My funny kids

A few recent stories about my kids:

Last Saturday, I was on a mission to get things done. I cleaned house, cleaned kids, went to walmart, went to a friend's house, took Nate shoe shopping ... by 9 pm, I had finished my to do list, but the kids were exhausted and very cranky. We were in the truck headed home, and they were both fussing at me. Georgia was hungry and crying. Nate was whining that he wanted to stop for ice cream. They got quiet for a minute, and all of a sudden they both started laughing--together. Now, this is uncommon, that Nate is having anything to do with Georgia. I said, "Aw, Nate, are you making your sister laugh?" More giggling. I couldn't see what they were doing, so after a few minutes, I pulled back the shade on Georgia's infant carrier to see that Nate had his finger in Georgia's mouth! And they both thought that was hilarious. Even though I liked the temporary peace, I really didn't know where that finger had been and made him get it away from her. :)

Georgia is talking a little more. A couple months ago she had said dada a couple times, but she hasn't said it since. With a lot of prompting from Blake, she's finally started saying it again this week. She's very proud of herself, and I think it melts Blake's heart. She has also started saying Georgia! It sounds like Juh juh. She hears people say "Hey Georgia" all the time and has picked it up. She's notorious for pulling up at Nate's little desk while he's having a snack and grabbing food off his plate, to which he responds, "Get Georgia AWAY!!!!" Well, a couple days ago, she saw Nate eating at his desk, speed crawled over, popped up and smacked her hand on his desk and said, "Hey Juh juh!"

In the last post I talked about Nate's "drumming socks." He has been really into drumming lately and "rocking" in general. Friday night was a rare night when Blake and I were both home, and we were playing with the kids. Nate said, "Come rock with me!" We pulled up some music on youtube--everything from Twisted Sister to MCHammer, and we all drummed and danced and sang and laughed. Nate said, "We just wanna rock!" :) That night when I was getting him ready for bed, I asked, "Did you have a fun day?" Nate said, "The rockin was so fun. I rock so hard." Hahahaha!

One day I left my laptop open on the coffee table while I went in another room. I figured Georgia would come over to the computer to investigate and push a few buttons. Sure enough, I heard Nate say to her, "No, don't get her computer!" Then yelled to me, "She's trying to email! Get Georgia away!" Tattling already!

Georgia only wants to eat table foods now. She's so over baby food. And this girl can eat anything. A couple weeks ago at Nate's music program, I was making a little plate of snacks for Nate, and I had Georgia on my hip. (It's amazing what you can do with a baby on your hip with a little practice.) I was talking to Nate when one of the teachers said, "How many teeth does Georgia have?" I smiled and said two. She said, "I don't know how she's eating that then!" I looked over to see she had a cheese puff in her mouth! She swiped it off Nate's plate without me even seeing her do it, and she was right there on my hip! Sneaky. But she ate it! A couple days later, I had cut up some chicken fingers for Nate to eat for lunch, but he had left a bite on his plate, and Georgia of course pulled up there and swiped it. I saw her put this bite of chicken in her mouth and just watched her, thinking there was no way she could eat it and I'd have to fish it out. Nope, she ate it! I have no idea how. She will eat anything. Yesterday at the golf scramble, she was in my lap while I was eating, and she grabbed a piece of spinach with raspberry viniagrette dressing on it and starting gnawing away!

Saturday, we went to Kentucky Horse Park with the SBAK playgroup. It was hot hot hot, but a fun day. When we got home, Nate's nose was running and he was all kinds of upset about it. I told him being outside must have upset his allergies and gave him some benedryl. Later, I asked him what his favorite part of the day was. He said, "We got to see the horses. But it made me snot."