Things Kids Say vol. 2

Addie seeing Finn's cord for the first time, "Ew. Can you cover that thing up please?"


Gage watching me nurse Finn, "Haha! Mom! He is eating your big bumps!"


Gage asking for a 4th mandating orange...
Me: "Another one? You're going to turn into an orange!"
Gage: "Uh, I don't think so. That would cost a lot of money."


Addie and I playing Yahtzee Jr., "Yeah Mom, I don't think we have played this since way back in 2013."


Gage: "Can I have just a little snack because I'm just a little boy?"


Addie: "Both of my brothers are just so cute! Now I don't know which one I should marry!"


Gage singing,"Yo-ho, yo-ho, what pirates like to eat!"


Gage comforting a crying Finn: "It's ok Finny, it's ok, Daddy's here."

6 weeks in the making...

6 weeks ago...

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

Tonight...

She has been babying that tooth along since it first came loose 6 weeks ago. She would try and let me pull it out and then raise her hand in the air (our "secret" signal) for when it hurt and she wanted me to stop. Tonight, it was wiggling by a thread so I talked her into letting me try before bed. Right as her hand popped up, I said, "I got it!" And much bouncing off the walls, happy giggling, and general euphoria ensued...

Happy milestone, Boog. We love you.

First Grader!

First day of 1st grade! Excuse the weird brightness in the tops of the pics, it was cloudy out...

We only had a few jitters in the morning, but once we got to school it was smooth-sailing. I prayed she wouldn't cry because I just didn't think I could handle it two years in a row! She had a great night's sleep (thanks to her awesome teacher handing out "magic" confetti on Meet the Teacher night for the kids to put under their pillows so they would sleep all night before school!) and a yummy egg sandwich breakfast. She stays all day this year, well, until 2:40, and eats lunch at school now. So I am a little nervous about the changes but I know she will do just fine. :)

 

Anytime we talk about Addie going to school, Gage pipes up and says, "And me too! I go to school too!" Nope. Sorry, kid. I'm keeping you awhile longer!

 

Getting ready to head inside! Got her first school lunch all packed and ready to go!

Year 6 Begins

I am back from my blog-slacking ways to share some memories and pics from Addie's 6th birthday. I am having a hard time with this birthday (well, I kinda do with all the birthdays...). It just cannot be possible that our beautiful baby is not a baby, but a little girl! Before we get to the fun pics from the party, here are some things our now 6 year old is doing these days.

-Reading! She has been working hard learning all of her "phonograms" this year in Kinder and is becoming quite the little reader. Every night before bed, she reads us a story and then we read her one. I cannot wait until we can start reading some of my favorite childhood chapter books together. :)

 

-Addie took beginning gymnastics this spring and she is coming along. She almost has her cartwheel and handstand all figured out.

 

-Still loving Star Wars, and is really getting into superhero stuff now. At this moment she is playing with some Batman legos she got for her bday...

 

-Coming up with as many ways as possible to tell us how much she loves us. <3 "I love you more!" "I love you to all the furthest planets and stars and back!" "I love you all the way around the sun and the moon and all the planets and all the stars like 100 times and back!" I think sometimes she uses this as a way to stall us leaving her room before bed, but that's really ok with us. :)

 

-Being a little mother to Gage. Sometimes this is so endearing, like when he gets hurt and she gives him a little hug. Or when he goes potty and she gives him a sticker. And then sometimes I have to remind her that I am in fact the mom, like when she deems it necessary to point out that he is doing something wrong, or that he needs to finish his dinner, etc.

This year was our first real taste of having a birthday party with "friends". That is, school friends, and not just family and family friends. So we took the easy-on-us route and had the party at Pump It Up, where we basically just got to show up and have fun and they do all the work. Yes, please. I want to know where these indoor bouncy places were when I was a kid. I want to have  MY birthday there.

Did I fail to mention that this party was a superhero adventure?? Check out the sweet outfits. A lot of the kids dressed up and it was so awesome!

Superman undies on the outside? Yessss.

There was some obstacle course racing...

Some superhero challenges...

And some "big kid" fun too...

 

 



 

This is just me smoking Erica up the wall...

The little kids weren't so sure...

 



I cannot get over how terrified her face looks!



All the kids!

After playtime and all the Superhero training activities were finished, we went to the party room for some pizza, cake, ice cream, and presents!


The afore mentioned Batman Legos

The birthday queen surveying her minions...

Our sweet girl

We had her big party the weekend before her actual birthday, so we (of course) had a second cake and ice cream on the actual day. Because if you can't celebrate your birthday twice when you're 6, when can you??

Cheesin' it up

Trying out her new birthday skates from Mom and Dad

I think I am going to figure out a way to freeze time so I can keep my kids little for just awhile longer. Sigh. We are so proud of our little Boog. Happy Birthday, baby.