Ewww... That's stinky!

This past weekend we had some great family time. Jeff happened to be home all weekend and since the girls are back on their schedules from our vacation Jeff and I weren't super stressed out. (Warning to the wise: taking 2 kids on vacation is less of a vacation than if you'd just have stayed home. Our next vacation will be a staycation where we still send the girls to daycare and Jeff and I spend a week in the baby pool on the deck!)

Anyway, we took Sophie to Orangeleaf after seeing Brave (totally recommend by the way). While there we decided to walk in to "The Bluegrass Barkery" which happened to be kind of cool and not what I was expecting. I picked up a new gentle leader collar for Jake and the woman who was running the store let Sophie pick out some free treats to take home to Jake.

While picking out the treat's with Jeff and this woman, Sophie loudly announces "My daddy farted!". I was in a different part of the store and starting cracking up. I couldn't help myself. Jeff of course defends himself and says he didn't.

Turns out he really didn't fart. Sophie farted and then blamed it on daddy. Which is pretty awesome, as long as you aren't the one she's blaming the fart on!

Whats New?

It been a while but we just got back from vacation! Jeff and I severely under estimated the amount of work it takes to have 2 kids, one of which is a baby, at the beach. Sophie was great, as is her usual but Sadie is going through a separation anxiety phase (and yes it is a phase, I looked it up) which translated for my non-mommy friends means she is attached to me all freaking day. As in, if she sees me or hears me and I am not holding her she screams bloody murder until I pick her up. Yesterday she worked her self up into a racking sob bc she had to sit on her own while I brought in the groceries.

In short, it's exhausting. Hopefully it passes soon!!

In other news, I taught Sophie the words to the chorus of "Call me maybe" only she says "call me baby". I want to catch it on video if I can. And when I tell her "easy killer" when she is getting rowdy she thinks I am saying "Easter Killer" and repeats it to me on occasion. So funny.

Lastly, we have a new addition in our family. She is wonderful but Jeff and Sophie hate her.

Show 'em off!

Dresses are where its at!

This morning Sophie cried from the moment I start gteting her dress to the second I left her at daycare. Why?

Because she had to wear shorts instead of a dress. Yes, that is the soul reason for her melt down.

Sorry, kid, momma hates doing laundry so man up and deal with the fact you have to wear shorts sometimes.

Licking Phase

In the last week, give or take a few days, I have said the following to Sophie:

1- Don't lick your shoe
2- Don't lick my car
3- Don't eat that random mushroom you pick from the yard
4- Don't like the shopping cart handle
5- Don't eat that (whatever it was that she found in her car seat)

I swear some days I have no idea what she could possible be thinking!


Things she has said to me lately:

"Mo-om, I no have time for that"
"Mom, you driving me crazy!"
"Mom, look at my worms!"
"That is MY baby, not your baby" talking about Sadie
 "What the hell" said she learned it from Aunt Kelsey

The Bunny Easter is COMING!

This is what Sophie is telling us. Crack me up kid. It's alwasy the Bunny Easter instead of the Easter Bunny and she is damn excited about it. I am pretty sure she thinks Easter is going to be like another Christmas so I hope she isn't disappoints but somehow I think when she see all the candy she is going to get she won't care too much!

Now to actually start MAKING the girls Easter baskets. Oh joy!

Melts your heart

Tonight's conversation:

Jeff to me: I forgot to get more sugar

Me: I'll run out and get you some.

Sophie: I'll give you some sugar daddy

Then she ran over to him and kissed him.

She's amazing.

Yes Ma'am!

Jeff and I are by nature polite people. We use please, thank you, excuse and the rest of those good manner words. Because kids are sponges, Sophie has picked up on using good manners and often uses the above mentioned phrases. One phrase in particular she has picked up on is the use of Sir and Ma'am.

Only, she can't remember which is which. Is is forever calling Jeff "Ma'am" and then asking him is Ma'am is for boys. And no matter how many times we remind her Ma'am is for girls and Sir is for boys- she will use Ma'am when talking to Jeff.

And secretly (or not so much) I laugh every time she does it!



In other news, this weekend Jeff and Sophie had a wonderful father daughter bonding experience. Jeff took Sophie fishing at the pond behind our house. With her little pink rod and her Barbie tackle box, her and Jeff set out to catch a few fish.

Either Sophie has beginners luck or she is just a natural because the first time she got her line in the water, she got a fish! All in all they caught 7 fish! They were out there way longer than I expected her attention span to handle.

I was so proud of her for not being afraid to touch the worms or the fish!