Treasured Memories

I've had a list of things I want to remember on my phone for awhile.

Liam talks to Katelyn in a high pitched voice when he is instructing her on something, "No, Katelyn, we can't have two cookies, only one." She didn't request two cookies, but I guess Liam wanted to warn her that I never give two.

Liam told Katelyn, "Don't break things! You're acting like a boy!"

Troy gets shy around other kids at the bus stop and doesn't say much, but we forgot to say family prayers, and he knelt down and prayed with me before he got on the bus.

Katelyn is saying so many words, but I think the word she says the most is, "Iaaaaaaaaaaaam?!?!" She can't say her L's very well. It was a "you are in trouble" kind of voice. People keep telling me about children modeling parent's behavior, but it just hasn't sunk in. ;)

 When Liam turns on a show on the iPad without asking me, I turn it off and tell him to ask. He then says, "Ask." Haha, well technically, he's right.

Troy eats mainly peanut butter. He has branched out and will eat other things, but he still mainly eats peanut butter. There are usually two jars in the pantry and he will always get me the one that is not opened yet. I guess he thinks he will get more..

If Katelyn is doing something she is not supposed to and gets caught, she snickers and runs away. It is so cute that I have a hard time getting after her.

Liam likes to give a bow after he hits a baseball with his bat.

Liam is Mr. negotiator. But he doesn't understand time. I told him he could have 10 more minutes in the tub. He shot back, "No, 5 minutes!" Fine with me.

Liam will also randomly announce his expectations of the day's activities. "Mom, after I eat breakfast, we are going to the beach!" Nope. "Mom, after I take a nap, we are going to the zoo!" Nope.

Troy loves to color and draw. During family night he told me he had a great idea! "Mom, what if we made two signs, a heart and avengers. And the boys would go to the avengers side and draw and the girls would go to the heart sign and draw." I think the girl that sits next to him at school likes to draw hearts. Haha.

Liam was watching a movie of himself that we took on the phone and it was in slow motion. He started to reenact the slow motion and I wish so badly I could have taken video. He keeps me laughing.

Katelyn loves to point to my face and say all of the different parts. Nose, eyes, mouth, etc. Then she will point to her own eye, accidentally poke it and say, "Ow!" Like it was my fault.

Liam and Troy have started to tell me I'm a mean mom when I don't let them have something. "You are mean, mom. You don't let us have cookies!" I plead guilty if it's before dinner.

I asked Liam what he thinks daddy does at work. He replied, "Eat candy!" Well, that is what he does when we go to daddy's office.

Troy told me, "Mom, what if you were little like me and went to kindergarten?" I told him that I was little and went to kindergarten. He was shocked, "When?!" I said, "A long time ago bud." Then he added, "Well, it must have been a LONG time ago." I do remember my parent's being ancient when I was little.

Liam will do anything for candy. It's how we got him off diapers during his naps. I'm still working on naps. It's amazing the power of a few chocolate chips.