Silly Faces

Gabrielle is sprouting her upper front teeth

Can you tell?

Someone's In the Kitchen With Dinah

I don't know what it is about Tupperware, but all of my kids have loved the product one way or another.   Gabrielle's thing lately has been my mixing bowls and colanders.

Green With Envy

We have found out a pattern with Gabrielle's eating...

She LOVES anything orange...especially sweet potatoes.

Still is very tight lipped about green beans...

That's Miss Sassy Pants To You

I've always loved buying fun onesies for my girls.  I buy them based on their personalities.

Silly Girls

We're going on day 4 of Summer vacation and are just loving the idea of no rushing around, no schedules and just being ridiculously silly.

HOORAY FOR SUMMER!

Pelicans and Recycled Styrofoam

So Jeremy and I recently purchased a Pelican Case for our new flat screen for our photo booth.   For those who don't know, Pelican Cases are used by people to carry fragile equipment such as cameras, lenses and video equipment.    Whenever you purchase a Pelican, each case comes with sheets of very durable, cubed styrofoam.  This way, you can create your own custom case.

Jeremy had some of the cubed styrofoam left over and rather than just throw it away, he created some magnificent creations for the girls.  I shall now demonstrate what exactly he made.

Oh The Cute Things Kids Will Say

An actual conversation between Samantha and Sarah:

Sarah:  "What are those things on the bottom of a jelly fish called?"

Samantha:  [thinking of a response to Sarah's question]

Sarah:  "You know.  Those hanging things?  Oh wait!  I know!  They're called cuticles!"

Samantha:  "Cuticles!  No, they're not cuticles Sarah!  They're chemicals!"

Jeremy:  "I think they're actually called tentacles"

Sarah:  "Yeah!  That's it!  They're called tentacles"

Samantha:  "Yeah!  They make you sleepy"

Jeremy & I:  "Sleepy?  How so?"

Samantha:  "Well, they made Dory [on Finding Nemo] very sleepy!"

Oh The Sweet Things Kids Will Say

So, as most of you may or may not know, in the last month the Vatican has been "abuzz" with the announcement of Pope Benedict stepping down from his papalcy.  We have been trying to educate Samantha and Sarah on this whole papal enclave and what it exactly means.  Samantha has been intrigued with the whole process.   We've explained to her that finding a new pope is a long and tedious process and a decision that can't be made overnight.  The cardinals attend Mass in the morning like we do on Sundays, and then they go into a special room so they can discuss on who the next Pope should be.  Then they use ballots to vote on the Pope, and of course the black and white smoke.

The smoke, in particular has had Samantha both nervous and excited.  Yesterday, we discussed at dinner that there would likely be black smoke for a few days.  Samantha immediately looked out the window and started looking for this black smoke, and was worried she couldn't see enough to get to school.  

This afternoon, we found out that white smoke was shown from the Sistine Chapel, and a new Pope has been elected.  So Samantha looked out the window again to mention that the white smoke was in the sky, only to realize that those were only clouds.  Then she also realized that we were a long way from Rome and the smoke would never reach here.

Oh the Funny Things Kids Will Say

Sarah is going to be 4 in just a few months, and I'm amazed at the things that her brain is capable of.  She loves to sing songs, and is very good at memorizing things.  Sarah is also going through a rhyming phase as well.  We attend church every Sunday morning, and Sarah really responds well to the music responses, the hymns, and the prayers that we say during the Mass. 

So during the week, when Sarah starts singing, "Alleluiah Alleluiaaaah!  Alleluiah Alleluiaaaaah!" around the house and in the car, it's nothing out of the ordinary.  It's so sweet to hear that little voice sing something so happy and positive.

While in the car this morning driving to school, Sarah started to sing "Hosannah" which is a response that we sing just before communion.

Sarah:  "Hosann-ya, Hosann-ya in the hiiiiighest!   MOMMY!  Guess what?"

Me:  "What's that Sarah?"

Sarah: "Hosann-ya sounds a lot like lasagna!  They could rhyme!  Hosann-ya and lasagna".



She does have a point : )

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

Recently I was getting ready for work, and I heard Sarah yelling out in an excited voice,


"Mommy!  Mommy!  GPS is here!  GPS is here!"


I of course was thinking, what are you talking about?


Then I realized.  That a certain brown delivery truck was out in front of our house.

"Sarah, do you mean UPS?"

"Yes Mommy!"

The Many Faces Of Sarah

Sarah has several faces during the day.

Sometimes several different faces in the span of 5 minutes!

Our Biggest Fan

So our girls have discovered that you can talk into a oscilating fan...

Oh The Cute Things Kids Will Say!

This past week, the Madore-ables and I were on the road driving.  There was a short period where it was quiet, and I thought that maybe both girls fell asleep in the back seat.  Just when I went to check, Sarah randomly yelled in excitement (and I mean yelled.)
"Mommy!  BMW!"

I laughed out loud just because of the randomness of what was yelled out and the fact I thought the girls were asleep.  It's not that often that they are that quiet for that long without actually sleeping.

Without missing a beat Samantha says,

"Mommy?  Did you know that BMW's made airplanes a very long time ago?"

