The fountain

We did a little shopping tonight. At The Grove there is a fountain with four frogs and a turtle spitting water on two ducklings. The kids checked out the fountain. Gillian said "Ewwwww! Why they do that?" John ran around sticking his fingers and hands in the water. Actually, he was karate chopping the  streams of water. Also there was one frog and the turtle that were not spitting a full stream of water. John approached both of them and said "Come on! You can do it!" Gillian followed John around and again realized that the ducks were getting hit with the water. She said "Ducks! Oh no!"

Who would have thought that a shopping trip would be so much fun?

Shoes

If you are a dedicate reader of my little blog, you know that Gillian and Dorlisa have a love-hate relationship. Most days they are best friends, but some days they are enemies. I never know what to expect when I pick the kids up. Tonight I asked her how her day was. She said "Good." Clearly I needed to be more specific. I followed with, did you go to timeout today? She said "No. But Dorlisa be bad to me today!" I asked her what happened. She said "Dorlisa say I little shoes." I'm confused. Did she really just say "little shoes?" I asked her to explain. She says "I have big shoes. Dorlisa have little shoes." I asked John if he understood what she was talking about. He didn't understand ether. I asked her, were you playing with big shoes and Dorlisa take them? She said "Dorlisa say to me, I have little shoes. I say no, Dorlisa have little shoes. I have big shoes." So apparently Gillian was mad that Dorlisa said her shoes were little. I guess it doesn't matter your age, never talk bad about another lady's shoes. 

Dealership

Today, we went to the dealership to visit Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy. Plus, on Memorial Day Mimi always cooks hot dogs for the customers so the kids were able to get lunch too. The kids shared a hot dog and had some popcorn too. We spent some time talking to Aunt Missy and then the kids went inside for an adventure. I stayed outside with Aunt Missy. Before I realized it, we heard a loud crash. Gillian had walked into one of the floor to ceiling windows. Daddy brought her outside to me. Poor Gillian was crying. She said to me "The window! The window hurt my nose!" While I was consoling Gillian, Daddy told me that tho was the second window she walked into.  She did the same thing just a few minutes earlier in the sales manager's office. Poor little lady isn't used to all those glass walls. 

John loved being at the dealership. He loved running around the showroom and testing out the new cars. He also loved helping the customers when they came over for a hot dog. He would show them where the drinks were and point out the snacks too. He was so sad when it was time to go. He didn't even say good bye to everyone. He was having too much fun. 

Cleaning

Since yesterday was rainy and cold, we spent most of the day inside. The kids spent most of the day in the basement playing with their toys. This morning I told them that they needed to clean the basement before they could watch any television shows. Gillian nodded and started to pick up some toys. John asked "How many?" I understand that, sometimes we tell them to only pick up a certain number of toys. But not today. Today they needed to clean up all the toys. John understood and started to clean up. Meanwhile, Gillian was playing. I called her over to me and told her that she needed to clean and not play. She said "I don't wanna!" I told her that I didn't make the mess and that she needed to clean it up. She said "no!" I told her that she had two options, clean the basement or go to timeout. She started to clean. But the second I turned away she would stop and play or sing a song or read a book. It took them about 45 minutes to clean the basement. It will probably be a mess again by tomorrow. 

Cake, part 2

Last night was Little Kyle's birthday party. Aunt Trish made cupcakes with blue and white icing and a cake too. Gillian inspected the cupcakes and decided she wanted a blue one. She licked all the icing off first and then attacked the cake. She ended up with blue icing all over her face, but she enjoyed it!

Today, our neighbor, Mr. Matt, dropped off a big piece of wedding cake. He and Miss Brittany got married last night and he thought the kids would enjoy some cake. The kids had some cake for dessert. John said "It's better than delicious! It's delish!" Gillian didn't say anything about the cake, but she did pick up about half of it on her fork and try to shove it in her face. I think she liked it.  

Pigs

Last week John's class was learning the letter P. Yesterday he brought home some of his art projects from last week. He was so excited to show me his pigs. One is made out of paper plates. He made a big point of telling me, "It's all pink. See I didn't leave any white!" The other pig was made out of a toilet paper roll. He told me, "It's a puppet. See I can put my fingers in the bottom. And it's a puppet! And look, he has a tail." 

Donuts

I picked the kids up from school today. In the car I asked the kids what they wanted for dinner. Gillian said "Yogurt!" John thought about it for awhile, then he said "Fancy grilled cheese!" In our house a fancy grilled cheese is basically a cheese quesadilla. 

I needed to pick up jelly so we needed to stop at the store. We got to the store and John went right to the carts, "Can we get this one?" I told him no. This was going to be a quick trip and we would carry everything we were buying. He said "Don't worry Mom! I'll carry everything." We got three steps in the door and John said "Can we get donuts?" How can you say no to that? Plus they ganged up on me. Once Gillian heard donuts, she joined John in the fight. "I like donuts! I get the black ones?" They both carried their donuts thru the store and John carried the bag to the car and to the house when we got home. 

When we got home, John asked "Can we have donuts for dessert?" I said yes. As I was making the fancy grilled cheeses, John asked "Can you open the box now? I know we can't have it now, but can you just open the box now?" All I'm thinking is that these donuts were a mistake. I said no and that we would open them when everyone was done. They ate the fancy grilled cheeses and they each got one donut for dessert (although Gillian tried to scam an additional donut). Then John had me write notes to put on the donut box, "Don't Touch! John's Donuts!" And one for Gillian's donuts too. What can I say, they love donuts!