Pickles

Last night, I drew a hot bath for Gillian. She was so content and took her time getting herself washed. I said "Gillian you gotta get your body washed." She said "But I'm just relaxing. You know like one of those places where you get green on your face and then they put pickles on your eyes?" I laughed at her. And finally got her to get washed. Next it was John's turn in the bath. He also laid down in the water and relaxed. I said "Gillian thought it was like one of those places where you get green on your face and ..." Gillian finished my sentence and said "Pickles on your eyes! Why do they do pickles?" I explained "It's not pickles, it's cucumbers and it's to take away the bags under your eyes." Gillian didn't miss a beat and said "You have bags under your eyes." Yes I do sweetie. I'm a mom. I guess I need some pickles. 

Reminiscing

Tonight while the kids were in the bathtub, John asked me "Do you remember when I was born?" What a question. How could a mom ever forget when her child arrived? Anyway, I said "Of course." He smiled and said "Do you remember when I walked for the first time?" I told him "Yes. And I can show you a video after your bath." He also asked me "What was my first word?" I told him "You said 'Mama' and then 'Dada' and then 'Dunc.'" He laughed. "Why didn't I say Duncan?" I explains that when you are little it is hard to pronounce words. He laughed again, like as if that could never happen.

After bathtime we warched some of his old videos. He laughed as little John attempted to walk across the basement. There was one video of John driving his little quad and he kept pulling his feet up. I told John that when he was little he didn't like the grass. He didn't believe me, but he still laughed at little John avoiding the grass. He asked me some more questions and we watched the videos a couple more times. I really enjoyed reminiscing with my little man. 

Pajamas

Every night after bathtime, I dry off John and then send him to his room to get pajamas. He is pretty good at picking out his pajamas. Tonight I sent him to his room and finished rinsing the soap out of Gillian's hair. A few minutes later we heard a crash and then a cry. I ran in his room to find him sitting on the floor with his pajama drawer on the floor in front of him. I asked him what happened. He said "I was looking for pajamas and it fell." And he burst into tears. Apparently he hit his back on his bed when the drawer came out. We told him that he needs to be more careful. He said "I didn't know that was going to happen!"

Candy

We have quite a bit of candy in our house from Halloween.  Every night after dinner, the kids raid the candy bucket.  They are each allowed one big candy bar or two small pieces of candy.  Tonight, the kids each picked two small bags of plain M&Ms.  John ate all of his M&Ms but Gillian took her time.  We were still waiting for her to finish when it was time for the kids to take a bath.  John said "Gill hurry up and eat your L-a-Lems!"  Like usual, I made him say it like ten more times.  He doesn't have much patience for me anymore.  And he asked "Well, what are they call?"  Before I could answer, Gillian said "Nem-Nems!"  I taught him how to properly pronounce M&Ms, after I got a video of them saying it incorrectly.

Oh John

Today we were running errands with the kids.  In the car, I told the kids that they needed to behave at while we were shopping or there would be no shows when we got home.  John said "Well I mostly cleaned the basement."  When he said "mostly" he put his hands in the air and wiggled his fingers.  I really didn't think much of it.  But later tonight, he said something very similar and again raised his hands and wiggled his fingers.  Daddy and I realized that John was doing air quotes.  The best part is that he was actually using them appropriately. 

John doing air quotes

After dinner tonight, John read Daddy a few books (we read every night).  When John was done, Daddy asked him "Do you want to take shower now or later."  John said "Let's do it now.  I want to be efficient!"

Boys will be boys

This morning Daddy told me to ask John if his armpits smelled.  I thought the request was a little odd, but it turned out to be a funny story.  I went into John's room to help him pick out some shorts that matched his shirt and I casually asked him "John, do your armpits smell?"  John smiled at me, and said "No!"  Then he picked up his arm and stuck his nose in his armpit and sniffed.  "Nope!  Smells good!"  I asked him why he smelt so good.  He said "Last night, Daddy let me use his armpit soap!"  I said "What happens when I'm not up here with you guys?"  He said "We do what we wanna!" 

Later I got the full story from Daddy.  Before John's shower last night, he pointed at Daddy's deodorant and asked if he could use some.  Daddy told him yes.  John thought that it was soap to be used in the shower, but Daddy told him it was to make sure you didn't get stinky.  So Daddy put a little under his arms after his shower.  John giggled the whole time, because it tickled.     

Bath time assistant

I give Gillian baths at night. And every night there is drama about getting the soap out of her hair. I have tried to get her to lay down on her back and lean her head back but she doesn't want to try. She gets upset and refuses to lay in the water. Even though when she is playing, she will lay down on her belly or her back. Anyway, last night I washed her hair with my shampoo (I have to do that at least once a week). So I asked her to lay back in the bathtub so that I wouldn't get any water in her face. She shook her head. "No!" I called in the big guns. I asked John to show Gillian how I get the soap out of his hair. He said, "This is what I do." Then he laid down on the bathroom floor and tilted his head back. She watched him and immediately laid down in the water. We got all the soap out of her hair with no tears. All thanks to my John.

Tonight we started to have the same problem. But all I needed to say was remember what John said? She laid back in the bathtub and we rinsed her hair. John checked on us saying "Do you need my help?" When I told him that she rinsed her soap out like a big girl, he went running to Daddy shouting "She did it! I didn't even need to show her!" I love that he was so proud of her too!