If Kaylee had her way

Kaylee can be pretty stubborn.  For example, when I give Kaylee a direction or and she blows it off, I'll ask her, "What did I say?" to see if she was paying attention.  Sometimes she will tell me what I asked her to do and then does it.  But if it is something she wants like food, a game, to play outside, a show, or countless other things, when I ask her she replies with, "No!  What did I say?"  Her face gets all scrunched up as if she is a mean tyrant who hates being crossed.  Sometimes she'll give up pretty easy and other times she'll fight.  This is always followed by a discussion of Kaylee needs to obey Mommy and Daddy, not the other way around.

Recently, Kaylee has been trying to take over the decision of having more kids.  Kaylee absolutly adores Lydia and she's been having fun playing with her.  So when I ask Kaylee if she wants a brother another sister, she'll say, "No, only Lydia."  I'll try another angle and ask if she wants another baby or a baby in mommy's tummy.  She'll reply, "No, I say only Lydia."

So if Kaylee had her way, we'd be done having kids.  Of course she'd probably ask years down the road for another one.  But, Kaylee's not incharge.  More kids are in the future!  By the way, I'm not pregnant.  Just a clarification.

Silly Jordan!

Jordan had a couple hot dogs for lunch today.  He loaded them up with a slice of cheese in the middle then topped them with mustard, onion, and shoestring potato sticks.  He was especially excited about the potato sticks.  I asked him how long we've had them and he noticed the "Best if used by" date was sometime in 2009.  He proceeded layer them on the hot dogs and eat.  about half way through the second hot dog he said he wasn't sure if he just wasn't used to the onions, but something tasted weird.  I grabbed the potato sticks tub and smelled them.  They didn't smell pretty, it was like old cardboard.  He smelled them then continued to eat his hot dog.  I suggested he take them off.  He did and said that was way better.  I know Jordan isn't always good at math, but 2 and 2 is always duh!

Baby Food is for Babies

For lunch today Lydia got to try chicken and gravy!  She ate a few bites of it with a disgusted look on her face.  I think she was hoping each bite would be better than the last.  After thoroughly laughing at her silliness, I mixed it in with a jar of carrots which she does love.  She was hesitant to try more food, but she eventually ate a good portion of her lunch.

Kaylee has been eyeing Lydia's food since we first bought it.  Each time I try to get her to eat a bite she backs out and says, "That's Lydia's. I no want it."  But, DUM-DA-DA-DUM!!! Kaylee tried her food today!  It was even the carrot, chicken and gravy, and rice cereal mix!  What could've been better?!?!  I shoved a spoonful --granted it was a baby spoon -- into Kaylee's mouth.  She gagged, coughed, spit, and almost threw up!  She refused to put her tounge back in her mouth until I wiped it off with a napkin.  She then went back to her previous statement of, "That's Lydia's.  I no want it."  I don't think I'll catch her trying to steal any baby food in the future.

It's a Good Thing Jordan Loves Me!!!

Otherwise he'd never put up with me!  I was feeling a bit silly this morning.  Actually silly may be a bit of an understatement.  Jordan was taking a shower and I flushed the toilet.  Like I said in a previous post "Flushing" our shower gets scalding hot when the toilet is flushed.  If that weren't enough, I poured a cup of cold water on him.  Kaylee was watching me and thought it was hilarious and she wanted a turn.  Being the wonderful mother that I am (wife is a bit iffy at the moment!)  I let Kaylee have a go.  I filled her up a cup, all the while Jordan is telling us no.  Kaylee thoroughly enjoyed daddy's scream as she dumped her cup on him.  I put Kaylee down, because of course I had to lift her so she could do maximum damage, and she proceeded to cheer me on.  So I did it one more time, though Kaylee was telling me to do it 10 more times.  Through my laughter I told Jordan I loved him to which he replied, "uh-huh."

Don't worry! he has forgiven me!  I am sure I will be making another post describing his revenge.  This (luckily for Jordan) is not a common occurrence and it did bring back memories of when Rachael would do the same to me. So I do have empathy for Jordan and I'm sure I will relive it soon!

Common Sense, People!

How stupid can you be?  I was making a cake for a family gathering and I couldn't help but read the directions.  Check out the BAKE section.

Wait!?!?!  I shouldn't stick my finger in something that was in a hot oven for over half an hour?  My other question is who was the first person to do this, sue the company, and win?  Why else would they put it on the package?  Also I should note that this is the Best Choice brand and it almost makes sense to me that it's a cheap store brand that had this issue with a customer.  Although, I could see Jack doing this...  What do you say Rachael?

July is a busy month!!!

Lydia is growing up so fast!   She started her rice cereal.  At first she really didn't like it because I mixed with formula, but then the 3rd time I tried feeding her was with breastmilk and she couldn't get enough of it!  Now I have all this formula and if she won't take it I may be mailing it to Whitney!

Kaylee loves to dance, wearing dresses and skirts, and she loves princesses.  She has a brown skirt I bought for her from Goodwill for $1 that she calls her "Princess Dress" - it may be my best purchase. Ever. 

This is Kaylee's favorite skirt and she tries to wear it everyday.  Once she has the skirt on, she will dance like their is no tomorrow, that or sit and "watch for her little prince" on the porch.  Kaylee's other favorite dancing prop is her Cinderella doll.

 I LOVE PUZZLES!!!!  This was a fun puzzle I did in a couple hours.  It has different size pieces which made it interesting.  It was really fun!

 

 The last part of my post is Kaylee's birthday party!  We had a Snow White Pinata (sorry I don't know how to do the ~) to see how Kaylee would react when people started beating her princess.  She actually loved it!  We did tell her there was candy inside so she was all for beating Snow White.  There were other kids who did not like it so well, but everyone enjoyed the candy!

Mom and Rachael did a WONDERFUL job on her cake!  Kaylee had the best look on her face when she first saw it.  Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of that.  Grant was really interested in it too.

 

So I think that is all that has happened so far in July!  And it's only the beginning!  Jordan had an interview in Nebraska City for a Middle School Band Teacher job.  Hopefully everything will work out and we will be able to make plans for this next school year!  Oh, to have a job and be real grown-ups!  What's that like?

"For the last time, it's not named for each individual man."

This morning at breakfast Kaylee says, "Mommy, you see my apple?"  She stretched out her neck and pat it.  We then told her that only boys have apples.  She responded with, "Awwww, I wanna apple!"  To cheer her up (and I think to show her she really doesn't want one) Jordan grabs her had and puts it to his throat and starts singing.  Kaylee can't seem to rip her had away fast enough!  But of course she follows him around and asks to feel his apple again.  Weirdo.  Which reminds me, a neighbor from my childhood had the BIGGEST Adam's Apple.  I could never look at him in the face when he talked, it was to distracting.