The Pledge of Allegiance

It's all an act.

 

How cute kids look when they sleep is all an act. I think it is to lull parents into thinking they are so sweet and cute again after a horrible, trouble-making, temper tantrum day. Wouldn't you agree? At least for me, when I see them asleep I am so willing to forgive and forget the events leading up to that sleep.

Yesterday, was one of those "oh, my heck, are you kidding me?" kinda days. This morning when I saw her sleep I was back to "Oh, she is so sweet." But after a moment of thought, I was able to regain reality and write this post for remembrance and a chuckle when she is older. Of course, I won't be mad long. She is really cute.

#1 Oh, my heck moment - She was playing quietly in her room. We checked on her a lot. We just didn't see Kens makeup bag that she had hidden under her toys. Her back was towards us too. It wasn't until I went in for a hug that I saw her face completely,let me stress COMPLETELY, covered in sparkly eye shadow. She used every color in the pack. Also Kens lipsticks had been dug out. Guess Santa will be bringing Kens new lipsticks.

#2 Oh, my heck moment - I got out my BIG container of lemonade mix. I measured the water and the mix for each kid (Except my older two, they can do it themselves) and they put it together and mixed it. Some time later and I have no idea when, when I was cleaning up the drinks I noticed Maylin's cup was so full of the mix her glass was heavy, the drink was dark pink and it was super thick. How in the heck did she get the lid off the mix and when did she use 1/2 of it? It will remain a mystery.

#3 She is into scaling things. Fences, cupboards, closets, my canopy bed..... I will post a picture later of her on my bed. You really have to see it to believe it. We have been locking the bathrooms and closets because we want to protect her and our stuff. However, last night she picked the lock (I only know this after questioning how she got the door open. She showed me how she turned it with her play keys, just like she has seen us do! Crap)In the closet I found a bag that had been on my very tippy top shelf lying on the floor. Inside it was a diamond ring. I saw the ring box next to the bag....empty. My heart sank. Where would my ring be!!!! I can't tell you the panic that went through my heart. After a frantic search, I finally found it in my closet. I almost had a coronary.

#4 THIS IS THE BIG ONE! Jay took Maylin to watch Alex's basketball game. Yes, football ended Monday and we are already into basket ball. By the way they were the champs with an 11-0 record. Anyway, Jay said she was playing next to where he was sitting with 2 other girls who were about 6. They stayed there the whole game. That is until overtime. Jay looked down on them and they were gone. He began looking. Nothing. He started to panic. Finally he found the 2 other girls. They hadn't seen her. Panic more. He searched down stairs. He searched the bathrooms. He had other parents and the employees guarding the bathrooms and searching. He checked the parking lot. They ran through the upper level again. By this time it has been 10 minutes. Jay was in tears and was ready to call 911. Finally, he found her sitting on the bleachers three games down from Alex between some couple and she was chewing their gum. Jay was bawling and the lady said, "I asked her if her parents knew where she was. She said yes, but I am thinking that was not true." She kept telling us when we talked to her about the whole thing that "The lady was my lady friend, not a stranger. She gave me gum." Great. Really great. I tell you what, I wanted to rip Jay apart. I was ready to do the, "you have to watch her every second, not just check on her every few minutes in a public place," but seeing him still emotional I realized he had felt enough.

I guess for today I need to really work on the little trouble maker that looks so cute in her sleep. And by the way, we really do watch her. She is just really good at hiding things she knows are a no no and knows how to take an opportunity when we are in the bathroom, doing homework or setting the table. She knows not to be gone too long.

Hot water

Hot water #1 - This morning at 6 our nephew who is living with us woke us up because one of our water heaters was spraying water. Needless to say they are installing a new one now. Actually they are replacing both of them. Jay was worried the other one would go out too since they are the same age and figured he might as well beat it to the punch...or spray...as the case may be. I haven't had water most of the day. You really need water, you know. You don't realize it until it is gone.

Hot Water #2 - Maylin was following the plumber around. It was funny to see her watch his every move. She got tired after about an hour and went into her room. About then, the plumber noticed his cell phone was gone. Obviously, I knew who took it. Maylin is a thief when it comes to shoes and phones. It was on vibrate so that made it a bit harder to find, but after a bit we located it behind her dresser. I will admit, I started getting nervous about what if we couldn't find it...we would be in hot water. Usually she will fess up, but because she didn't really know the guy she was embarrassed to answer me. She did tell him sorry after we found it and after a bit of coaching on my part. I told the plumber not to take his shoes off or those would go to!

Nothing

Guess what we are doing tonight?(That question would not included Jay. He is at work.) We are doing N-O-T-H-I-N-G. That is the first time in about 2 months we have had absolutely nothing on the calendar. Ahhhhh..... I needed it.

Kids get it right.

Here are a few funny conversations with Maylin:

"Mom, Sister Stanley (my BFF) called and said you are a nice mom."

Me: "Really? How nice. I love Sister Stanley."

Nini: "I love her too and Funny Eric number two."

Me: "Who is Funny Eric number one (okay I know, but just want to hear her.) Austin's friend Eric. He is number one cause he is taller."

I love this! She knows my friends, her siblings friends and obviously has a system to keep people with the same name separated!


At the mall as we are walking past a lady:

"Mom, she is fat." - Loud enough the lady heard.

Me: "Nini! don't say that. It will make her cry."

Nini: "Why will it make her sad? She doesn't know she is fat?"

So true. I am sure she knows, but it is just hearing it out loud.



"Mom. These panties will be clean forever."

Me: "Why will they be clean forever?"

Nini: "Because I want them too."

Got it.

Here is Nini and her friend Gage. I like how she is tilting her head into him.

Witches

I know the holiday is over, but I never got around to posting our day with the witches. We had such a fun day checking out the witches, eating candy and enjoying the warmth. Maylin was scared of the witches at first. You can see how she would reach out to touch them with just one finger. By the end, she had figured out or finally believed me that they were fake. It was a great afternoon. Besides the kids, my favorite part was the cinnamon sugar roasted almonds we bought. YUM!!

 

 

 

 

NOTE: It is NOT me...I repeat...it is NOT me in the orange pants.

Halloween

Halloween lasted for days around here. Kenzie had a party at our house on Friday with 12 of her friends. They had a blast. They had dinner, went on a scavenger hunt, played the Skittles Game, Curses, the Bubble Gum Game, Murder in the Dark and Mafia. It was so great to see her happy. She went as a pink fairy. Austin had a party here on Halloween with 19 friends. They also had dinner, played volleyball and night games (thanks to the warm night), visited and made Carmel apples. People didn't leave until after 11:30. Austin didn't dress up that night, but for his school harvest party, they celebrated Purim, a Jewish holiday, so he wore a costume for that. It was an amazing party with a guest from Jerusalem who spoke, shared tradition and celebrated with them! Alex went as Ferdinand Magellan, the great explorer. He picked him. He loves him as they are studying him in school and Alex thinks he rocks. I made his costume, thank you very much, but forgot to take a picture of him. So tomorrow I am having him dress up again and I will take a picture to post. Maylin went as a darling witch. She was so cute!!