Again, random thoughts from a 5 year old's mind and mouth.  I was so shocked, but Samantha wasn't done there yet.

"And Mommy!  Did you know that the BMW symbol is actually the propellers to the airplanes.  Isn't that great?!?"

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

Earlier this afternoon, the girls and I were out and about doing errands and such.  The girls new favorite activity is to look at cars and shout out things like "Honda!" or "Chevrolet" or "Ford"!

So while we're walking through the parking lot, Sarah randomly says,

"Mommy, can we get a pony on our car?"

(Of course, I'm thinking, say what?)

Sarah points out the grill of the car she was dreaming about

A Ford Mustang

Oh The Cute Things Kids Will Say

While Sarah and I were running errands this morning, Sarah happily yelled out,


"MOMMY!  Look!  A moo cow dog!"


I turned around to find this walking by...

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

While we were getting ready for church Sunday morning, Samantha

was watching me get ready and putting my makeup on.  Sometimes,

I'll let the girls wear a little lipstick, so Samantha asked me if I could

put some on her that morning.  At the moment, I was still working on

mine, so I couldn't do hers.  She had mentioned maybe Daddy could

help her, but she stopped and interrupted herself.








"Never mind, I'll wait for Mommy.  Daddy can't handle makeup"

When I Grow Up

I asked the Madore-ables the other day what they wanted to be when they grow up. Quite different then how they reponded back in March.  Here is how they responded to their new found dreams.


Samantha:

• "I want to be a conductor for trains"
• "I want to be a pilot for airplanes"
• I want to own a restaurant where you don't sit inside, you actually sit outside and have picnics"  (Mommy's note:  this was completely Sam's idea.  I had no power of suggestion in it.  And for a 4-1/2 year old, I say this idea is pretty darn genius!)
• "I want to work at Logan airport, because if I'm going to be driving planes, I need to have some place to land them.  Also, if my husband is going to be a pilot, then he's going to want to have a place to land his plane too!"
• "I also want to work at Papa John's because that's where Daddy used to work, and pizza is yummy"
• "I want to take Mommy & Daddy on trips and have me fly the airplane!"
• "My last job is to take care of dogs and cats.  Be a dog sitter or a cat sitter.  Take them for walks.  Give them baths.  Play with them.  But only 1 at a time."

Sarah:

• "I want to drive a super duper smokey train!"  (said by a 3 year old)
• "I want to wear sunglasses and read books to everyone all over the world"
• "I want to be a star athlete"  (Mommy note:  she got this term from a ABC game she has).

and last but certainly not least:

• "I want to work at Panera Bread just like Mommy and bring home muffies all the time".

Oh The Cute Things Kids Will Say

Recently, Jeremy and I rented Disney's Sleeping Beauty from Netflix and decided to have a movie night. We've read the story of Sleeping Beauty several times, and we thought it would be a great idea to see the movie after reading the book. Both the girls loved the movie.

After the movie was over, we were getting the girls ready for bed. My Mom asked Samantha how the movie was, and what was Samantha's response? Very quick and simple.

"Nanny! The movie was great! Princess Aurora is so pretty. Maleficent is so mean. She had so many angry pigs!"

There you go! So if anyone wants to watch the movie, now you know.

(For those of you who have no idea what Sam is talking about, Maleficient's goons were pigs: and they were pretty grumpy.)

When I Grow Up

I asked the Madore-ables the other night what they wanted to be when they grow up. Here is how they responded.


Samantha
"A mermaid waitress that works at Panera [Bread]. No, wait. I'd like to stay on the ground"

Me: "Umm, what?"

"Mermaids like to swim in the water Mommy. I don't want to live in the water. I want to live on the ground". Oh, I don't want to be named Belle. I like the name Samantha much better."


Sarah
"A helicopter (pause) a choo-choo train (longer pause) and a Princess that is named Sarah."

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

So yesterday as most of you know was Super Tuesday. My Mom and I decided it would be a great idea to walk over to the polls which was held at the local Junior High School to vote seeing that it was such a beautiful day. While we were on our little adventure, we mentioned to the Madore-ables that we were voting, and why it was important to vote. We discussed why it was important to have a president. We talked about how we vote to get a president into office. We discussed George Washington being the first president and our current president. It was a pretty interesting conversation, as most are with the Madore-ables.

So as we were walking, Sarah randomly starts talking about kayaks.

"Mommy, we're going over to the school to see the kayaks!"

I thought this statement was quite odd seeing it was the middle of Winter, and there is still a lot of snow left on the ground and kayaks was the furthest thing from my mind anyway. So I asked Sarah to explain what she meant. All she could do is repeat what she said before.

My Mom and I were so baffled. I felt bad because I understood what Sarah was saying, but wasn't understanding a connection at all. Then it was Samantha who was able to explain everything. Not me. Not my Mom.

Samantha is in love with games like "I Spy" and rhyming word games in the car. It was Sam who said matter of factly, "Mommy! Voting and boating rhyme!"

And then it hit me...

We were going VOTING. Sarah kept hearing us say BOATING. Henceforth the kayak comment.