After taking Drew to the doctor on Wednesday, to find out he has Cellulitus again, we went to Sam's Club to get his medication. I agreed to buy them some Icee's if they were good while we waited and didn't whine and ask for everything they saw. They were good, so off we went to get the Icee's. The lady that was running the stand was not able to get to us for about two minutes because she was straightening the lids and straws, it was very helpful to have those looking great while we were waiting. Anyway, when she finally got to us Drew took a look, waited until she went to get the Icee's and then asked why she had a red face. Why aren't kids ever quiet when they ask questions like this? I'm sure you've all seen people like this, they wear so much makeup that it looks like Halloween year-round? Well, lets say that her cheeks rivaled Raggedy Ann's. I explained that some people put make-up on to look pretty, this seemed to satisfy him. But, it gets better. The lady brings us our Icee's, she did not spit in them, I thank her, she politely smiles and Alexis says "Mom her teeth are disgusting. She needs to brush them." Again, where is the waiting until out of ear shot or whispering it so quietly that I couldn't hear it? I explained as quietly as I thought I could that it was impolite to point out things like that, especially when they can hear you. She looks at me and says "but mom, it's the truth," honestly whose child is she?
The next morning Alexis comes and climbs in bed with me and at some point she snuck out. She came back and woke me up to tell me that daddy said she had to go back to bed it was too early. I told her to lay down and go to sleep then, I was still tired. When I woke up she was gone. I went downstairs and she looked up and smiled at me while watching her cartoons. She told me that she snuck out of my bed after she heard daddy leave, then snuck into her room and peeked out the window to make sure that he was gone before she went downstairs to watch her cartoons. I do love my clever little munchkin.
Today all three kids came and climbed into bed with me. When I asked why they were all in bed with me Alexis pipes up with "we don't want to go downstairs, daddy might tell us to go back to bed." Funny us parents wanting them to sleep until the sun rises. One day they'll have kids of their own and understand why they get sent back to bed so frequently.
Drew has decided that when he's wearing his lion costume for Halloween he's going to go and steal everyone's candy. This upset Alexis so much she burst into tears. I assured her that he was joking and thinking that he would follow suit asked him to tell Alexis he was just joking. But no, he assured her that he was not joking and he was going to steal everyone's candy. She went upstairs to cry it out. When she came back I asked her if he was big enough to steal big kids' candy, or to take her stuff or my stuff. She said yes and went back upstairs crying. Drew did eventually tell her that when he takes his lion costume off he'll give back all of the candy, but when he's a lion he has to steal all the candy. I love little boys and their imaginations and little girls and their pre-teen mood swings.
Madison has taken up throwing little fits. Does it really surprise you? When she gets upset, whether or not it is genuine, she'll put her little hands over her mouth and occasionally she'll put them over her eyes. Sometimes we'll get lucky and she'll peek out from behind her little hands to see if we're still watching her. One of my favorites though is when she goes and folds herself in half with her butt poking up in the air and then she covers her eyes while she cries.
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