Another St Patty's Day Funny

Briana had the day off of school on Monday, the day before St Patty's Day for a teacher work day. In the car one day, Briana was telling Sydney she had the day off of school on Monday and Sydney didn't. Sydney asked her why not? And Briana said "because, it's my St. Patrick's Day break!"
If only we actually got a St Patrick's Day break. The world would be a better place.

St. Patty's Day Funny

Yesterday morning when the girls woke up, I greeted them with a "Happy St. Patrick's Day!" We went on with our usual morning routine, and after a while, the girls went upstairs to play in Sydney's room. They got out the polly pockets and were playing very nicely together. I went in and told them how proud I was of them for playing so nicely. Sydney looked at me and said "Well that's because you have to be nice on the Fourth of July!"
So cute! I love her.
And Happy Fourth of July to all!

New Tradition

Briana had a rough night last night. At school yesterday, apparently, she was given two worksheets, one to work on that day and one to save till today. Well, she did the wrong worksheet. And she was terrified that Mrs. Bahe was going to yell at her. I sent Mrs. Bahe and email and we got everything sorted out (with no yelling involved). But, since last night was so rough, I knew this morning was going to be bad too. So I thought, I will get the girls up early, get them dressed and we will go to Hy Vee and get donuts for breakfast and eat them in the restaraunt there. That will be a special treat for the girls, and keep Briana's mind off of the worksheets. The girls bounced out of bed, got dressed, and we were off by 7:25! It was very fun. They picked out their donuts, then we just went and hung out and ate them, and we got to watch the sun rise from our table! We decided we are going to start going out for donuts before school once a year. And I think we should do it in March every year, right after daylight savings time so we can watch the sun rise!

Interview with the kids

There was this cute interview thing on Facebook, so I decided to do it with the girls and see what they said about me. Briana's answers are first, followed by Sydney's. They were asked seperately though, so they wouldn't influence each other.

Cut and paste these questions and ask your kids their answers....it is a RIOT!

1. What is something mom always says to you?No; I love you

2. What makes mom happy?When I am being nice.; Playing nicely

3. What makes mom sad?Screaming; Not playing nice

4. How does your mom make you laugh?Tickling me ;tickling

5. What was your mom like as a child?Only allowed to watch tv on the weekends. ;i don't know

6. How old is your mom?31 31

7. How tall is your mom?i don't know; humungus!

8. What is her favorite thing to do?Play on the computer; play on computer

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?I don't know! I'm at school! Maybe watch TV? ; go to the store

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?Singing to the songs in the car.; drawing

11. What is your mom really good at?making dinner; cooking

12. What is your mom not very good at?One time she opened a can and it exploded.; shoulder shrug

13. What does your mom do for a job?stay home with Sydney; clean

14.What is your mom's favorite food?cookies ; pizza

15.What makes you proud of your mom?getting me a present; when she cleans

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?Jerry the mouse from tom and jerry ; alex from madagascar

17. What do you and your mom do together?Have lunch together at school; play games

18. How are you and your mom the same?We both look alike; i don't know

19. How are you and your mom different?We don't have the same hand size.; different colored hair

20. How do you know your mom loves you?Because she loves me. ; huggies (that is hugs in Sydney language)

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?He takes dead birds to the garbage.; kissing him

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?Mamaw and Papaw's house.; home

Story by Sydney

Sydney made this story up and illustrated it all by herself the other day. The story says (in case you can't hear it) Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Sydney. She did not like cleaning up. Mommy called her "hey honey" "what?" "let's go to the playground." At the playground, a bumblebee landed on my nose. "Mommy!" The end.

A brand new smile

Yes! It finally happened! Briana lost her front tooth! It has been hanging on for several days, grossing us all out. Briana really wanted it to fall out at school because she would have gotten a treasure box to put it in, along with two toothy word search worksheets and all of the praise. But, she was playing with it before school today, and out it came! She was very very excited (until she tasted the blood, but that didn't last long, luckily). She couldn't wait to get to school to show it off to Josie and Mrs. Bahe. Yeah, Briana!!

Snuggle Up With A Good Book

Last night, we had the Harvey Oaks annual Snuggle up with a good book night. It was good! Last year, when Briana was in kindergarten, we went, and Briana was very nervous, shy, and she didn't even want to read any books with me. I remember her just wanting to go home as soon as we got there. But this year, she walked us into the library and got us our hot chocolate & cookies, picked out books to read, and sat proudly listening to the stories. What an improvement! Then we went to her classroom and she played around with her friends, and even ran off with Josie for the last 15 minutes or so. She was really enjoying her freedom! She showed us all of these books that she gets to read at school too. It was really fun! After that, we went to Best Buy and exchanged our camera. I really wanted to get a digital slr, but we ended up getting a canon that is a lot like the nikon that we returned (minus the shutter lag) so I am trying out the canon today seeing what I think.