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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Kid Ears

So when I was packing the kids up yesterday I said, "Hey, who wants to go to the polls with me to vote?" Donovan screamed, "We're going swimming!" I laughed and said, "NO that's p-o-l-l Poll, not p-o-o-l Pool" Of course he stared at me cause he's 3 and he doesn't spell, but then he scrunched up his forehead, put his hand up and said, "Well...are we still going boating?"

Candy

So I just told Donovan that he really needs to stop sneaking candy cause his belly is gonna get so sick that they'll have to cut him open and put in a new one (Totally going for the fear factor here cause they didn't like seeing Tenley get or remove stitches) So, he said, "No it not gonna happen"....I said, "It might buddy, you need to eat better food and stay away from the junk. We need to get you to eat more fruits and veggies" He smiled his manipulative smile and said, "Well, just for today I'm gonna eat the candy, OK? Tomorrow we'll eat better" RIGHT!

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Postive Reinforcements

So while I was making fruit salad today, Delaney was pep talking me, "That's good cutting mom, you're doing a nice job"...Then she revealed that she does in fact tell people nice things like that cause it helps them feel good and makes them want to do things that maybe they don't know that they want to do or can do, so words of "a currency" helps....I told her I too like words of a currency, but I prefer bills of a currency over words....Show me the Money!

First in Line!

Delaney is so smart some times....She told me today that if she doesn't know how to do something, she never lines up first, she always lines up second or third cause then she can watch to see how things are done without having to look silly when she doesn't know. Then she told me, "But it is okay if you don't know cause you can always tell the teacher that you didn't understand, but I really don't want to do that, so I just go second" LOL

Mommies and Daddies

So the kids were playing pretend and Donovan told Delaney he was gonna be her daddy....So he gave her a big hug and said, "I love you!" Of course my interests were peaked, so I asked what else daddy's do and Delaney said, "Well, mommies play on their 'puters like you and Daddy's change diapers"...."Really?" I was thinking cause Ben is rarely home to change diapers, so I asked for more...She said, "Mommies wear makeup and put on jewelry and daddies go to work" I said, "What about mommies cooking? Or cleaning? Or reading books with you and making brownies? Is that all we do?" and she said, "Well, you can put that on your list...how 'bout I add planting flowers? Will that be better?" I must put the computer away.....

Friday, October 12, 2012

Mean Old Witch

This story comes from my in-laws and just cracks me up....They have their house decorated up for Halloween, ghosts hanging from the trees, hay and pumpkins and scarecrows all around and a giant witch sitting on their porch swing.....so Donovan and Tenley were over the other day and they were playing outside and Tenley went to the porch swing, put one of her dolls on it and pushed it....Well, the swing obviously swung back and knocked her right over, making her cry....and protective big brother ran over to the swing, threw his pointer finger right up in the witch's face and said, "Don't you ever hurt my sister again!" Then he helped Tenley up and continued to throw evil stares at the witch...LMAO!!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Let's play a game....

Delaney talks...all the time....about anything....she probably has to squeeze it all in because outside of our cocoon, she's very shy and quiet....So last night we went for a drive up to Mt. Washington to try to get kids to pass out....sadly its easier than fighting for an hour with our kids...so on the way there, Delaney just started chirping...."I can make a song out of anything, ask me to sing a song and I can, Bugga you like elephants, I can sing a song about elephants, and then she did, "Elephants are big and they sound like "Haaaaarh"....they like peanuts" It went on and on, to the point that Ben and I just started laughing....and before she could ask anyone else what they wanted her to sing, she said, "Let's play guess the animal noise! oink, oink, what's that noise? Donovan guessed 'pig', so she said it was her turn again cause she won, so this went on and on, different animals until Ben finally yelled out 'puma bear' for a cow....She said, "No"...he said, "a puma?" she said "no", he said, "a bear?", she said, "no", he said, 'a bear who's a puma?" She said, "No! Stop!"...he said, "are you sure its not a puma bear?" I'm dying laughing at this point, cause Ben is so annoying that he'll keep going and she just keeps saying "NO"....its priceless! So she finally yells, "Just stop, OK? Listen with your ears and then you'll understand" So she moo'd again and he yelled, "A puma bear?" I swear you have to be there, but that was some funny stuff....She passed out soon after all because Ben wore her down and made her too mad to talk LOL

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Owen!

