In Charge

So last night Rob took the kids to see a Duke Football game with his family. Sounds like fun, right? Well, the game didn't end up starting until after 8:00 and it's a two hour drive home, so even though they didn't stay for the whole game they still got home after midnight. Not great for my kids who go to bed at 7:00. And, of course, they were up bright and early this morning (before me...eek!). All of this would be fine if it wasn't for the tired whiny behavior I had to hear all morning. Right around lunchtime Camille had a total breakdown because she didn't like the food I fixed. Through her tears she tells me in no uncertain terms that she hates her lunch and (get this!) "I want to be the ruler!"

That's right. She wants to be the ruler of our house so she can eat what she wants and do what she wants all the time.

Gotta love her honesty!


(They got their second wind after lunch and were fine and remarkably non-whiny this afternoon. They went to bed early. Hopefully we'll be sort of back to normal tomorrow.)

Why doesn't the Tooth Fairy have a theme song?

So I was just thinking...Santa has a theme song...the Easter Bunny has a theme song...I've never heard any songs about the Tooth Fairy. Why am I thinking about this? Well, Caleb lost tooth #2 tonight!

He's so funny because it happened really fast. I remember as a kid wiggling my loose teeth for ages before they fell out. This morning Caleb noticed it was loose and tonight, right before bedtime, we popped it out. He actually wanted to leave it in because he was afraid it would hurt and bleed, but I promised the Tooth Fairy would come if he would just hurry up and get it out before bedtime. He didn't want to do it so I yanked on it myself (aren't I horrible?). It came out easily and is now awaiting a visit from the Tooth Fairy.

I wonder what she'll bring. I think our Tooth Fairy is going to bring a gold $1 coin that she got as change from the stamp vending machine at the post office. At the rate Caleb's losing teeth, she may want to stock up on them!

I'll post pictures tomorrow.

I need you!

Camille has been going potty by herself for forever, but lately she's been doing this thing where she cries "I need you!" and makes me or Rob drop what we're doing to watch her pee. This morning Caleb and Camille were both up before me and were playing nicely in his room so I sneaked past them into the living room. A few minutes ago, I heard Camille cry, "I have to go potty! I need you!"

I get ready to get up and help when Caleb calls back, "I'm coming, honey!"

Camille replies, "I need you!"

Caleb answers, "Do you have the potty disease?"

Camille says, "No. I just need you to turn on the light!"

The whole exchange made me laugh! He doesn't usually call her honey, so they must be playing house or something. And who knows what the potty disease is, but I sure hope no one in our house catches it!

Who's the best dancer?

Today the girls and I were dancing in the living room. Camille has always loved to dance and Chloe is starting to enjoy it too. Chloe is the funniest - whenever she hears music she starts grooving. We like to be sure to have music on in the car so she can bop along to it in her car seat.

Anyway, in the middle of dancing we had this exchange:

Me: Camille, you're a great dancer!
C: I'm better than you!

Playing in the Rain

It rained this afternoon and the girls had a blast playing outside in it.

It rained enough to have a few inches of water in the pool. They played "fishing" with some leaves...

And splashed...

Until it was time to get out and pick raspberries!

Camille picked a big handful and even shared them with everyone!

Chloe likes to pick raspberries too!

Cute Camille

This girl is so photogenic we always have a ton more pictures of her than the other two. She likes to ham it up for the camera while Chloe makes goofy faces and Caleb runs the other way!

Sweet Sisters

Aren't these just the sweetest sisters?