Forget something?

Say you've gone to a sports lock-in and you forget a playpen?  No fear, just throw baby in with the balls.
The ultimate ball pit/playpen!

Snowmen

See the two piles of pink clay?  They are snowmen.  Lizzy's been making lots of them, but each has to have a friend.  When she asked me to come see her latest creation, I asked her their names.


Me: Oh!  What's his name?
Lizzy:  Ala-kima-wanna-loo.
Me: Wow.  What the other one's name?
Lizzy: Snowman.

A Nice Day for a Stroll

We recently found a stroller someone was getting rid of.  Nye believes it's for him.
So adorably enough, Lizzy takes him for a ride.  I briefly consider telling them to stop, but then think, what's going to happen?!  Lizzy's pushing him so gently.

Oh.....right, she could slip and accidently push the stroller into the (cold) oven with enough force to knock Nye off balance and send them both careening into the edge of the fridge.

REALLY GUYS?!  You have the coordination of your mother!

Concoctions

Lizzy tried to get me to taste her orange juice this morning, but she's been a little sick recently and I don't want to get sick, so I refused the drink.  

I didn't know she had such persuastion in her:

Lizzy:  It tastes like  orange juice and milk, and cream.  Taste it Mommy!

Me: No thanks.

Lizzy: Try it Mommy, it's like blueberries and chocolate and orange juice

Me: ::laughing::  Umm, no thanks.

Lizzy:  OH!  You taste it!  It's like chocolate, milk, and peas

Me:  ::cracks up::  Ewww, that's gross. 

Lizzy:  Noooo...It tastes good.  ::giggles and drinks it::

Doctrinal Growth

We were listening to music while I made dinner when I heard:

Lizzy: "Mommy, what is 'pavalioned in splendor'?"
Me: "It means God is clothed in brillance and majesty and it's really awesome and pretty and..."

Lizzy still had a confused face, so I quickly googled the definition of splendor.

Me: "It also means, a brilliant appearnce or granduer and pomp."

I was still despairing of the right words when Lizzy said, "Oh! It's like BOOM, BOOM!" as she signed 'lightening' and 'thunder'.

Yep, that describes it! Good girl!

As I was wondering how she got so smart, she proceeded to accidentally lock herself in the bathroom. It was a 10 minute ordeal of her crying and me describing how to unlock it.* Just goes to prove that those academic types have no common sense! :D



*I know I could have unlocked it from my end with a screwdriver, but I wanted practice in case she ever locked me out of the house-which she almost did one time!

New Heretical Church

Lizzy has started her own church.



She found a small table and makes me sit and be quiet while she reads from "New Good Food: A Shopper's Pocket Guide." The people are friendly there, and it has a very celebratory atmosphere. The preacher talks for about 30 seconds then yells, "Now it time to run and play!!!" and proceeds to run and play. After a few laps around the congregation, she goes back to the podium and tells me to be quiet again.

However, I find the scripture reading questionable. The last sermon taught this:

"The fruit of the Spirit is....... elephants. Now, Run and PLAY!"

Still, I think I'll stay because the pastor is really cute.

Dress Up

I put a new bin out for my kids. A dress up trunk. After a while I heard Lizzy crying, "IT"S NOT WORKING!"


Yep, that's the hard way to get a leotard on.

Notice the small hand in the lower left corner reaching for the dress. That's Nye. He's obessed with the feel of taffeta on this dress. Lizzy can't even put it on because as soon as she gets it out, he's chasing her, trying to touch it. When he sees it lying around, he rests his head on it, pops up, and does it again. When he's through with that, he'll grab some and gently rub it on his cheek. It's adorable enough to provide proof-see below.