I love to just randomly yell "Owen, you stupid poop" Its a fun joke between Ben and I....we're movie quoters...its from Throw Momma From the Train if you're unfamiliar...anyway, Delaney always picks up on our weirdness and immitates it, so I died laughing when I just heard her yelling "Ellen....Ellen...you stinky poop!"

Hide N Seek

So the kids were playing Hide'n seek, and Donovan took off to hide and we were upstairs, so he ran downstairs....Delaney runs around the corner, yells, "Did you see him, where'd he go?" I replied, "Downstairs" Frantically she says, "Did you say upstairs or downstairs?" I asked, "Delaney, we're up stairs, where is he go up?" She looks at the attic pull down and says with a smile, "Up there, which would be a great hiding place! I would never think to look there!" SO I asked how on earth he was getting up there since he couldn't reach and she said, "you?" I said, "In the 10 seconds that you counted?" She laughed and said, "Oh yeah ok, good point.....downstairs?" I hope she's pretty....LOL

Simon Says Play With Me!

So while I was making dinner last night, I decided to poke my head outside and see what the kids were doing. When I opened the door, Delaney was shouting commands, "Simon Says jump up and down" Donovan and Tenley were standing on the deck, one climbing the slide the other bouncing a basketball, neither acknowledging her. I asked what they were doing and she said, "We need you to come play with us. We're playing Simon Says and these two people(Head nod towards her siblings along with an eyeroll) don't know the rules!" I said, "well I'm making dinner so I can't." She pointed her finger right up at me and said, "Simon says play with me!" LOL

Friday, September 21, 2012

Where did Daddy come from?

Donovan loves to reminisce about being in my belly....he knows that he, Delaney and Tenley once lived int here but he just asked if daddy was in there.....I said, "Nope that was one place he was not!" And he said, "Then where did he come from?" I said, "He was in Gegie's belly"....next question, "Who was in Pap-Pap's belly?" "Food" I said, "Just food" He smiled and said, "Yeah, lots of food...and cookies"

Sunday, September 16, 2012

What's in a Name

I love how Tenley talks....She's trying so hard to get the words out correctly but of course, she has her shortcuts which just crack me up....She calls Donovan "Dodo" which seems extremely appropriate, Delaney is "Naney Dwace"....My mom is "Bomma" and so forth...its so cute....So Ben asked her this morning what he name is and she said, "Me" My favorite yet....

The talking Penis

So Donovan has been so good about Potty Training...so good that we really haven't had many issues....he went in, did it, we got rid of pull-ups fast...he was very determined....and its been great...very few accidents, all at night and those were so few also, until last week. He peed the bed every night...EVERY NIGHT!....I know this, because every morning I stripped the bed and washed everything....EVERY MORNING! So we talked to him about making sure he didn't drink anything after a certain time, let him know that he could never go to bed without peeing on the potty and that he really should try to get up at night and go on the potty, rather than pee the bed....So Friday night, we were extra cautious and we woke up Saturday with a dry bed...Very exciting after the wet week! So Ben made a big deal about it and then told Donovan that he should go and pee on the potty since he made it all night without peeing....He said, "well, my pee pee didn't tell me I had to go yet" Really? "Yeah, I telled him last night not to pee and he didn't but he didn't tell me yet to go this morning" A half an hour later, the talking penis did tell him to pee, btw.....I'm guessing this is the beginning of Donovan being controlled by his penis...

Big Kenny/Evan

Donovan is obsessed with some of Ben's basketball players....OBSESSED! I think he thinks they are super stars, even God-like with how fascinated he is by them....Well, his two favorites are Kenny and Evan....In fact, He calls Kenney "Big Kenny" and Evan, who resembles Kenny, he used to call, "Little Kenny"....We forced him to use his proper name cause he is older than Kenny and I'm sure he doesn't want to be call Little Kenny...Anyway....he was talking to my brother-in-law on the phone this morning and he asked what they are gonna name their baby...He told him before that it should be, of course, Big Kenny or Evan....So Pat told him he's naming him 'Big Kenny'....Donovan yelled, "He's naming the baby 'Big Kenny'"...then he went back to phone and said,"But I'm gonna call him 'Evan'" LOL

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Hi

I just love how Donovan says he said hello to someone....He says, "Mommy I hi'd them" or "Can I go outside and 'hi' Christina?" I think its adorable and now Tenley is saying it too. She does everything he does....

