Carson

Bottoms

January 31, 2012

Carson just yelled at Mallory from the basement: “Get your bottom down here!”

Carson, Mallory

You can say that again

January 28, 2012

We are watching ice dancing on tv and Mallory keeps saying “ooh that’s hard”.
Then Carson said “oh dat’s HARD!!”
Mallory said “That’s right, Carson. You can say that again.”.

Carson, Mallory

Hi-O

January 28, 2012

In January we also went to Ohio (or “hi-o” as Carson calls it) to visit Rick’s mom for the weekend. And I do love how perfectly brainwashed my kids are because when we stopped to go potty at a gas station in Ohio, Mallory walked past a display of OSU Buckeye stuff and said “oooh yuck. Boo Ohio”.
We had a fun weekend in Cincinnati – Grandma took the kids to a Build-A-Bear workshop place to build-a-bear…Carson didn’t get that you weren’t supposed to take the full stuffed animal with you when you picked out what you wanted to make, instead …

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Carson

Our Silly Boy

January 24, 2012

That sweet boy of mine. I can’t stand him.
He is equally opinionated and easy-going. In a span of five minutes he can swing from absolutely-no-way-on-earth-I-will-NOT-let Mallory have the white cup at dinner time to giving her a big nod YES when she finally asks nicely (through tears) if she can please use the white cup at dinner.
He is talking like crazy and the stuff he comes up with is awesome.
This morning he came downstairs and still had his pacifier in his mouth. I told him he had to ditch it unless he was getting back in bed. He complained that …

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Mallory

Unpacked

January 21, 2012

Upon checking in to a hotel recently, Mallory took it upon herself to unpack.
She took her bag of bathroom stuff and set up shop in the basket that formerly housed the supplies for the coffee maker (after announcing “there is a COFFEE MAKER in the bathroom!”).

Mallory

Badder Teams

January 17, 2012

“Mom, do you know who the badder teams are? The state teams. You know, Ohio State and Michigan State…”

Mallory

Kids today

January 17, 2012

It’s no secret that I am a nerd and love gadgets but even this is ridiculous. When I tell Mallory she has something on her face, or that her tooth looks extra wiggly, she asks for my phone so she can take pictures of herself to see what I’m talking about.
I’ll admit I’ve done this a few times (when there isn’t a mirror nearby), but the fact that my 5-yr old does it too? It cracks me up.

Carson

“You so happy?”

January 14, 2012

Carson FINALLY went poop on the potty Thursday night!!
He had started his normal pre-poop grunting routine so I got him on the toilet. I’d read that if you give them a stool for their feet, it helps (since dangling feet make it hard to go poop?). This also allowed him a table to play with his Lightning ‘Queen (Lightning McQueen) and Mater (Tow Mater) toys while he tried to go poop.
I left him alone for a minute and he yelled at me “I WENT POOPY!!!”, and sure enough, he had.
As he finished, I started jumping up and down. …

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Mallory

It’s all in the details

January 12, 2012

Mallory loves to color and draw. I love when she makes something (at home or at school) and describes her artwork for me.
Today she pulled a drawing out of her bag of a rainbow and there were three suns. I told her I liked the flower and how sunny it was.
The best part is when she said back to me “Well, I need to do a little more detail on it. And by detail, I mean it needs some glitter.”
Sounds good, kid.

friends, Mallory

Hands On Birthday

January 8, 2012

The weekend before school started back up in January after winter break, Mallory’s good friend Laci celebrated her 6th birthday party at the Hands On Museum in Ann Arbor.
How cute is this sparkler candle?

Giving Laci her gift.

Mallory talks about Laci a lot, and Emma is a close second. Anytime Mallory comes home with a drawing from school, there are always three girls labeled L, M and E.
Rick doesn’t get it when I talk about it, but I’m pretty excited that Mallory has found these nice girls to start her school career with (and I like their moms, which is another …

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