Learning To Talk

Charlotte is learning to talk and her brother is LOVING it! He can't wait for her to be able to talk to him, so he tries so hard to teach her new words. The problem is, the words aren't exactly what you want your 20 month old running around saying. For instance, today we were in the car and Mark and I were talking (so Timothy thought we weren't listening). Then I hear:

Timothy: "Say doo doo Char. Come on, say doo doo".

Charlotte: "Doo Doo"

Timothy: "Good job Sweetie Girl! Now say surprise. Sur-prise. Come on, you can do it."

Charlotte: (mumbles)

Timothy: "Yea! Now say Doo Doo Surprise! Doo Doo Sur-prise"

Charlotte: "Doo Doo (mumble)

Timothy: "Yea! Good Job!"

Oh geez... This poor girl is going to have quite the vocabulary!

Oh Yea! Oh Yea! Obliques! Obliques! Obliques! - and - Little Bunny Foo Foo

Timothy is in a program called Stretch N Grow at his school. Every Wednesday they do different activities that promote exercise and healthy eating. Yesterday Timothy was singing a song he learned at Stretch N Grow. See the link below for his performance of the song. He also broke into a rock song and an Easter appropriate song of Little Bunny Foo Foo. (Notice his "stage". He took his pillow case off and laid it out carefully. He couldn't perform without a stage!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6AJUoe6l7I

Side note... Timothy said this morning "Mommy... Do you know what the Easter Bunny's name is? It's Little Bunny Foo Foo!" Too cute!

Chick-Fil-A... our family's McDonald's

As a kid I can't think of anything more exciting than getting a happy meal and going to play on the playground...which, back then, was outside and metal, so in the summer it was about 200 degrees...but none the less, still super fun (blisters and all). I thought it was just a kid thing and that all kids like McDonald's. It turns out that if you never take your kids there, they don't ever ask to go! I thought I had done great as a parent when we can drive past McDonald's and Timothy won't even bat an eye. But then today, as we were driving to the grocery store and passing Chick-Fil-A, Timothy yells out "I want to go there Mommy! I want Chick-Fil-A!" Ugh! He's craving fast food! I've failed! So what was my response? "Honey, it's expensive. We can't go there all the time." That's NOT a lie. Eating there all the time does add up, but now I can guarantee he'll tell his teacher and friends at school "Chick-Fil-A is expensive!" They are going to think I'm the cheapest person on the planet! Haha! Oh well. I guess every kid has their favorite place to go. Timothy's places are Chick-Fil-A, 7-Eleven (for Slurpees), and Costco (because it has fork lifts and samples). I guess that's not so bad.



Here are the kids at Chick-Fil-A one morning a week or so ago.

Easter Photos

Darn these school pictures! They are so stinking cute! I prefer not to spend a small fortune every few months, but every time school picture day rolls around I KNOW I'll be suckered into buying another package. AND, we'll be taking photos in the blue bonnets next week (as if we needed more)! I hope all the Grandparents are ok with pictures for their Mother's Day/Father's Day/Easter gifts!