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Costumes

Oh man, looking up costumes with the kids is hilarious....Delaney said she wanted to be Marida from Brave and I could be her mom, and Ben could be her dad, and her triplet cousins could be the triplets and Donovan could be the Lion King LOL I thought we had a theme going.... Then she just pointed at a little girl and said, "OMG, its Little Red Howling Hood" LMAO Her mess ups crack me up more than anything....hahahahaha!

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Big Sizer?

OMG....Delaney just went shopping with my MIL, came home with a cute dress and wanted to try it on... Unfortunately it was a size too big...so I said well, we'll take it back and get a smaller size....She put her attituded hand up and said, "Or we could just wait until I grow up to it....Big sizer!" LOL

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Nap

This one is more about Ben.....Delaney just woke up from an afternoon pass out on the couch and said, "I took a nap on the couch" and Ben replied, "Oh well that's good because I thought the couch fell under you while you took a nap" LOL Pretty funny guy!

Nice Shirt!

Donovan last night informed Ben and I that, "If I see a kid in a store with a nice shirt on, I'm gonna say, 'hey kid, that's a nice shirt'" Donovan is a master of the obvious! lol

Back in the Day When I was 4, I'm Not a Kid Anymore.....

So last night we're driving and Delaney just suddenly starts crying....So we asked what was wrong and she said, "My head doesn't fit anymore....its too big. It was the perfect size when I was 4, but it keeps growing and I don't want it too. Its too big now and I can't make it stop growing" Ben and I, horrible parents that we are, cracked up....We told her it was one of the funniest things she'd ever said and that her head was perfectly fine and it wasn't big...then we noticed that she was trying to put this crown on her head and it kept popping off....so since it didn't fit anymore, must be the size of her head, right?....nope, it was stepped on and smashed together a bit....not too small anymore....and thank God she doesn't have the amazing growing head....now she is Irish, so let's face it, she does have a noggin on her....but its a beautiful noggin! lol

Smells like....

I always wonder where things come from and I guess I will continue to wonder what the heck Donovan was thinking about this morning when he said, "Hey it smells like Marshmallows.....they smell like chicken....." What? He then turned into his 3 year-old little boy self who continued with "Yeah, smells like if Big Kenny (One of Ben's players that he's obsessed with) ate chicken and then pooped on me" I'm not sure why boys always revert to fecal matter, but such is the case now....

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Let's play!

Donovan is obsessed with basketball and Ben's team...he knows every player, every players thing, whether they are 3 shooters, layup makers, good ball handlers, etc...he can tell you what songs go with which high-lite videos....I think he may be a mini basketball genius...but that's just one proud momma braggin here....anyway, he asked me to play him the other day...."Ma, you play basketball wit me?"....Of course I said yes so he grabbed the ball and informed me, "I'm big Kenny, you're Trey, big Kenny always beats Kenny, let's go, play ball" WTF? I didn't even have a chance to win....with a setup like that....how was I, Trey, supposed to beat big Kenny....Simply amazing!

Bad Girl

I was sitting at my desk doing work when Delaney said she wanted to play Beauty shop....Of course I said yes....who doesn't want to get their hair brushed for a few minutes...its like a very mini pampering session...so after a few brushes and many many barrettes later, she smiled and said, in a kinda sexy way, "You look like a bad girl"....I said, "what does that mean?" She smiled and bashfully said bashfully, "I don't know"....so I thought it was best to ignore it....she rebrushed it, took everything out and put a big yellow flower clip on the side of my head and said, "now you don't look like a bad girl, you look like the perfect house manager"....So now I was very curious, so I asked, "What exactly do you think a bad girl is?" She got that awkward Delaney look, put her hand up in her 'I don't know' pose and said, "its when you kiss someone"....So God help all us moms, we are not only bad, but we are going to hell in a hand-basket....If she only knew about her dad and I! LOL We've gone all the way! Three times! LMAO!

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

I've got a hair in my mouth....

So we went to the pool this afternoon....always a good time with the kids....well, I swam around and around with Tenley on my back...she loves it...bounces up and down and I really think, she kinda rides me like a horse...pulls on me, squeezes me to stop...anyway, Donovan saw all the fun and made a big deal about climbing on too....so I start swimming around when I hear, "I don't want to eat your hair! I don't want to eat your hair!" I stopped, turned him around and said "what?" He pushed off of me and was like jumping away as fast as can be, a little scared I think, yelling "I don't want to eat your hair....lol Sorry, that just cracked me up....guess you had to be there to see his expression

Crossing the 'Line"

So I got dressed the other day to a small audience as always...at least two out of the three are always in my bathroom staring at me when I get out of the shower...my personal posse you could say....well, as I'm getting dressed and Donovan was oddly staring at me and for a while....made me nervous....so I asked, "Bugga, what are you staring at?" He responded with, "You body"....I looked myself over still not sure what he was staring at and asked why....He came over, bent down and pointed at my crotch and said, "How'd you get that white line in there?" LOL Damn tampon string!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Witch will you be?

