There were 2 houses Emily did not want to go near.  The 1st house she made me carry her and the other one she went with Erika but very unwillingly.   Then there was another house where a gorilla came up behind Emily and that freaked her out.  Erika on the other hand was her normal go with the flow kind of gal.

Erika was her horse again this year while Emily was Snowwhite aka a princess.  I think they enjoyed handing out candy as much as getting it.

Dumb me the other day got my old gum ball machine out and filled it with gum balls.  Well not EVERY time Ryan or I go near the thing, or after dinner the girls ask for a gummy ball.  I don’t know how many times we have said Nope, no, not at 7 in the AM.  The thing is almost out and it is not getting refilled.

Lastnight I was in the mood for a gum ball at about 7:30 and I was dumb and turned the dial when the girls were with in ear shot.  They of course dropped what they were doing and made a v-line for me and the gum ball machine.  I didn’t take the gum ball out and told them mommy bumped the machine and it was close to bed time so no gum balls for anyone.  They were upset gave me a few wines and went back to the movie.  I then snuck the gum ball and went to sit on the couch all the while trying not to let them see me chew the thing.  Emily sat down next to me and looked at me with her look of ‘ I know something is going on’.  She then asked if I had a gum ball and I told her nope.   Her reply was - huh I sure smell a gum ball and then proceded to smell me.  I was forsure I got caught but nope she decided I smelled OK and I didn’t have a gum ball.

Again,  that dang thing is not coming out when the gum balls are gone. 

I told her it was time for bed and she needed to shut her light off.  She told me that she just had one more book to read.  From the larger pile next to her it looked as though she had already read 20 books.  I asked if she had read all of those and she said yep I did.  Then she point to the pile and said ‘that one is a long book.’  I looked over the pile and noticed there was a grade school book Ryan had from school that is 500 pages long.  She sat there and look over the entire book so no wonder its 9:00 and she isn’t sleeping yet.
I giggled and told her one more book and its time for bed.  I think we have a book worm on our hands.

The only big excitment is that I’m getting a new washer and dryer next week and I can’t wait.  Ryan took the old ones out lastnight and placed them in the garage so I can post on Craigslist.  The girls were a little nervous when Ryan told him he was going to move the house with the hand cart.  Emily doesn’t want to move and Erika said daddy couldn’t move the house with that thing.

This weekend Ryan is on call so the girls and I might head to BEM and hang with family.  Though I’m not 100% sure we will go.  One of the kids who goes to DC before and after school has the dreaded H1N1 and so with my luck one of us would get sick come Fri or when up there so I might change plans and do some things around here with the girls.

The girls had their 1^st round of swim lessons yesterday.  They were so excited to be going swimming and at a school to boot.  We were dressed and waiting for class to start watching the other kids in their lessons and the girls couldn’t sit still.   Once class started for them the shyness appeared and it was slow moving towards the teacher.  Erika ended up taking the lead and Emily followed.   Once in the water it was like watching 2 little seals bobbing their head above the ice.  We could barley see them with the way the class was situated and the edge of the pool sits.

Class consisted of putting their heads underwater, kicking a little while held by the teacher and bobbing up and down while the teacher took his turn with each kid.  They didn’t stop smiling and giggling until it came down to business.  Business was their turn to float on the back or whatever. 

I did realize a few things while at this 30 min class.

1)      When Emily is with just family she is the boss of Erika.  We constantly tell her to stop bossing Erika around and how she is not the boss.  When you toss her into a new situation Erika is a leader and Emily follows.

2)      I have prior experience teaching swimming and realized that its better for them learning from a stranger then me because when I try to teach them anything its one big game.  They listen much better to the teacher.

3)      My how easy it was to get the girls to shower and wash their hair when they just finished swimming.  It was great not asking 10 times for them to put their head under the water or jump in the shower.

4)      This was a photo opportunity and I did not bring the camera.  Everyone but Ryan and I took some photos.  

Emily had to sit in time out becuase she bit another girl.  My girls have never been big on the bitting thing but in the past when Emily is tired or not feeling 100% she can get a little fisty but normally only with her sister.  Well today was the exception. Apparently Emily didn’t like that the other girl told her to stop kicking the other little boy during the game or she wouldn’t be allowed to play anymore.  Emily I guess went to do what looked like hug the little girl but really she went to bite and take out a her chest.  Bitting is not allowed at DC and Emily was sent to Time Out. 

