A little bit of this and that...

Well, there have been a few happenings that I wanted to write about. Here are the few that my aging brain remembers:

• This morning Allie came in to wake me up and asked, "What color day is it?" It took me a second to figure out she wanted to know what color she was learning about in preschool. I told her there wasn't preschool today, so she could pick. She responded with, "Well...I think it is PINK day!!" Grand idea. She came running back wearing her favorite pink skirt and shirt. She then said, "Pink's a GREAT color!"
  
• Yesterday, Cooper had turned on our T.V. and was watching a show. I walked in and he asked, "Mom, is this a good show for me to watch?" I looked at the T.V. and saw Seinfeld on. "Maybe not." I turned it to a kid cartoon.


• Do any of you read the comics? I love "Baby Blues." This little comic strip family has the same dynamics as our little family;mom, dad, girl, boy, girl. I can relate with the mom all the time. Today's strip was about the little boy finding his shoes in the freezer. I find all sorts of stuff in ours! Another one that made me laugh was her sitting among the piles of laundry. Does laundry ever end?!


• I am not buying Christmas presents this year. I am buying cases of canned food. My kids have been building towers with the green beans that I bought--so why spend extra money on toys. Right?!


• Maggie had a friend over that she loves to play with. She is such a polite, sweet girl. I love having her over. Yesterday, they were playing and Alayna ran to the bathroom and barfed all over. Her mom came at that moment to pick her up and then had to clean our bathroom. It is nice and clean...even the bathmats and shower curtains.


• We have a new discipline tool--MUSH! It is actually oatmeal made with just water. Nothing else. So far it is working wonders! Our kids are going to bed better and listening better too. They hate it when they get it. So far Maggie has had it once, Cooper once, and Allie twice. (I can't give it to the kids any more around Chris because he kind of giggles when they spit it out and I make them eat more. I need to have Chris eat it too--his Scouts think he needs it.)
  
• All three kids were in our Primary talent show. Cooper did a cartwheel. Allie turned a somersault, and Maggie played the piano. It was a fun little event.

Well, if my feeble brain works better and remembers more, I'll post it.