Monday, March 15th, 2011

Today on the way home from picking Jack up from school, he saw a big group os kids walking home from St. Angela's. He said, "Hey! Look at that big group of graders walking across the street!" He calls them 'graders' becaues they are the 'big kids' and not the kindergarteners (in grades). But for a minute I wondered if he was calling them 'greaters' as if they are bigger and better!? Either way, he will be a grader next year, and when I told him that he got a big smile on his face! :)

If there is music playing, no matter what time or where we are, if I ask Jack to 'Dance it out', he stops whatever he is doing and gets his groove on. He can definately feel the beat and enjoys making me laugh with this.

Once of my favorite things that Jack says is when he is pretending to be upset and challenge what Tommy or I says. He says, "Oh yeah!?? You think so?" For some reason, this always makes me laugh. I think mostly because he knows he's kidding and tries to be serious about it.

We were reading the other night and Jack mistook the word 'chickens' for 'kickens'. This may have been the funniest thing he's ever done (for himself). He could not stop laughing and had tears rolling down his cheeks.

Mallie has been wheeling and dealing us over the past couple of weeks. We have been having problems getting the kids to shake hands at the sign of peace in church...so for better or worse, we've starting bribing them. Tommy told them they would get a quarter for each person they shook hands with. It worked for Jack, but when we asked why Mallie did not shake anyone's hand after church, she replied, "I will just find another way to get my money". When we tell her that if she doesn't finish her dinner, she will not have anything else to eat for the rest of the night, she replies, "Oh, that's OK, I will just eat in the morning." She's got it figured out. And she's only 3.


Mallie and Annie's favorite game is 'Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Rapps'. They play in my closet, wearing my high heels and walking around calling each other Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Rapps. There isn't much more to the game than that. But it sure occupies their time!

The girls started gymnastics class last week. They seem to really love it and took very little time to warm up to it and hae a great time. Even the teacher was impressed with how quickly they jumped in and how well they did. They look too cute in their pink tights and leotards that Yaya got them for Christmas.

The kids are just getting over a week's worth of illness. Jack got sick last Monday and we determined on Thursday that he had strep throat. On Friday, I took the girls for their strep tests and both were positive. Annie is still getting over it and had a fever all day today. When Annie is sick, she definately milks it. She tells us a million times a day 'I so sick." "I so sick in my tummy.' 'I need my medicine in my tummy.' 'I grow up' (which is her way of saying that she threw up). She also does these fluttery, half-opened eyes.

Annie calls paper towels 'wiper towels', the remote is the 'gamote control', the tv is the 'tvt'.

Mallie helped me make dinner tonight and announced to everyone that we were having 'beef tew!"