Movie critic

After dinner we decided we would have family movie night. John immediately said "Let's pop some popcorn." I guess I didn't jump up quick enough because he said "Mom! Let's get popping!" Daddy gave us a couple of options and we decided on a double feature of Monsters vs Aliens and The Muppets. John's pick was Monsters vs Aliens and Gillian has never seen that movie. So John told her, "It's ok. It's not scary, it's about nice monsters. And aliens. Like the aliens that are our neighbors!" John insists that the neighbors behind us are aliens because they have one room that is painted bright green. When the light is on in that room it glows. He thinks the glow is from the aliens. We only watched half of Monsters vs Aliens. John kept getting scared (yes, you read that right) so we stopped it and put on The Muppets.

Faster than...

John told me tonight "I am faster than all the animals in the world! But you know what? There is one animal that I am not faster than. Do you know what animal? Come on, you know!" I insisted that I did not know what he was talking about. He said "Duncan. Duncan is faster than me! Duncan is so fast." I love his logic. He first says that he is faster than all the animals but contradicts himself by saying that his dog is faster than him. He also told me "I'm as strong as a lion! Well maybe a fire ant. You know why they call them fire ants? Because they are red!"

At bedtime tonight, he told me "I'm as brave as an ant. I don't like the dark and I get very scared." I explained to him that ants are very brave. They are so tiny but they still leave their house everyday to find food and shelter for their families. And that he should be proud to be brave like an ant! I hope our little talk helped him to be brave in the dark.

Funnies

Here are a few quick funnies from this week:

Yesterday, John wanted to wear his sunglasses to school. Well, he thinks they are sunglasses. They are actually tinted safety glasses that Chuckie gave him. Anyway, he wore them to school and he told his teacher "I wore my glasses today! They are black!"

Gillian counting her babies tonight, "Two, five, six!" There were three babies.

On our way to school today, John noticed that the moon was still out. He said "Mom! The moon and the sun are following us! Go faster! We gotta get away!" Gillian didn't hesitate either. She yelled "Mommy! The sun and moon gunna get us! Oh no!" I asked them how I would be able to get away from the moon and the sun because they are so big. John said "And they are so far away. And you know what? We can't go near the sun! Because its so hot. Maybe they aren't chasing us!"

At dinner tonight, I told Gillian that she needed to eat more chicken. She said "Aw shucks. I not going to eat it." And pushed her plate away.

Super hero secrets

John thinks that our family has super powers. Daddy is super strong. John is super fast. Gillian has super whining power. According to John, "She can break glass!" And Mommy can see thru walls. For more information on my powers check out my post on February 18th called Superheroes.

Last night while John was in the shower, I said to him, don't forget to wash your hair. He said "I'm washing my hair now! How did you know? Oh that's right! You can see thru walls!"

Today I was dropping the kids off at school and John ran down the hallway super fast. He stopped turned to me with a serious face, and said "Mommy. You can't tell anyone about our powers. It's a secret! No one can know!"

Daddy's Clues

This weekend John went into our art supplies and started to pull out blue paper. He drew something and then started cutting. He got frustrated because the three sheets of paper were not staying still. I asked him what he was doing. He said "I'm making hands for Blues Clues!" if you read our blog regularly, you will remember out Betty's Clues post.  I thought that John would come up with something for Daddy and I to solve. But no. Once he was done cutting out his hands, he handed them to me and said "OK. I'll close my eyes when you put out the clues." I asked Daddy to set up the clues. John waited patiently downstairs while Daddy set up the clues.  Then he came upstairs got his notebook ready and pencil behind his ear and he was ready.  Here's John solving "Daddy's Clues"

 

The first clue: he found one of the hands on some of Daddy's tools. John quickly drew a picture of the tools and went to find the next clue. 

The second clue: John found a bag in the loving room with the next hand print. The bags had wires in it. John scratched his chin and drew a picture of the wires. 

The third clue: John was very confused. He didn't know where to look next. He wondered around the living room looking high and low. Luckily, Gillian pointed out the next clue. "it's right here!" she proudly said as she pointed to a big box. 

 

 

John had all of his clues. So he sat in a chair and scratched his chin and tapped his pencil on his forehead. "Hmmmm. I wonder what Daddy wants to do? Tools and wires and a box." Daddy gave him a little hint and said "What's in the box?" "I know! Daddy wants me to help him set up the new TV! I knew it!!!"

My Babies' Back

Last week Gillian had a rough week. She had quite a few "accidents" at school. Daddy and I know that these are not accidents and that she is intentionally pooping her pants. In an effort to motivate her to go on the potty like a big girl, we have taken away her favorite toys (her baby dolls). Saturday night after the party, Gillian had her first success! She was able to pick one toy and she got her favorite baby back. She was so happy and so proud.

All day today she played with her baby. She took baby for rides in her stroller and by late morning she had her second success! She ran upstairs to tell Daddy. "Daddy, I get baby back! I go poopy on the potty!" He didn't believe her and asked me to confirm. After I confirmed her statement, Daddy gave her another baby. Gillian found me and said "I get this baby back!" Hopefully we are back on track and we will have no more "accidents" this week.

16 hour trip

Today we went to Lorenzo's birthday party. Lorenzo is Daddy's cousin's son and today was his fourth birthday. They live in south Jersey about an hour and half from our house. We told the kids that we would be in the car for a long time and to pick some toys for the trip. They were good in the car for awhile, then John got antsy. "Are we there yet? We have been in the car for like 16 hours!"

The kids had a great time at the party. John made friends with the other kids while Gillian stuck to Mommy's side. There was a couple of musicians that came and played music for the kids. They played freeze dance. John came in second. He was so disappointed that he didn't win. It was so close. He also answered a question for the musician and got a guitar pick. He then seemed to think that it would be appropriate to ask the musician "Can I play the guitar?"

It was almost time to leave and I told John "Five more minutes and then we are going home." He replied "But I didn't even get a party bag!" And then he went back to play with the kids. Don't worry. The kids both got goodie bags. The bags were a great distraction on the car ride home. Daddy carried Gillian in the house and took off her coat. As he pulled off her shoes, he noticed that she had something stuck in her leggings. It was a box of crayons from her goodie bag. She said "I have no pockets." She had no pockets so it seemed logical for her to stick her new crayons in her leggings.