Let me start this weeks blog off with a congratulations to one of our devoted readers who was recently engaged and has asked Lily to be in her wedding. Congratulations Ashey and Todd on your impending nuptials, we could not be more excited for you. Ashey, sorry I spoiled Ms. Lauren's surprise, but in my defense my wife did not say anything about a surprise. The best advice I can give 2 soon to be newlyweds is don't have 4 children. Though we love every single one of them and could not imagine life without each and every one of them with their unique attributes, frankly they will drive to the brink of inanity at times. Lily is so very excited to be part of the wedding, but don't be surprised if she starts referring it to "her" wedding.
Speaking of Lily, she has another loose tooth and though she is excited, she is not nearly as excited as the first go around. I guess she figures she is an expert at this now though I am certain she will expect all the flare that comes with the tooth fairy. We sprinkled glitter on her pillow the first time and she thought that was pretty cool,so we'll probably be cleaning up a lot of fairy dust as these teeth start dropping put. Looking at her the other day, I realized how big she is getting so fast. She goes on sleep overs, talks about boys, knows all the latest songs and defends Justin Bieber when I make fun of him. The good thing I have noticed about Lily is she is an open book. She will tell you the truth and let you know what is going on at school with friends and boys. We are trying to encourage that so she stays that way, but I have to be careful when she starts talking about boys trying to kiss her. She has all the right answers and says that she asks them to leave her alone, but still some kid named Merritt snuck a kiss in on her the other day. Put Merritt on my list.
The twins, that is a completely different story. They will lie right to your face without an ounce of guilt. Chloe is the worst or best at it depending on how you look at it. The other day Abby ratted her out for drawing on the walls and already had my suspicion that it was Chloe who did it. When I confronted Chloe and asked if she wrote on the wall, she simply replied "no". I told her to look me in the eye and I asked her again. The child looked me straight in the eyes and without hesitation or looking away gave me the same answer. The child has no conscience. Well old dad here doesn't claim to be the brightest bulb in the bunch but I l can outsmart a 2 year old. So I rephrased my question and asked "when you drew on the wall, where did you draw?". She replied, "in the media room". AHA! Busted you little liar! No I didn't gloat that I outsmarted my soulless 2 year old daughter, but we did have a talk about telling the truth and emphasizes the fact that daddy isn't that dumb regardless of what the two of you sit around and say about me and then try to conjure up ways to prove it. Yes, I do believe that happens.
And then there is my sweet Lawson Boy. Well he is sweet as long as you keep him fed. We are recognizing new words every day from him. It is so fun to watch the innate difference between a boy and a girl. If you were to give one of the girls a toy car they would figure out how to incorporate it into the Barbie world. Give that same car toy to Lawson and he knows that he is supposed to make vroom vroom noises and crash into the Barbie world and make all his sitters start crying. He is also smart enough to know that daddy is a total sucker for his baby boy and if he senses those girls are going to retaliate he seeks refuge my arms.
Well the twins just walked into our room and I smell poop, so better sign off for now.
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and Lawson Boy
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