The DC lady was talking with Emily about the situation and going over what she did was wrong and how she needs to say sorry.  Emily asked if she was going to tell her daddy and the DC lady explained that mommy would be picking up so she would tell me and Emily said Ok but don’t tell my daddy.  At this point I guess Erika poked her noes in and told DC lady that she could spank Emily.  DC lady explained that she doesn’t spank and only mommies and daddies do that.  Erika told her its OK to spank her becuase her daddy does it.  

When we got home I did tell daddy what had occured and then went on to tell him about the comments from the peanut gallery and Emily about not wanting daddy to know.  Apparently Emily didn’t want daddy to know becuase when they get home after a day where there is TO they have to sit in TO at home also and not play outside and Emily wanted to play outside.  

ps - we don’t spank our kids  

They each have their own story but yet they are related to the girls and daycare.

Soup – Everyday since the girls could talk Ryan and I ask them how their day went and what they did.  Their answer is pretty much the same everyday, played and then some story about so and so did this or so and so said that.  In their life it’s a big deal when someone has to sit in time out or gets in trouble for hitting.  After we talk about what they did I ask what they had for lunch.  99% of the time they seem to have soup.  I will even know what they really had and their answer will be soup.  I’ve tried asking them if they had chicken or mac and cheese and they say nope we had soup.  I will go through a list of things they might have had and it’s always the same answer, no we didn’t have that we had soup.

You might think that maybe they only get soup but they will come home with a red sauce stain on their shirt and still tell me they had soup.  I will ask other kids what they had before leaving daycare and when we get home the girls will still tell me they had soup. I wonder if other kids go through this stage.

Dog – My daycare ladies family just got an 8 week old Springer Spaniel puppy.  I have yet to see the puppy but have heard all about it from the girls.  Well today when I dropped off my DC lady (R) asked Erika if she told me about what her daughter came and told DC yesterday.  Erika was all confused and had no clue what R was talking about so R asked her what Brit has in her belly.  Erika’s little face lit up, you could tell she knew the answer, and she said ‘a puppy’.  

I had to remind R that my girls come home daily saying they had soup for lunch so there is no way they would remember anything of importance.  That is unless someone was sent to time out, bitten or hurt then that’s all we hear about once we get home.

Its Friday and a long weekend !!!

Last Sat we had a bon fire over at the neighbors.  It was great becuase the kids played with a few other kids while we sat with adults and had a nice conversation.  We all went to bed very late and even slept in.  My girls are not ones that stay up late and sleep in the next day so this was very much a treat.  I think the entire house finally rolled out of bed between 9 - 10.  Erika and Daddy were up at 9 and Emily and I more like 10. 
Just to top off the weekend we ALL took great naps on Sunday.

Ah what a great weekend that was.

If you have a child that is at least 1 ½ years old you will relate to this story.   Once a kid realizes that Band Aids go on booboos and they fix everything, not to mention the great caricatures they now come in, every scrape or bump they get needs a Band Aid.

We’ve been on this kick for sometime now and even our neighbors have a daughter who is obsessed with Band Aids thanks to her grandma.  Apparently grandma went through an entire box of Sponge Bob Band Aids for one tinny scratch.   Ryan and I have started to ask if it’s bleeding and if its not then no Band Aid.

Yesterday the girls and I went on a walk and Erika tripped and scraped up her knees.  It was on the way to the park and really besides a few little tears she didn’t complain and played at the park just fine.  On the way back though Emily would not let it go and kept having Erika stop so she could take a quick look at her knees.  I tried to tell Emily to stop asking about it because it was upsetting Erika, that didn’t happen.  When we got home I asked Erika if she wanted a Band Aid and to my surprise she said nope.  There was blood and so I was very thrown off by her not wanting one.  She complained to daddy a little then he asked her if she knew where she left her skin from her knees.  Erika is the one with very black and white view points.   She told him that she can’t get her skin back because it’s stuck to the sidewalk and if she tries to pull it up it will fall apart.  Emily looked at her like she was crazy while Ryan and I tried to stop laughing. 

When she finally went to bed she was hysterically crying because her knees hurt but she didn’t want a Band Aid because it would hurt more.  ** She was beyond tired last night so everything in her life was very upsetting at this point **  Finally after all the medicine we put on the knees came off on her sheets she let me put Band Aids on the knees and so life was better and she was able to fall asleep.