So Ben asked the kids what they want to be when they grow up....Delaney answered immediately and said she wanted to be a zoo keeper and take care of animals..."Great answer", he said. Then he turned to Donovan and asked what he was gonna be and he thought for a second and yelled, "A witch!" Ben said, "Bugga, you're gonna be a witch when you grow up? What are you gonna do for money?" He shouted, "Fly on my broom! All around. I'm gonna ride my broom all through the sky" Delaney got annoyed and said, "Who's gonna pay you to ride a broom?" He said, "Everyone"....and then Ben agreed with him....He said, "Bugga, if you are a 6'8" witch and you fly all around the sky on your broom, I'm pretty sure that people will in fact pay to see that" So he turned to Delaney, smiled and said, "See"

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Enter the hungry traveler....

I cracked up tonight watching my kids play outside....I was making dinner and I went over to the door to look cause I just couldn't see enough through the window....so I went to the door just in time to see the following, play out: Delaney: "OK Bugga, so do that".....Delaney sat at our new "patio cafe" and put her head down on the counter and pretended to sleep. Donovan put a bucket over his arm and started from the other side of the deck. He walked over to the cafe and said, "Aw man, I'm so hungry" Then he put his bucket on a chair, looked at Delaney and said, "What's this? A sleeping girl and there's no food! But I'm so hungry. Now I'm mad. I'm taking your beautiful picture with me then. Man, I'm mad" Then he shoved the picture that Delaney had just drawn ten minutes ago, into his bucket and stomped away saying, "I'm hungry and I'm mad!" Then he stomped around the side of the deck and he tossed the bucket into the bushes. As if on cue, Delaney popped her head up, stretched her arms out and says, "That was a great nap, oh my, where's my beautiful picture!" She then ran around the deck really fast, then ran to the side, where Donovan was still grumbling and stomping and said, "Oh my, have you seen my beautiful picture?" Donovan roared out, "Its in the bushes cause you were sleeping and I'm hungry" To which Delaney said, "Oh no sir, I just stopped to rest for a minute. Would you like me to make you some food?" He smiled really big and said, "yeah" (and if you know Donovan, you can hear that happy 'yeah' LOL) So they came back up to the patio and she made him a pretend burger.... I wish, if there ever was a moment to capture on film, that it had been that one....So well played my children, so well played!!!

Mi Casa Es Su Casa....

I took the girls to meet my friend Leslie for lunch, with her kids and while we were there, they had those stupid crane machines where you never ever win a toy LOL Anyway, I gave Delaney a dollar to play, so Leslie gave hers a dollar....and then I coughed up another, and so did she....and when Delaney came for round three, I said, "I'm out, I have no more money".....So she looked at Leslie and said, "Well, can I have some of her money?" LMAO!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Lobster Speak

We went to Red Lobster for dinner..cause, well, Ben and I LOVE Cheddar Bay biscuits and the kids are obsessed with the lobsters. They always take them out and let the kids look at them up close and touch them. Super fun stuff for a 3 and 5 year old. So, while waiting for our food, Donovan leans over and tells me that one of the lobster got him...I said, "They got you! How horrible"....He said, "yeah, the lobster just kept getting me, and pinchin' me"....So I said, "Oh, no, Did you tell him to stop?"....He looked and said, "No...Mom, lobsters don't have ears, they don't speak"....Here I'm thinking I'm playing along, but I got schooled by my 3yo....

Happy Day

In preparation for Kindergarten interviews, We've been quizzing Delaney on the basics...address, phone number, the month, her birthday, colors, counting...the normal things they ask....so I was told.....well, Donovan, while listening, told me his birthday is in April, I said, "No its March", He smiled and shook his head, and said "noooo, I think its April"...."Fine", I said, "What day is it on then", He smiled and said, "The happy day"....

