Almost doesn't count...

Okay so is there ever something you say that comes back to haunt you? If so then you'll love this...

Just to give you some background info - Eva who is known for her random biting, etc... is always being blamed for biting when she technically hasn't bitten Grace. Generally she makes an "attempt" but Grace is good at sensing it or dodging her. However, even when Eva doesn't make contact IF Grace thinks she was going to bit her, I hear, "Eva bit me! Eva bit me!" I'll say to Grace, "No she didn't bit you..." which Grace will respond w/, "well she A L M O S T did!"

So my mantra has become, "Almost doesn't count."

So we've finished Thanksgiving dinner at Gram's house and we're driving to Nanni's - we're less than 5 minutes away, when Grace says, "Are we there yet???" So, what do I say:-) ?? A L M O S T:-)

Here is what makes me roll w/ laughter... Grace says, "Almost doesn't count." Totally w/out missing a beat -- gosh is she like a little parrot or what??!!

Pic's at the park...

Grace's Preschool Party...

Okay so today Grace's preschool is having a Thanksgiving party - most of the parties fall on days that I work, but this one is finally on a Wednesday! So I get to go:-) I signed up to bring fruit, so last night Grace and I worked on making fruit kabob's... I should say I worked on making them, while Grace tried to steal (and eat) as much fruit as she could:-) You would have thought I didn't feed her:-)

Grace's class (Miss Rhonda) all of the kids were dressed as Pilgrim's - so the little girls w/ bonnets like Grace's and the boys w/ hats. The other 4-year old class (Miss Kristen) dressed as Indian's. They had turkey sandwiches, fruit, veggies and desserts! I was shocked how well they all ate, especially considering it was only 9:30 a.m. - but they all gobbled everything down; Grace included!

Then they sang "I'm glad I'm not a Turkey on Thanksgiving Day!" It was the cutest song ever! I wish Grace could remember it all, of course I can't but it was soooo sweet. I was also impressed b/c lots of the other kids who's parents helped out were fussy, cried, just acted differently b/ their parents were there. But not Grace she was good the entire time, sweet to everyone - listened to Miss Rhonda too! I was so proud of her!

Grace & Jillian Antel (one of her best buds!)

Going to work w/ Mommy...

It's so cute, Grace has looked forward to going to work w/ me since last week - maybe longer! She has a doctors appointment w/ a pediatric dermatologist to look at the little skin tag on her leg. But the apt. is at 10:00 a.m. in Greenwood so for me right in the middle of the day. So I figured, she can come to work - bring the Leapster and some art supplies and she'll be good till then. I'll take lunch early and then Matt can take her back to Brenda's.

Grace had her little backpack all packed the night before -- too cute! And when I got up at the crack of dawn, she did good and got up and got ready too, and I'm talking early. We left the house by 5:30 a.m. I'm certain Grace isn't normally doing anything that early! So once we got to work Grace told me she was hungry so I took her over to the cafeteria where she picked out a bagel. She was excited to use the "fancy" toaster:-) She ate her bagel, my yogurt, then colored some... played her Leapster, wanted something else to eat! I've never seen her eat so much -- she had some baked chips out of the vending machine. Good thing her apt. was at 10:00 a.m. or I would have been broke just feeding her!!!

Grace had enough time to color a picture for all of my friends at work - she had tons of fun at Rob Dinkel's desk. Grace wanted stickers, Rob didn't have any - so he drew stickers for her on post-it notes! Can you tell he has a little girl too? Grace really liked him, go figure!

We left about 9:45 a.m. and met Matt at the doctors office. The doctor was super nice, you could tell she dealt w/ kids a lot. They came in w/ the dry ice and once we said we wanted it gone there was no sit tight while we go get what we are going to torture you w/ - they just did it right away. And Grace was a trouper. I know it hurt and she started to cry some, but they were fast and she was super tough. Mattie took her to get chicken nuggets (a treat!) on the way home. He said she complained about her leg the entire way to Brenda's. But when I called Brenda to check on her she said she didn't mention her leg at all. In fact, when all of her friends asked where she'd been she told them, "At McDonald's!" So no mention of the doctor at all.

Apple bottom boots....

Gotta love little Gracie, she spent FOREVER talking about "Megan the big sister's apple bottom jean boots" - aka: Megan Cory (the big sister b/c she's older than Megan who goes to Brenda's) apple bottom jean boots refers to boots that have fur (i.e. UGGS). Grace has been dying to get some, I sooooo wanted to just splurge and get her the UGGS on Zappos but they were $150 and I figured knowing my luck she would say they hurt her feet and only wear them once. So I found the cutest pair at Gap.com -- and Gracie loves them! Brenda just wrote to say that when Grace walked in the door this morning the first thing she said was, "look at my apple bottom boots!" Too cute!

Has she [Eva] grown at all???

Okay so we all know Eva has had to have grown some, but today the outfit she picked out to wear (happens to be one of my favorites!) she was wearing almost at this same time last year!!! It's November now, and she wore this out fit - same pants and the same top last DECEMBER. Crazy to think she really hasn't changed that much. Uncle Rob says, she's just gotten "curvier":-) I think that's him being nice! But we'll take it in any form we can get!

Spitting?? Seriously???

Okay so why is it that kids only pull half of the bad stuff when they are at the sitters???

Today Brenda emails me and says, "so when did Eva start spitting?" I was like "WHAT???" I've never seen her spit, nor have I seen her watch anyone spit where she might have learned this! Brenda then says, instead of pinching Little Molly she spit... oh know. What next? I pinching or spitting worse? And, I have to be able to catch her doing it to correct her, and I've never seen it happen.

Again, how can someone so cute be such a little stinker???