Moment I'm Proud to Be a Mom

The other day it was clean-up time at our house. Claire didn't like this and started to throw a holy fit. Crying, etc. Then without prompting she put herself in the corner. These are the proud parenting moments for me.
Don't feel too bad for her. The next day she was a happy girl again.


On other notes, here is Syd receiving her yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do. Good job, Sys!

Sinny and Binny

I realize I post lots about Claire. I think this is for two reasons:

1. We are home, just the two of us, all day.
   
2. She is full of it.

So I thought I would do a post about our other two girls. We have two other girls, if any of you have forgotten. Here is what Syd and Brynn have been up to lately:

• Syd just took, and passed her yellow belt test for Tae Kwon Do. In case you are curious the order of belts go white, yellow, green, purple, brown(2 lvls), black (7 lvls). So we are really proud of her. She can "Ki-yah" with the best of them.
• She just finished the first Fablehaven book. I came across her reading the last chapter and her eyes were as big as saucers. I asked her if shed liked her book and she said, "This is the BEST book I've ever read!" She is now reading the second book and likes to walk to the bus stop and read at them same time. I surprised she hasn't ran into anyone or anything yet.
• She has a spelling test today. One of her words is "delicious". Aunt Katie, please send good vibes her way. We know how you love that word!

• Brynn told me a story this morning that she heard in school yesterday. "Did you know that Teddy Roosevelt's daughter fell asleep in church one time and that the people put it in the newspaper and that she felt really bad and didn't want her dad to be president anymore but kids from all over the country sent her letters and made her feel better wasn't that nice of them and I have more stories about presidents' kids can I tell them to you or should I finish eating my breakfast first?"
• Brynn had an ear infection last week. She was one sick little girl, but really didn't want to miss the teddy bear party they were having at school. So she and I went together to school for an hour. Her teacher gave the whole class a lecture on how they had to be very careful around Brynn because she didn't feel well and they had better be gentle with her.
• Brynny wore jeans to school 4 days in a row. For those of you who know my skirt-loving girl, this was a pretty big deal at my house. But today is casual Friday so she wore a skirt.

See, I do pay attention to all my kids. Are you proud? Now it is your turn to tell me a story or two. I will wait in anticipation.

If you're going to eat like an animal

The other night I was making dinner. We were having baked potatoes so I was cutting up some ham to put on the potatoes. Claire came wandering into the kitchen, saw what I was doing and sidled up to me and said "Mommy?". So I gave her a piece of ham and she went on her merry way. Just then Bobbi also wandered in. She came up to me and saw what I was doing and meowed what I can only guess was "Mommy?". I felt sorry for the poor starving thing, so I cut up a little ham and put it in a bowl and set it on the floor for her to munch on.
I turned my back and started doing my thing again when I heard Claire saying "Kitty, no no! No! No kitty!" Apparently Claire did not like the idea of sharing her dinner with the cat. So she got right down on the floor and fought for her fair share. Meow!


Don't worry, we didn't let the whole thing go on for long. Just until it started to gross me out. I was a little surprised the cat didn't fight Claire more than she did. I still think the cat ended up with more ham in the end. We did feed Claire a real dinner in her high chair like a proper baby. She actually ate better when she had to fight for it. Maybe we should just start throwing food on the floor and letting her and Bobbi scrap for it.