Praying

So...we are on our way home from daycare yesterday, after Mary told me that Blake might be grumpy because he refused to nap. I asked him why he didn't sleep. He says, "I just couldn't sleep momma...I couldn't get my eyes rested." I said to him, " Do you know what I do when I can't sleep? I take deep breaths. And if that doesn't work then I pray...I talk to Jesus." He thinks for a second and replies, "But....Jesus lives WWAAAYYYY over there by God, and I would have to pray really loud for him to hear me, and then it would wake the other kids up!" Gotta love his thinking sometimes! :-)

Cora starting to talk...finally!

She is now clearly saying "ma-ma", and will also say "up" and "hop, hop!" She is really starting to finally have an interest in talking and trying to say things...so I'm sure it won't be long and she'll be speaking in full sentences and telling her brother what to do!

Cora's Teeth & Blake's appreciation

Well, I'm behind again. Oh well...

Cora has been teething...has about 3 molars already. She went to the doctor for her 25 month check up and she was 29" and 22lb, 15 oz. Right on track...about 50th percentile for both. She is still not talking, but she understands most things that we say to her. Doc says that is fine...most kids only say about 3-6 words now anyway.

Tonight Blake and I were heading up to bed. Last night he lost his bed time story priveledge because he spit on a girl at daycare. So, tonight on the way up he asks if we can read a book tonight. I said yes. He turns and looks at me and says, "thanks momma...I really appreciate it!" Seriously..he is 3, and to be using words like that! Too funny!!

School is going good for Blake. We had a field trip to the movie theater last week, that was fun. He is still doing well in school.

It's a Blizzard!

Well, of course I am falling behind, but feel compelled to make a post tonight. We got one of the worst snowstorms we have seen in years yesterday and today....and we might get even more tonight. Neither of us went in to work today, and even the courthouse closed down, along with many other local businesses. We have probably at least a foot of snow, with some drifts much bigger than that. I will post a few pics once it's safe to take my camera outside!

Not much else happening....just the hustle and bustle of the holidays and getting ready for all the family Christmases. We started a new tradition this year - Alvin - our Elf on the Shelf. Each night he goes to the North Pole to tell Santa if the kids have been good or bad that day, and when he comes back the next morning, he is sitting in a new spot, somewhere around the house. We have to remind Blake several times a day that Alvin is watching him!

Well...today Blake peed his pants at daycare. Mary said he tried to get to the bathroom, but didn't get there on time. When I asked him why he was holding it, his reply was, "Because we were playing house and I didn't want to miss Christmas." How do you get mad at that!?! I kept my face stern though. :-)

Thanksgiving came and went. We had a busy one with 3 dinners and a wedding reception over the long weekend. It was good to see all the family.

and so it begins...

Blake told me today after pre-school that he has a girlfriend..."Maddie." He's been talking about her lots lately. I think what prompted this was that Amy, a co-worker, asked him if he had a girlfriend. Anyway...I said, "well, what about Vanessa...she's your friend and she's a girl, so she's your girlfriend too, right?" He responds, "No mom, she's just my friend. Girls can be just friends, ya know. But Maddie is my girlfriend." So, I convinced him that kissing girls besides his momma is gross....he agreed with me. So...I guess thats good.

Making a wish....& "nuts"

I'm really not sure where Blake comes up with these things...but he does. Sometimes, he can by SO sweet.

Tonight after we read our bedtime story and said our prayers, he told me he needs to see a star, so he can make a wish. So, we shut out the lights and looked out the window. He then says, "I wish for all my grandmas, grandpas, moms and dads, all my cousins and my Cora." Not sure what he wishes for us all, but I think it's all good. :-) Those are some of the people that we pray for every night, so I think he was just saying an extra prayer for all of us.

Today at pre-school, he came home with a chipmunk puppet made out of a brown lunch sack, and another brown lunch snack that had a few shelled peanuts in it. When we got in the car and were headed towards daycare, he says to me, "Mom...I can't wait to show Mary my nuts!" Too cute! Can't wait to haunt him with these things when he gets older! lol!!