Vitamin D

And all his dreams came true

And all her dreams came true

...even if it rained all day long.

Stuff

I haven't been in the mood lately.
So here's a little update.

We had a blue monster and a crazed, homeless fairy/princess roaming and haunting on halloween night.

We also had a wedding.
Edith thought she'd died and entered a fairy tale.
She wouldn't let go of the bride's hand or dress whenever she was around.
There's nothing like a real live "princess" to make your day when you are two.
And holding flowers is always fun for about two minutes, at which point handing them to your mother and locating the cake is even better.

Four is great!

This little boy:

01.  Wants to marry me...or Edith.
02.  Asks questions about everything, like:
      "Why is the sky blue?"
      "What is under the ground?"
      "Pipes are in houses, right?"
      "Are bats real?"
      "Witches are not real, right?"
03.  Can hike for 2 miles without much complaint
04.  Is going to be an orange bat next year for Halloween, and a skeleton the year after that, and Captain  America the year after that, and Batman the year after that, and a Vampire the year after that.
05.  Picked out all of our skis and boots from the SKI magazine.  (It looks as if I will have to learn to Telly-      ski this year.)
06.  Loves preschool.
07.  Tells me he loves me multiple times a day, and then kisses me.
08.  Loves to sing.

A day in the life of the two year old who has reached her stride at being two.

Whining and moaning:

"I want some cereal
"I need my blanket"
"I don't want to go potty!"
"No"
"No"
"No"
"No"
"No"
"No"
"No"
"Oh cheerios!"
"I don't want to take a nap!"
"I'm tired"
"Why?"
"Why?"
"Why?"
"I don't want to!"
"That looks gross"
"I can do it!"
"Help me!"
"No, I can do it!"
"HEEELLLLLPPP!
"I don't want to!

This is all accompanied by...

Bugging her brother because she can.
Pulling EVERYTHING out.
Not taking a nap.
Getting stuck in things, over and over and over and screaming for help to get out, only to get back in again.
Refusing to get dressed when we need to go.
Not letting me dress her.
Screaming if her brother even looks at her.
Refusing to go when we need to go.
Touching EVERYTHING at the store.
Biting her brother.
Ripping the library books in half.
(The last two happened as I was writing, which are essentially my fault because I wasn't paying enough attention...but still.)

We might just be sinking into insanity.

At least she's finally potty trained.
I'm sure the fact that she is getting a molar doesn't help the situation either.

It should be noted that my attitude has contributed to the mass chaos, and so the two year old cannot be blamed completely, and the four year old has just watched in dismay and been a perfect gem.

 

Awkward family photos

Pretty sure these should go in the Awkward Family Photos book. 

"Let's just stand on either side of the door and have the kids in the middle." (and look like a bunch of random people just standing around in the same area and smiling at the camera.)  

It seemed like a good idea. 

But I suppose posing the children and taking the candy away might have been a good idea too.  

"Let's kiss under the kids" (while Craig picks his teeth)

Yeah, maybe next year we'll have a little more success.  

In other funny news...this is hilarious.