Funniest Moments and More Favorite Pictures =)
Thursday, July 12th, 2012I like to copy over all the funny things I post from Facebook, so they don’t get lost =)Â And here are some of my favorite pics of Serenity from the last year that didn’t make it into a post yet!
July 3rd
Fireworks so awesome I thought about wearing sunglasses… And both my kids fell asleep in my lap…
July 7
potty training day one: ten pairs of panties and two successes… day two: only 3 pairs of panties… day three: still three pairs but no puddles and she used the potty at the restaurant and stayed dry on the outing!!! She’s doing so well!
July 21
Eric said, “Hold it!†when Serenity was having an accident. So she reached under and tried to hold the pee with her hand… Didn’t work so well. =)
July 24 (not really about the kids but memorable =)
Watching X-men did the one thing I never thought would happen… completely changed my opinion of Kevin Bacon
July 25
Found Serenity trying to be helpful today… She had a bottle of foaming hand soap and she was squirting it on the carpet and scrubbing it. Guess we’ve had our share of potty training accidents.
August 10
We registered for school! She’s so excited, she sang, “I’m going to school!” the whole way there.
August 23
So in the car this morning we ran into traffic, and while we were going slow Serenity told me, “I will cooperate at school today! At school you follow directions!” Finally we got to the reason for the traffic, a car was stopped on the bridge. I said, “Oh no, her car broke, poor lady.” And Serenity replied “She was NOT cooperating.”
August 24
Today, instead of pretending to be cartoon characters, Serenity has informed me that she is Peru, I am Venezuela, and Donovan is Ecuador.
August 26
Having to learn how to hold my pencil correctly. Bummer, I didn’t think that I’d fall behind Serenity’s homework so soon. In positive news she knows what horizontal and vertical means now =)
September 2
Serenity was telling me some things about Emerson, a girl at her school. I told her she should tell them to Emerson, because it makes people feel good to hear nice things about themselves. Then she looked at me and said, “You’re so pretty Mama†=)
September 14
She totally knows how to push my buttons =) “I love boogers yes I do, I love boogers how about you? Mom, do you have boogers? If you were a little girl like me you should TOTALLY have boogers.”
September 20
Great. Now instead of dreaming that I’ve forgotten to go to school or study for a test, now I dream I forget what time Serenity goes to preschool and she’s late. =)
September 21
Been watching too much Nick Jr. when the fact that Dora has moved out of the rainforest and evidently forgotten all about Boots makes me sad.
September 24
This morning, playing Stack the States, Barrett was marveling at Serenity’s abilities. He said, “I just don’t know how she is a magical baby!”
September 28
Serenity has started narrating her life story. Today we were playing outside and she walked up to me and said, “Serenity decided to give her Mama a daisy. And it made her happy!”
October 12
While I’m rocking Donovan in preparation for his nap, Serenity is in the other room singing, “Goodnight, goodnight GOODNIGHT Donovan!” At the top of her lungs. And banging on her triangle. It’s amazing he ever gets to sleep =)
October 24
Favorite quote of the day “Mother Teresa is more gangsta than Eric.
October 31
Serenity reached her Halloween goal of twenty pieces of candy. Yay!
November 13
Serenity sang Twinkle to Donovan when he was fussy in the car =) Soooo sweet
Nov 20
Serenity has been asking me for definitions a lot lately, which is a ton of fun. We talk about different words and what they mean, and then I usually hear her use them. Super cute, like when she told me her sock was askew. Then today, she asked me what often means. I was scrambling for an example, so I told her it’s something you do a lot, like peeing. I said you go pee a lot, so you pee often. Then she looked at me and said, “You talk often.†=) Lol.
December 16
Serenity bit Donovan today. After the hubbub of time out and tears was over, Daddy started saying, “Will you bite Donovan again?” “No Daddy” “Will you bite Mama?” “No Daddy” Will you bite Daddy?” Serenity responded. “No, I will be good. I will be good forever!”
December 22
I’ve decided trying to feed Donovan solids is like trying to play a really tricky hole of mini-golf. Gotta sneak it in the split second the door is open.
December 22
Sigh. So much for Serenity’s first haircut. Scissor practice turned into hair cutting time.
January 18
Barrett, “Mom why don’t we ask Aunt Chrissie if she wants to make me a Captain America costume. Why is she the builder and you are the cooker? What am I going to be?”
January 22
Playing bridge with serenity in the room… All of a sudden we notice she is tossing around her own cards and saying “I pass! I pass the cards!” guess she only knows one kind of passing 🙂
January 23
I said, “Serenity, you may have ONE cookie.” She takes an oreo, pops it open, and says, “Look Mama, I have TWO cookie!” Am raising a smartass.
January 24
How Serenity woke up this morning: “You guys, you guys! It’s the sun! It’s Tuesday! It’s a SCHOOL DAY!!!!!!
Been walking Donovan around the room. He keeps seeing a toy and sitting down to play with it, and then realizes, wait a sec, I’d have to let go of Mama’s fingers to play with this! And up he goes again. Last time he tried to grab the toy with his mouth without letting go of my hands. =) Wants to walk SO bad =)
Been doing solid foods for what, six weeks now? And the only thing Donovan seems to eat more than one bite of is puffs… Hmm. May have to give up on the Gerber purees. Any ideas?
