Miss Kissedy

That is Abbey's nickname.

We went to Matt's 20!! year reunion. By far he was the most handsome, youngest, smartest, responsible, kindest man there. The following day there was a picnic where families were invited.

Abbey was in a friendly mood and decided to make friends with some girls. They were maybe ages 4 and 5 and in the grass playing a patty cake type game.  I was maybe 50 ft from her but I could hear her clear as a bell walk up to those girls and ask, "Do you want to box?"

Also she bites.

Luke

Luke had drunk a glass of water and came to me with this gem, "Mom, I think the water went down the wrong lane."

Typical "Injuries"

Gideon : "Mom, I'm hurt." (crying, groaning, hugging mom)

Mom: "Where do you hurt?"

Gid: "(sniff) I don't know."

Mom: "ok."

Gid: "I need an ice pack."

Mom: "What would you put it on?"

Gid: "Where it hurts."

Mom: "Well where does it hurt?"

Gid: "I don't know." (Crying is over and he is confused at why I don't understand.)


Mom: "no ice pack, go lay down"


Gid lays down. One minute later: "I'm ok now."

oh sam 2

Sam just asked me where he might find a quiet place in the house so he could do his artwork in peace. 

Bahahahaha!!!!!!!!

oh Sam

Sam was reading the back of our Tillamook Chedder Cheese and we had this conversation:

Sam,"Mom! There isn't any rennet in this cheese."

Mom, "What is rennet?"

Sam, "Part of a cows stomach lining."

Mom, "oh. Where did you hear about rennet?"

Sam, "Little House in the Big Woods. Rennet can get hard and crusty if the calf doesn't eat anything other than it's mother's milk.  At least that is what I think."

Sam, "I wonder how they make cheese without any rennet."

(He just yelled at me for spelling rennet wrong and pointed out a problem with my punctuation.)

Also Gideon on how to make pot pie.

You get a chicken and it pops. "Chicken pop pie!"

For the Hornoks and the Zanders: Silly Dreams

Joe had some bad stomach cramps last night. As I sat with him and listened to him writhe and groan in pain I thought it reminded me of labor.  The cramps went away and I went back to sleep.

I dreamed my friends the Hornoks decided to have an unassisted home birth.  They went camping and Rylee was having her baby in the woods.  Her husband was delivering the baby.  Her contractions eased up and I told Nathan I thought labor had stopped.  The Zanders showed up and Nathan handed Heather Zander a syringe with pitocin in it and Heather gave Rylee a shot in the armpit.  I woke up before Rylee had the baby.

However, Rylee had the baby in real life 2 weeks ago so I wasn't left hanging.  I do think Heather needs to learn where to give a shot though.

Joe feels much better this morning.

Abbey and her babies

Girls with 7 brothers that have dolls don't know what to do with them.

When Abbey got a new doll last week she socked it in the face on her way to the candy that came with it.

I've been really encouraged with her mothering lately as she has been carrying her dolls around.

I was cleaning the bathroom this morning and I asked her if she would like to give her babies a bath.  She got really excited and picked them up and walked toward the bathtub.  She stopped at the toilet, lifted the lid and proceeded to try and "bath" a baby in the toilet. Aggghhh!

Maybe the girl thing with come with time?

Sayings XXXXV

Luke pointed to our cat that just had a kitten and asked, "Is that a boy or a girl cat?"

sayings: this little piggie

i overheard gideon doing "this little piggie" with abbie sister. this is what i heard:

this little toe went to the market
this little toe ate roastbeef and birds
this little toe ate monkeys
this little toe ate flowers
and this little monkey went wee wee wee all the way home.

Birthday presents from Uncle Don - have patience it takes a few minutes to load

Abbey did punch her baby doll in the face on the video.  She was much more into the candy.