Friday, February 24, 2012

Hoopin Inside

This is how smart and funny Donovan can be....I told him he couldn't go outside....but he wanted to play basketball and the hoop was outside....so, he opened the door, pulled the hoop over, so it was just outside the door and then stood in the kitchen and shot....I felt a breeze, went in and said "what are you doing?" He said, "I'm hoopin but I'm not outside!" Ben claims he outsmarted me and should be allowed to play....He definitely wins for ingenuity...

Shamrocks!

I love my Donovan stories....he just brought me down a green Irish shirt and asked that I put it on him "cause daddy likes it"....and I did....then he patted his chest and said, "Daddy loves flower shirts"....LOL Sorry Bud! Those are Shamrocks! Ben said now that bball is over, he resumes being a husband and dad today....and not a minute too soon! LMAO!! Donovan so desperately needs a man around! LOL

Mocking

I love my Delaney....Ben's been making fun of me non stop and he just said, 'who am I Delaney?" and made a funny voice and repeated back what I just said....She said, "um, you're daddy" Small insignificant win for me! haha

Friday, February 17, 2012

Princess Love

I totally just remembered the sweetest story last night....Made my Valentine's Day....Donovan curled up in bed with me, and for some reason was talking about princesses, probably, cause that's all that Delaney ever talks about, so he said he liked Snow White and Cinderella....so I said who's your favorite? And my little prince, thought about it and then pointed to me and said, "Um.....I think.....YOU!" And then he stood up, pointed to the wedding picture in our bedroom and said, "you have a pretty dress on and princess gloves" Best conversation with him to date!

Love is a backrub

So this morning we were sitting on the couch, just Donovan and I, watching Mickey Mouse, the girls were still in bed, so I reached over and rubbed his back for a second, just to connect a little and I did.....He turned and looked at me and said with a big smile, "I like you too mommy" Message received!

Personal responsibilty

OMG! Tenley was sitting and looking a book and she ripped the page right out....so I yelled, "No, no we don't rip the pages".....Delaney walked over, looked at me and said, "Well, its your fault, you should've never let her have it" OMG!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Beauty

I just can't get over how big and beautiful Delaney has become and sometimes I stare at her. Its just amazing. She's so tall and thin now, all the baby fat is long gone and she's suddenly a little girl. Crazy! So today I was staring at her and she caught me. She blushed a little and said, "What?" So I asked, "How did you get to be so beautiful? You're so tall and thin and smart and beautiful. How did you do that?" She blushed again and said, "I don't know" So I prodded. "Seriously, what do you do that makes you so lovely? How do I get to be as beautiful as you?" And she shrugged her shoulders and said, "Maybe try broccoli? Carrots too. They make you grow tall. I think that's how."

I love to talk to her. Her answers are always sweet and innocently brilliant!

Friday, February 3, 2012

We were driving this morning and Delaney announced, "Hey Mom, I saw on TV kid songs, but not like Donovan's 'Happy and You Know It' kid songs, but like this song on the radio now, but with kids"

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Volleyball anyone?

I asked Delaney what she wants to be when she grows up and she said a volleyball player. I said, "Do you even know what volleyball is?". She said, "I see them at basketball all the time and they always get cupcakes....always". Yep, my child "will work for food". lol

Best conversation

Me: "Delaney, why don't you close your eyes and try to nap?" D: "But I don't nap on Thursdays....Today's Thursday right?" Me: "No. Thursday is a daycare day and you do nap then." D: What's today?" Me: "Saturday." D: " oh that's it. I meant to say Saturdays I don't nap". LMAO

The Food Chain

I gave Donovan a banana and he said, "Monkeys eat bananas" I said, They sure do....."And Alligators eat monkeys!" Not exactly what I expected...."And Dinosaurs eat Alligators! Roar!".....and so sums up the food chain in two year old land...

Is it 6 yet?

This is why I laugh.....just told the kids its almost 9 and its time for bed....Delaney said, "I think I'll wait to eight o'firty to go to bed"....I laughed....she said, "How much longer away is eight o'firty?" I said it passed...you should've been in bed for almost a half an hour....So she thought and said, "I think I'll go to bed at 6 then...Is that better?" LOL

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Seasons

So I peeled a Tangerine for Donovan this morning....he thought it was an orange...but I said, "its an orange's cousin, but this one has seeds, so make sure you spit them out, don't eat them"....Well, he took one bite, spit it all out and said, "I don't like seasons" I smiled and said, "no Bugga, its seeds, seasons are very different. We have four seasons, winter, spring, summer and fall. Its winter now. Its cold and snowy and we have Christmas and sledriding and snowmen. Then comes spring. The weather gets warmer, the leaves come back on the trees, and flowers bloom and we have Easter and you and Delaney's birthdays, then is summer! My favorite season. Its hot and fun and we can swim and ride bikes and play and have picnics! Then comes fall and kids go back to school and the leaves turn brown and fall off trees and it gets colder and we go to Cooks Forest and celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving! and then comes winter again" He listens very well, very intently. So he's looking at me and then he says, "Can we ride bikes?" lol

Oh So Fine!