February 11
Told Serenity not to stand up on Jif, her rocking horse. She responded, “That’s ok, I’ll do it when you’re not here.” In a tone of perfectly reasonable compromise. Sigh. =)
I’m not much of a speeder really, but it is nearly impossible to speed with your three year old in the back seat chanting the speed limits. “Speed limit 40!!! How fast are you going now Mama?!?!”
February 29
Donovan has discovered it’s fun to evade Mama. He’ll look at me, giggle, and crawl as fast as he can in the opposite direction. It’s too early for this, right? =)
Sat through a light because someone was trying to go straight in a left turn only lane that only got a green arrow… when she didn’t go the next time the arrow came, I said “I really ought to honk the horn to let her know she needs to go, but where is it?” Serenity pipes up from the backseat, “It’s under the H mom!” I drive a Honda. She was right.
March 13
Worked the book fair today =) Before school when Little Casey and Serenity were both there, he was showing off to his friends how well Serenity could read =) He kept grabbing random books and asking her what they said. I love that they go to the same school!
Donovan took his first real step today! We were waiting in the lobby for Barrett and he was cruising on a chair, and he suddenly let go, turned, and took a step totally away from everyone. Then he stopped, stood there for like ten seconds waving his arms around, like he was thinking, “Wait, what’d I just do?!? I need fingers to do this walking thing! Mama, why’d you let me do that?!”
Totally excessive number of posts today, but Serenity came up with the best game EVER and I had to share. She had her want and said, “Mom, make a wish!” “I wish for two kisses” and my wish was granted. Then I wished “I wish someone would pick up their toys on the stairs” and my wish was GRANTED! Sweet! And it went on and on! Yay!!!
March 18
Serenity does not put her pants on one leg at a time like everyone else. She sticks both legs in and then does the splits to get them on. =)
April 9
So Serenity came running out of the bathroom, saying, “look what I did!” First of all, never an encouraging sign. Then I saw she’d stuffed toilet paper in her panties. “If I need to go pee, the toilet paper will catch it!” Sigh. =)
April 12
Dear Donovan: Puffs, Crackers, and Envelopes are not nutritious enough to be the only things you will eat.
April 17
Serenity over the monitor: “NOOOOOOOW is it morning?” 7:33pm. Sigh
April 19
Have now watched the original Footloose with my sister, Jennifer Thorp Zandbergen and Diane M Hale, and now my sister can stop hanging her head in shame. Watching 80’s movies 25 years later is fun and a little bizarre.
April 23
Went to buy chickens with Diane M Hale… I find it funny that when you buy live chickens they put them in a Happy Meal box.
April 30
After I passed Serenity a cupful of pretzels to snack on in the backseat, I heard her say “Oh Donovan, Mama is the sweetest person I know.”
May 29
Bought a watermelon at the grocery store today… Donovan saw it, yelled “Ball!” and tried to kick it. Unfortunately, it was too heavy so he instead tripped right over the top of it. He was undeterred though and decided to roll it instead. =)
June 8
Conversation at my house tonight:
Eric: “Serenity, you’re not listening to me. Serenity, you’re not listening to me.”
Serenity: “I am listening… to me!”
June 14
I had to give Serenity her milk this evening in a bowl so she could lap it up like a kitty. She actually drank the whole thing, a new record. =)
June 17
Serenity: Is God still building things?
Me: Weeelll… he still builds people…
Serenity: With like nails, or what?
June 19
Serenity is making edible structures thanks to her awesome take home from Mrs. McBride’s summer camp. She made a bunch of bracelets and wands out of pretzels, marshmallows and red vines. She offered to share a bracelet with me but then when I told her I’d rather eat a wand she said, “Oooohkay, but if you eat a wand you have to do magic!”
June 20
Thanks to his sister, Donovan understands the word “fetch.”
June 25
Ahh, dance class. Serenity loves to twirl, tap, and pick her nose in the mirror. So glad she’s learning grace 😉
June 26
Thought maybe I had a little success at feeding Donovan today… oatmeal that was sticky enough to stay on the spoon when I handed it to him so he could feed himself. And he did well, he ate six or seven bites (which is a success for him.) Then he took off his bib so I thought he was done, and then he said “More!” emphatically. So I thought , yay, maybe a food he’ll actually eat! Then when I handed him the spoon he threw it across the room. Yes, Donovan, I get it. You were all done.
July 4
Managed to paint a room and not get paint in my hair… amazing! I did manage to put footprints on the wall though.
July 9
So I have a climber. And not a good one. So far today he made it almost to the kitchen counter according to Daddy, and then fell off his high chair onto his head. And off the little white chairs into the toy box. I think the problem is, when he gets onto something, he just doesn’t sit there or stand there. He starts shaking his booty and saying “Dance, Dance, Dance!”
July 10
Went to see Brave today with Serenity. Loved it! Later she was playing with the little Merida figurine she got from her birthday. I saw her shake her little finger at the doll and say, “Merida, you need to listen to your mother.” I think that was a good moral to take away from the movie 😉