a little treat?

norton was out of town at a conference this week. so mommy decided to relax a few of the "rules" around here. i let them all drink their milk in sippy cups on the couch in the morning. i let them eat their breakfast on the couch while they watched "dinosaur train." just a few little things like that. and i always prefaced everything with, "this is a little treat for you!"
this next part might seem a little off topic, but keep reading.
about a month ago i finally decided to buy some of those disposable wipes to use on the kids when they go number two. too many times, the kids would be getting red bottoms because they would wipe themselves and not do a good job. so the rule was, "tell mommy when you go poo-poo so i can wipe your bottom." a couple of days ago townsend was in the bathroom going number two. i tried to wait for him to finish-sometimes he's on there quite awhile-to wipe his bottom but suddenly i had to go too! so i told him that i was just going to give him the wipe and he could do it himself. he replied, "kinda like a treat for me?" maybe you had to be there. but it was funny. :)

a look into the future??

the other day the girls and i were in the family room playing. townsend walked in with a huge pile of papers and announced, " everyone, sit down. i am going to preach!" then he proceeded to shuffle the papers, (it was a stack of at least 30 pages-that's some sermon!) and told us that "God wants us to love each other."
with norton being a "preacher" and all, maybe this shouldn't have come as a surprise to me. but i don't think we ever use the term, "preacher." and townsend hasn't ever been in a service to see norton preach and use papers and such. so we don't know where this came from. but it was sure cute. marin, of course, decided she wanted to "creech" too. so she went and got a pile of papers and started "creeching." then townsend and marin started fighting about the papers and all the "love" went out the door. :)

3 or 13?

marin has gotten into a bad habit. a very bad habit.
she has started calling me "mom" and norton "dad."
i thought we had another ten years or so before this started!
i don't like it. not one bit.
marin, you are our BABY. hear me??
love, MOMMY AND DADDY

oh, the questions

the kids have recently started this little "game" with me. here's an example.
them- "what do we do tomorrow morning?"
me-"breakfast"
them- "what's after breakfast?"
me- "preschool"
them- "what's after preschool?"
me- "quiet time"
them- "what's after quiet time?"
on and on they go. you get the picture.
tonight marin asked, "where are we going tonight?"
me- "nowhere."
marin- "what's after nowhere?"
for some reason, it just cracked me up. :)

tennis shoes aren't just for your feet

marin has had a runny nose for the past couple of days. so she constantly asks for a "tennis shoe." we laugh every time. i get it, though. tennis shoe-tissue. say both real fast and it's perfectly understandable. :)

overheard tonight

i was giving ellory a bath tonight. marin had already had her bath and was in her pj's. townsend had disrobed and was waiting for his turn. i heard him ask marin, "do you want to play naked dancer?" then he proceeded to run around the house yelling, "i'm a naked dancer!" i was grateful and actually pretty surprised that marin did not join in.
now this being a family blog and all, there are no pictures posted to document the event. :)

booooring!

i guess mommy should come up with more exciting snacks, huh?