Potato... Tomato... T-onato....

Potato... Tomato... T-onato....

It was so funny, we were driving to the house to see Matt (he's been working over there on the play house) when Grace told me, "today at Brenda's a t-onato blew everything about... right over us in the sky". I was like, "what??" Then it clicked!

T-onato (like potato) = T O R N A D O:-)

It was so cute the way she said it, I almost didn't want to correct her, I thought her way was cuter! Sure makes a tornado sound better - wouldn't you love it, if on the news they said, "a tonato touched down in... ". Life as a 4 year old, isn't it grand!

Preschool Spanish...

I just signed Grace up (again!) for Preschool Spanish. We were signed up in the fall & she was dying to go, but they didn't have enough people sign up for the class so the day of it was canceled. Hopefully there will be enough people this time... they are to learn basic conversational class focusing on counting, colors, animals, body parts, and basic communication words. Fun themed games will help to reinforce each day’s lesson. The class is for children ages 3-5, and runs for 4 weeks... Monday's from 5-5:45 p.m. I think she'll have a B L A S T! Assuming they have the class.... let's cross our fingers!

Hot Dog...

Daddy & Jeff Grimme cooked dinner on the grill... Jeff was very careful making sure the hot dogs didn't have any lines on them, otherwise Grace would say that her hot dog has "dirt" on it:-) Grace refused to eat her hot dog, saying she'd rather have a grilled cheese - so back to the grill, where yes the boys made grilled cheese. Grace then didn't want to eat it either, but Mommy said she had to eat some of it. So while Grace is being a DRAMA queen about her food... Eva just there happily eating her hot dog, watching everyone.

How can they be sisters? They seem to be from two different worlds:-)

Don't they make a cute couple...

Eva's so cute! After the big girls - Grace, Lilyann & Ella have given up playing with sidewalk chalk, Eva slowly moves in & collects all the left behind chalk. It's almost as if she's trying to figure out what made it so great, that these girls (that she looks up to) would spend their time playing with it. Even not knowing the importance, she collects all the pieces b/c it must be something important if they played w/ it!

While collecting her chalk, Daddy moved in for some "Eva time!" - don't they make a cute couple:-)

Fun w/ sidewalk chalk...

Down at the lake for Daddy & Uncle Rob's birthday... some how it seems like when ever we are here the sidewalk chalk is always out! We don't seem to play with it much at home, but maybe that's just b/c it doesn't go well drawing at home on someone else's driveway - but here at the lake sidewalk chalk is a staple. And of course, Eva always tries to eat her chalk, & why not - it's not much different from a crayon & she eats those! After trying to eat one, she took to creating her own art & drew on herself. Andrea & Brittany (Kevin's girlfriend) both had fun helping the girls color.

On the attack again....

Okay so we all know Eva's taken to biting at Brenda's w/ the other kids to either defend herself, or more likely b/c she's learned that after biting she gets her way. That might be b/c the kids are terrified of her, or as they are crying licking their wounds she grabs the item she wants. Well today, she was on the attach all day long! We went shopping looking for new shoes for her, apparently she was tired of shopping so rather than learn to talk & tell me that, she decided the message would be much clearer if she just bit me repeatedly! Luckily these were through my shirt (she was attacking my upper arm & shoulder) felt like a mild pinch. When that wasn't working she would either grab my hair or try to pull my nose off. It's hard to believe that otherwise she is so sweet.

The biting doesn't stop there... I was cleaning strawberries, Grace & Eva were eating them almost faster than I could clean & cut. I bent down to give Eva one, she was dancing & bumped my thumb nail into the base of her nose. I apologized, but she must have still been mad b/c she bit me through my jeans hard enough to leave a small (only b/c she only has 4 teeth - otherwise it would be huge!) bruise on my leg! I knew it hurt, but I was shocked to see the mark she left behind - little stinker.

She managed to keep this up the rest of the night, anytime she wasn't getting her way... out come the teeth. Typically she is slow enough that you see what is coming & stop her. I'm not sure what we're going to do, at this rate she won't have any friends!

We have officially entered the WHY phase...

I knew it would happen, I mean it had to she's my daughter & I still have vague memories of saying, "why? why? why... why... why?????" Well again, one of my Dad's wishes (I hope you have a daughter JUST like YOU!) has come true....

Grace has officially entered the WHY phase - and OMG, it can drive you mad! It's one why question after another, it's never ending. I know, right now you'd love to say "but why?" But I have to just look at her & smile - knowing that behind each & every why question, is a little mind that works just like mine:-)