Funny Sayings

Here's the latest round up of cute sayings from the kids:

Olivia at breakfast to the other kids: "Now everyone...I have a surprise for you all.  I am  your big sister now!  (acts as though...can you believe it!).  I am going to be your big sister and I can help you!"

~ "Mommy, some day I'm going to have a boyfriend!"


Timmy: I had put my head back and was resting my eyes when I heard him say, "Hock a doodle doo...wake up la-z-y bones!"

~ He has a sound machine that has a waterfall setting.  He calls it either "fadderwall" or "Bumpa's boat" since it sounds like the water that Bumpa's boat is on!


Naomi:  For several months we've been praying for our vacation to go "smooth and well".  The other night, when vocalizing our nightly Rosary intentions, Naomi prayed that "Gramma M would be smooth and well!"

I'm sure there's more as usual, but I can't remember!

End of the School Year!

 Olivia on her First Grade Orientation day.  Is it possible?!  Can my little girl be old enough to be off to first grade next year?!  Can I just say, I feel SO blessed to be able to stay home with my children.  Had she been in day care all this time, I would have missed this precious time before she heads off to school for the next 12 years of her life!

 Naomi's Recognition Ceremony for the completion of her Parent Child Home Preschool Program.  We all enjoyed having Ms. Adelida come to our house for 30 min. every Tuesday and Thursday to do preschool activities with everyone.

And, what would a blog post be without a picture of the little monkey :-) (who bobbled her little head back and forth and watched everything at Naomi's recognition ceremony!  She's rather nosy!)

Odds and Ends

Planting Dahlia's with Daddy!

Since it's been so long since I've actually posted, I thought I would just post a few more recent pictures along with a few of the cute things that have happened around here.

 Olivia lost her first top tooth today!  It's been hanging by a thread for days!  She was SO excited!  This makes her 5th tooth that she's lost!  And she's only 5!  She is finishing up Kindergarten and has 1st grade orientation in a few weeks!

 Naomi turned 4 last month!  She's recognizing more and more letters and knows all her colors.  She "graduates" from her little home preschool program in two weeks!

 Timmy is totally boy and continues to be very active!  He had his first set of stitches a few weeks ago...smack dab on his forehead above his left eye!  Whenever you tell him to smile, he squints his eyes!

 Gabrielle is 2 1/2 months already!  How did that happen?!  She was 10lb 3 oz at her 2 month check up- a gain of 3 lb 6 oz. She is so smiley now and coos a lot as well.  The kids love to sit and make her smile!  She is settling down and not quite so fussy now.  We discovered that she loves being swaddled.  Thanks to The Happiest Baby on the Block we have discovered how to calm her down when she works herself up.  We all love her to death and she gets millions of kisses a day!

Madeline Has the Chickenpox!

Sr. Agnes Mary gave Olivia a cloth Madeline doll for her birthday that Gram had made for Sr. Agnes' 1st grade class. Apparently Madeline has the chicken pox today! They're on her belly. Have no fear though...Dr. Olivia is taking care of her. She removed the "bones from her tummy last year because he belly was all chickened up". Then she brought her to stay at the doctors for a long time!

"Shows" at Nana's house

This morning's conversation while brushing teeth:

Olivia: "Mommy, can I watch a show after morning prayers?"
Me: "No, we don't watch shows in the morning"
Olivia: "But Nana lets me watch shows in the morning at her house"
Me: "Well that's at Nana's house...you get to do special things when you're at Nana's house that you don't get to do at Mommy's house"
Olivia: "I want to go live at Nana's house!"
Me: "Believe me, if you lived at Nana's house, you wouldn't be able to watch shows in the morning!"

Prayers

Olivia and Naomi were just being punished for misbehaving and had to sit on separate couches. They still weren't behaving, so I corrected them again. A few minutes later I hear Olivia praying something like this:

"Dear Jesus, please help us to be good. Jesus and Mary please come up to Heaven with us."

She came over to me a few minutes later and said "We prayed to Mary and Jesus to help us to be good! I think they're praying for us up in Heaven right now....yup, I hear them. They're praying for us so they can come up to Heaven with us!"

From the mouths of babes...

We were driving home from Boston on Mother's Day when Olivia (talking to herself) said, "I have a golden Mommy and a black Daddy". Pete and I just about died laughing!

Timmy was getting into trouble outside yesterday and she grabbed him and said "Timothy Maney Gianna!" Whenever she's upset with Naomi she says "Naomi Patterson Maney"!

This morning, she was underneath her child's table pretending it was a tv and she was fixing it (like Pete was doing to the car the other day). She kept calling out for tools and said to Timmy "Thanks Bud Bud for being my helper!" Then I heard her say to Naomi "no, I'm the Daddy!"

As my mother-in-law often says, even on your worst of days, you never go without a laugh thanks to the kids!

Perfume...

The latest in the world of Olivia:

"I have perfume on that hurts me....(Naomi mumbles something)...that's why I told you it's disgusting and it makes your ears itchy!"

Earlier today she was running around with an old Easter hat on that the bottom row had broken away from the hat. She had that down under her chin and that was her army helmet! She had an old cake box with rubber bands on it as her army shield and her sword was a baby doll bottle. She was ready for battle!

Lunchtime Conversation

Today's lunchtime conversation:

Olivia: "Guess what Mommy?"
Me: "What?"
Olivia: "Nicholas and I are going to get married and we're going to have a baby"
Me: "Oh!"
Olivia: "And the baby's name is going to be Sharbela"
Me: "That's an interesting name. Is it going to be a boy or girl?"
Olivia: "I don't know...we have to see what God gives us!"
Me: "Where are you going to live?"
Olivia: "Right next to you!"
Me: "And what is Nicholas going to do for work?"
Olivia: "I don't know!"
Me: "How big do you need to be before you can get married?"
Olivia: "Oh...your size Mommy!"

And there you have it!

Olivia's Growing Up

Olivia has really been making progress lately with becoming Mommy's Little Helper. She dresses herself and makes her bed every morning now, she sets the table for dinner after lunch for me, she can fold the towels from the laundry, and help empty the dishwasher and today she put all the groceries away for me today BY HERSELF while I was feeding Timmy! I was so impressed! She cleans up toys really well by herself now too! She is definitely entering the next stage and is my little friend and helper!

Angel Training

I turned on Catholic Songs for Children today for the kids to listen to. Olivia decided she would stand on the table in front of the picture of the Sacred Heart and "learn how to be an angel". She practiced all kinds of apparent angel moves (I guess angels like to move in all sorts of contortions!) Last night she stood there and did a dance "to make Jesus happy"! Of course Naomi stood by observing and proceeded to copy everything her big sister did!

Speaking of being an angel, though she's not quite and "angel" yet, she has taken great strides lately. She is such a helper now and becoming much more independent. In the last few days, she has decided to dress herself and make her bed without prompting. She folded all the towels for me today and put away her own clothes from the clean laundry. She set the table and cleaned up the living room and playroom (one of her favorite ways to make me smile!) She's becoming my little buddy and when she's good (which fortunately is much more frequently!), she's such a joy!