I love my girls!

When someone asks me, so are you going to try for a boy?, I always answer, no, we're happy with our girls.  This has happened quite often.  Libby asked me the other day, mom, why you no like boys?

How many babies to have?

Kaeli was letting me know that the ball of veins that show up on the back of one of my legs is quite ugly today.  I told her, that's what happens when you have 4 kids.  She asked, what about if you just have 1?

Swimming with Libby

The kids have been taking swim lessons and I have been working with them.  Libby has finally gotten to the point where she can move around with a life jacket on and thinks she is swimming.  She took off her life jacket today and insisted that she could swim to the side without it.  As she was very insistent, I let her try it.  She sank right away.  She wasn't so upset about the sinking part as she was that she really couldn't swim.  It took probably 10 minutes to call her down.  Poor kid!

Not playing babies with you

Several times every day, I hear the same phrase, "I'm not going to play babies with you ever again!" This is apparently a very effective threat because the other cold normally caves in quickly when it is issued.  Kaeli, Lexi, and Libby are the only ones who really use the threat.  Naomi realizes that it is not a valid threat.

The chip on the baby

As we were sitting outside eating today, Lexi eats a chip and then tells me, "There's a chip on the baby in my tummy."

Barbecue Sauce

Lexi asks the funniest questions.  Today, we were buying a box of Barbie Band-Aids at the store and she was holding the box.  All of a sudden, she holds the box up and asks me, "Is this barbecue sauce?". I am not sure how to respond . . .

Playing King and Queen

We have a book checked out from the library about Froggy who has a new baby sister.  A little girl comes over to play and suggests to Froggy that they play mommy and daddy.  His answer is of course an emphatic NO.  After explaining to Naomi that boys don't really like to play mommy and daddy, she goes to school and suggests playing king and queen to the 2 boys sitting at her table and comes home to tell me how funny their reactions were.  I think she just may have my sense of humor :)

Riding a Horse

Naomi: Mom, Someday, CaN I Ride A Horse With High Heels On?

Fighting over Dolls

Naomi: I Have A Bag HEre With A Doll For Rebekah. IHopeJonAnD Colton Don'tFightOverTheOtherDollsToOMuch.

The Love of a Mother

Coming from Naomi: Mommy, did your mommy just love you so much and just kiss you all the time, also?

Kaeli's Questions

If someone cuts a hole in the van, will a spider come in? Do puppies build snowmen? Do big dogs?

Waking to a kiss

I think you realize you have too many fairy tale books around when . . . Your one year old thinks she is dosed to kiss you on the lips every time she sees you with your eyes closed. (Libby)

Getting Married

I was explaining to Naomi about school, and how you go to kindergarten, then 1st grade, and so on, and then after 12th grade, you can go to college and learn how to do whatever job you want,a nurse or a doctor or an airplane mechanic, etc. Her response: I want to get married.

Why We Named Her Naomi

Naomi singing quietly to herself, "I was born in Noctober, so they named me Naomi." "Mom, did you know that Noctober rhymes with Naomi?"

Stealing the Eggs?

Kaeli is singing, "And the chickens give us eggs . . ." (learned from Baby Einstein). Naomi asks, "Mom, do the chickens really give us eggs, or did we stole them?"

Kissing??? Already???

After watching Naomi trying to kiss a little boy, I decided that it was time to have a little talk with her. This odd how it went: Me: Naomi, were you trying to kiss that little boy the other night? Naomi: What little boy? Me: Joe (Name has been changed to protect the innocent :) ) Naomi: Who's Joe? Me: Very funny, you know who I an talking about! I then go on to explain that kissing boys is not allowed until you turn 20. Naomi was not willing to listen until I explained that no boys were allowed to kiss her, either, and that, if one tried to, she needed to come and tell me. I finally had to agree to go and tell the boy's mom before she started acting like she would do what I told her!

Comments about my kids

I thought maybe I should also record some of the comments I hear about my kids. I was just thinking how lucky I am to have 4 little blessings in my life. The comment I hear most is, "You sure have your hands full!", or some variation thereof. So much that my kids think that is what you say when you greet someone. Sometimes, it will only happen once during an outing, other times, I finally just start counting how many times I have heard it that day :). Another comment, our rather a question, that I hear is, so are you going to try for a boy? In case you are wondering, the answer is no, we are very happy with out 4 little girls, and feel that our family is complete. The other day,a lady asked me, "Are they twins?" "Yes," I replied. "But their eyes are different colors!" As if that makes them automatically not twins? :) Some of the other things I have heard are that it is a good thing that one sucks her thumb, and the other takes a pacifier. That way, I can tell them apart. These comments may seem logical to anyone who doesn't know my babies, but they are actually very easy to tell apart, - they don't have very many features in common. Just a few thoughts about my kids - they are the light of my life, andI am so thankful for them!

Falling in the Potty

Naomi, at age 4, will never forget when she fell in the potty. I think she was 2 at the time, and we had a lady over to work with the kids. Naomi decided she had to go to the potty, and somehow managed to fall in. It still upsets her to remember it. She had to get cleaned up, and change all of her clothes before she could return to the living room. Pure torture for her to have to distance herself for a few minutes!

Having an Attitude

Naomi's comment to me the other day: "Quit attitudin!" Didn't know that could be used as a verb, did you? :)

The Guitar

Naomi: "Mom, why does Daddy not want to sell the guitar?" Me: "I guess he must kind of like it." Naomi: "So it can make this house look pretty?"