I made a teriyaki type chicken and rice for dinner....Delaney, God love her, took a big bite and with food spilling out of her mouth, smiled and said, I love fine rice mommy!" LMAO

Birthday presents

Delaney's life revolves around holidays and birthdays...."what's next?" is what we hear when we leave a party or the day after Christmas, etc....So today Delaney wanted to know who's birthday was next..I went thru uncles and aunts, we talked Valentine's Day and then, the next birthday is MINE! (February 28th - mark it down, remember it like its your own - I accept all gifts and major credit cards!) So she said, "what presents do you want?" I told her to make sure she tells daddy that I want to go on a fancy date and kiss. She giggled at the kiss part and then very excitedly said, "Are you gonna go to ChuckECheese and can I come?" LMAO Uh, That'd be a NO, Bob! She did say she wants to be around to help me open my gifts....so sweet! Well, once Ben got home, she ran and told him and reported back to me...."Daddy said he likes dates!".....then I asked about the kissing part and she got that awkward kid look, took a deep breath and said in total annoyance, "Yeah, that'll be fine too" LMAO

Its always greener on the other side....

So, being the oober cool mom that I am...I got Delaney a pack of $.99 eyeshadow for her stocking....Has a rainbow of colors...she loves dress up, I hate her getting into my makeup....so she brought it in and asked if she could make me pretty...I said, "please, please make me pretty!" (ANyone, anyone, Beuller, BUeller??) So she said, "close your eyes, I'll let you know when you're done" (Its really pretty relaxing to have someone oodle over you, put makeup on, brush your hair - so bring your kids over, I have no problem being a dummy - obviously!) Anywhooo....while she was applying the 'pretty' she put some makeup on the skin above my eyebrow....thought, ok, she's the boss....well, she kept going and then stopped and said, "oooooh, I put it on the wrong side of the fur" LMAO I am dying to take a picture and post it so you can see just how pretty I look!

No Singing!

So Delaney asked me if I could put a braid in her hair....I did and while I was doing it, I started singing one of my weird and made up as I go songs about braids....and she said, "Just braids please" LOL

Monday, January 2, 2012

Someone's in trouble.....

So one of the night's when we were away, we climbed in bed, it was about 9:30pm and we are trying to get the kids settled and lights were off, we were rubbing backs and singing lullabyes when we hear this loud banging and absolute chaos. It sounded like people were running into walls, banging on ceilings, just total havic. Well, Ben got mad. Sat up listened for a bit and decided that it had to be his team acting up. So he got dressed and ran downstairs to check and see if it was the boys making the noise. Well, right after he left, Delaney asked if someone was in trouble. I said, "if its the boys making that noise, yes, someone's in trouble." That's when Donovan sat up, put his finger to his nose (which he does when he's making a serious statement) and said, "Daddy's gonna spank their butts!" LMAO!! I'm still laughting when I picture him saying it....

Hot in There!

So we went away for a few days with Ben's bball team and the hotel we stayed in had a pool. Kids were too excited! Five minutes after arriving, Ben had them suited up and down in the pool. Well, the next day, while I knew it was safe to enter the pool as the team left for a shoot around, we suited up and headed down. In the elevator on the way, Delaney was jumping around and telling me about the pool and how she jumped off the side to daddy and how she LOVES to swim. And then, in absolute seriousness, like she was really helping me out, she said, "Oh and don't go in the small pool, its REALLY hot in there!"

Crown Hour

Delaney is all girl all the time! She plays dress up every day, wants to fix my hair and paint nails, all things sugar and spice and nice.....So for Christmas, she got a beauty set with a Barbie hair dryer that actually sounds, a hair straighter, brush, fake shampoo and perfume and a crown hour....oh sorry, for those of you that speak adult, that's a curling iron....she was pretty close though! lol