I just don't get it...

Here is my status message from FB earlier:

"I just don't get it. Charissa was incredibly fussy and whiney till Josh starting shooting nerf darts at her. She is now smiling, saying me and picking them up to give to Josh so he can shoot some more."


She absolutely loves the nerf gun and will help Josh load the soft darts into the gun.  She says me too and wants to play w/ it herself.  It is a riot as the other 2 kids will giggle and run away.  She goes toward the flying darts and laughs when they hit her.  Still makes no sense but whatever makes her happy.   I am going to nickname her fearless though on top of calling her my goofball.  Joseph tends to be called "Bud" and Cynthia is called "sweetie or silly" a lot so they each have their name. 

A new words and sayings by the kids

Recently the kids have been saying things that have just made me laugh.  I thought I would share as well.

We enrolled Cynthia in a preschool gymnastics class at the local recreation center yesterday morning.  We thought it would be good for her to try something new.  When I told Cynthia what I did her response was "Mommy we have to talk about these things first!"  She was so serious about it.  After explaining what she would be doing in gymnastics and assuring her she would be having a good time, she seemed ok w/ the idea.  Only time will tell though.

Joseph is now officially obsessed w/ hockey.  If he sees a stick or anything resembling hockey in print, he will yell "hockey", "I play hockey now."  Last night when we were playing some street hockey w/ the kids in the driveway, he put the ball down and very excitedly said "Let's play hockey now!" and hit the ball w/ his little stick.  It is very cute but also the cause of tantrums when we tell him it is time to put up the hockey stuff.

Charissa learned the word no on Monday.  I have to admit it is cute when she says "no, no, no" but know taht cuteness will fade real quick.   She is talking so much lately or at least trying to talk.  I am just trying to enjoy watching her at this stage as I know it goes by way too quickly.

The things kids do and say

Now that the Arnold Fitness Expo is over, I have a little more time to update this thing.

Over the weekend w/ Grandma Stevens, Cynthia narrated and illustrated a short story to Grandma.  She did 2 of them actually and even created a front and back page for them.  It has a beginning, middle and end and was very cute.  I showed it to her preschool teacher on Wednesday while the kids were on the alphabet mat listening to end of a story while waiting to be picked up.  Mrs. Frechette had Cynthia give her short story to Mrs. Tobin to read in front of the whole class. The look on Cynthia's face was priceless as it was being read.  She was so proud of herself and I was a very proud parent.  The story is already in her preschool memories binder I am working on for her.

Charissa is turning out to be quite the playful little toddler.  We were all outside in the front yard on Tues riding bikes and what not when Charissa found a puddle.  My other 2 may have stepped in it but definitely not put their full focus on it. Charissa did just that and had a great time jumping in it and splashing it getting as dirty as possible.

Joseph has been cracking me up lately by pointing and saying "You mommy!".  He is such a sweetie who loves to climb on everything and is afraid of very few things.   He also absolutely loves music.  I picked him up from his classroom at MOPS and he had a drum around his neck just banging along.  We have also picked him up from his classroom at church and have seen him holding a guitar.  It will be interesting to see if this interesting develops into anything.