Today we were shopping for a birthday present for one of R's friends at school. She is always very conscientious when she selects presents...telling me different things she has noticed that they like. I'm impressed by the way she takes note of even little things about her friends. I suggested a little doll playset with miniature dolls and clothes and shoes (something Rebekah would love)...she smiled and said, "That is nice, mommy, but I don't want to get it for S because she has a little baby at her house and her baby might try to eat the little pieces." I was surprised she even thought of that. I hadn't!

R: Mommy, why do the men in this world have eyelashes?
Me: Hmm?
R: Only girls are supossed to have eyelashes.
Me: Why is that?
R: To put makeup on them.

Random Tidbits....

David had to work late tonight and I decided to let the kids watch a movie and hang out in my room for a while. I asked Rebekah what movie she'd like to watch and she thought about it a minute and said, "The Little Mermaid, because I want to practice being brave around Ursula."

We were driving around the neighborhood looking at all the new roofs and she was sooooo excited b/c one of the roofing signs had the pink panther on it holding a hammer. She laughed so hard calling it the "Pink Panther Bob the Builder."

Which reminds me...the other morning I walked into the kitchen and when I walked in, Rebekah looked at me kind of startled. "Mommy! When you came in I saw Bob the Builder behind you, but he was invisible!" She kept telling everyone about bob the builder's ghost.

Jacob thrilled because he found one...Rebekah devastated because she only found one.



egg hunt 09

Signs of spring (and new rainboots)

Visiting Suwanee and the Buford Dam

Potty training- Jacob is doing pretty well .... I'm able to say "go potty" and he can pretty much do it alone...except for the toilet paper part. He still needs to work on that!

Today Rebekah decided she wants new carpet in her room. "I don't like white carpet," she said. "I want blue." Then she thought a minute, trying to convince me more why she needs new carpet. "You know why I always put toys all over my floor, mommy? Because I don't like my carpet. If I had blue carpet, I'd never put anything on it because it would be beautiful!"

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Today around lunch time, Rebekah said she wanted to go to Chick-fil-a. When I told her we couldn't and she wanted to know why I explained because we were trying to save money. I tried to put it in terms she could understand by saying if we don't use the money at chick-fil-a, then we will have the money to use to buy her birthday present at her birthday. She thought a minute and said, "But you always get change, mommy. You can use the change to buy my birthday present."

"But that won't be enough," I told her.
"But mommy, you can just go to a lot of stores and buy a lot of stuff and then you'll get a lot of change so then you'll have a lot to buy my present."
"So," she added, "We need to go to chick-fil-a."

(We didn't go to chickfila).

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Jacob has started saying a lot more words now, but also still being creative in his communicating. The other day, Rebekah was crying about something and I was in the other room nursing Benjamin and ignoring her drama. Jacob was concerned though and ran in to tell me..."Mama! Mama! Sis- Aaaaahhh!!!!" he said....instead of saying "Sister crying" he said "sister" and then acted just like she was acting screaming and crying.

When I was putting his laundry away the other day he pointed to his pajamas and said, "Be! (me) and then made a snoring sound."