Everyday Silliness

My children are getting so big so fast and they just crack me up on a daily basis so I figured I'd share some silliness so we can all laugh at them together! 


The other day Jared got up from his chair, where he was watching ESPN or something of that nature, to get something out of the garage.  When Mia noticed this she ran to me and said after a deep intake of breath, "Mom we have to hurry, Daddy's gone, we have to turn on Mickey Mouse before he gets back!"  Of course, I thought this was hilarious and RAN into the room to get her all set-up before he can back.  She immediately jumped in his chair and started her show.  Jared did some exaggerated huffing and puffing for her benefit but I thought it was pretty good!


Last night I got the kids ready for bed and had Hunter in his jammies.  I had to find both cars for his ramp way so they didn't have to fight over them and all was good.  About 5 minutes later Hunter came up to me obviously upset and he kept grabbing the collar of his jammies like they were bothering him.  My first thought was, I know he wore them the night before but I didn't think they were that dirty! So I, like any good mother, kept letting him fuss.  I rubbed my finger over his collar to see if anything felt weird...nothing.  He was rambling about cars and still fussing and I thought, ok I'll just put new jammies on him.  When I unzipped him I found one of his cars in his jammies down by his foot!  Don't put cars in your jammies if you can't get them back out!!! Come on dude!


Last night, while watching Mickey Mouse, definitely a family favorite, Hunter surprised me yet again by calling for tootles! He covered his ears and everything! According to Mia, I was not doing it right because you have to put your hands on your face when you call for Tootles and I was only cupping them around my mouth...what was I thinking!


This morning Mia woke up and was telling me what a big girl she was.  We had to make the coffee and get her milk ready and then she was ready to go potty.  Of course now that she had been up for awhile she said Mommy we better hurry before I pee on the floor! Don't worry, we made it in time.  She was excited because she had another successful night with a dry pull-up! Then as she was on the potty relieving herself she exclaims "Mommy, my pee is talking to me! It's saying whee whee (this said in a whispery voice).  Oh Mia, you are too cute!!

There are plenty more, but I'll have to be quicker at documenting if I'm going to remember them all for you!

Potty Time!

YAY! Mia is actually wearing panties now!!!!  We are officially on week 3 of panties and we are doing AWESOME! Mia is even telling us when she needs to go potty or goes by herself without us even asking or telling.  What a big girl.  If I realized how easy this was going to be I might have started it sooner, but maybe this was just good timing for our little BIG girl! I think in the past week she has only had one small accident but no one was around when she needed to go pee so I think it's great.  I lifted her up as a praise at exercise last night so everyone can tell how proud we are! Now we just got to get Hunter...

Circus! Circus!

So, Jared and I decided that it would be fun to try to take the kids to the circus this year since we had a little Christmas money left!  Of course, as any good parent would do, we used it as a bribe with Mia's potty training and basic obedience all week! :) You know, the usual..."only big girls that wear panties can go to the circus" or "if you don't pick up your toys we won't be able to go to the circus this Saturday." Lucky for us we were able to go and we had a great time. 

We went a little early to see the animals in the exhibition center. This was NOT what we were expecting.  Way too much money after paying for tickets, luckily are kids haven't learned to beg for things yet so we were able to escape without any issues! Before we went into the arena we were able to meet a few clowns.  The kids were both skeptical at first but then when Hunter gave one a fist bump they thought they were cool! We had wonderful seats and were close enough that the kids could actually see what was going on.  They each got their own light up toy and loved the popcorn! The cotton candy did not go over as well, I'm assuming because of the texture.  I think Mia's favorite part was the horses, she had completely lost interest by the time the elephants came out.  Jared and I actually enjoyed the show and were able to see most everything although it didn't compare to what Jared remembered from growing up of course nothing ever does!

It was a little long for our two little tykes and Mia was definitely ready to go since she only asked to go home after each act! Then when she found out we were going to go to Grandma & Grandpa's house afterwards she REALLY wanted to leave!

Waiting for the circus to start

Cheese!

Trying to take a picture while we wait for Daddy to come back with goodies!

Here Mia, play with this light while I eat all the popcorn!

Tigers!

Daddy & Mia

Mommy & Hunter

Elephants!!