can paint the house purple." "No mom! PAINT MY HOUSE PURPLE!"

(Interestingly, as I'm typing, The Baby just bit The Boy on the arse. THAT'S funny. )

OK. Back to The Boy.

We were watching General Conference (church) on TV and as the prayer starts, The Boy interjects with, "NO! I say the prayer! (Insert The Boy's Actual Name) say prayer!"

"Mom. I like your eyes. They are SO beau-i-ful!" Followed closely by, "Mom, I like your teeth, too."

Of course my favorite thing to hear from The Boy is, "I love you mom!"

FAVORITES:

Form of transportation: train

Vehicle: fire engine

Color: Blue, Red, Orange, Purple

Food: candy (he's three, what'd you expect? brussel sprouts?)

Book: Once Upon A Cool Motorcycle Dude and Not Too Much, Just Enough

Song: Stinky Feet aka The Going to Bed Song

Activity: Anything outside

Word: DUDES!

Phrase: Oh my stars! (Because we don't say "Oh my gosh" at our house)

The Pirate

Say it with me, "Arrrrr! Minnie!" Because he's a Disney Pirate, apparently. 

That's about it for my just-three-years-old little man. He's such a cutie!

First Words

Baby has been "talking" for quite some time, but yesterday she said her first sentence.

I went in her room in the morning to get her up and she was sooo happy, so I asked if she was my happy baby. Then all morning she sang, "HAP-py, BA-by"! And she's doing it again, today. This makes me the HAP-py MAma. :D

Here's her list of words:
mom-mom/mom/mama (that's me)
dada (the DH)
baby (herself, and sometimes other little kids)
tickle (first "real" word)

list of signs:
more
hungry
thank you (love this one)
tired

Baby, I love you. Thanks for making me smile, and sometimes laugh out loud.

The Tale of Two Lisa' s And Genes vs Jeans

I promised this story in my last post. It's an oldie, but a goody.

In first grade, there were two girls named Lisa in my class. My teacher called them Lisa A. and Lisa B. All year long I thought that was SOOO rude! I couldn't believe my teacher could be so cruel as to label them A and B.

It wasn't until third grade when they were both in my class again I realized their last names began with A and B, respectively. Sorry Miss Casper! I knew you couldn't be that mean to two perfectly nice girls when you were so sweet to me. :)

As a three year-old, I remember Dad always coming home and changing from dress pants to jeans. One day I walked into the bedroom as he was doing this and randomly asked my mom and dad why daddy had very little hair on his head. My momma said, "It's because of his jeans". So I asked the next logical question. "Why does he wear them, then?"

Thank you for joining me on this trip down memory lane. :)
Wish I had an old digital picture of me to post. Someday I'll get a scanner.