The Things They Say - Part 7

G3 talking about Toaster Strudel: Aww, that looks pretty. It looks like a mommy.
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G2: When I grow up I want to be a firefighter in the mornings and a martial artist at night.

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G1: Mommy, the light hurts my eyes at night. I think I'm a vampire at night now.

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G2 talking about George Washington: He was born before everybody. Even Jesus.

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G2: We go to The Church of Latter-day Things

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G4 while sleeping: Sometimes I talk when I'm asleep.

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G1: I wish we had other people that could be president. Like Uncle Micah, because he's funny. It could be him against Uncle Monkey. And I would vote for Uncle Micah.

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G4: I'm doomed.
G3: Like Dr Doom?

Matt is "famous"

Every month we (actually Matt) gets a newsletter thing in the mail from the railroad.  It has all the highlights of things going on in the Chicago Division of BNSF.  One month over the summer Matt was highlighted in it because of how well he did at the Kuk Sool Won tournament in St Louis, at the end of April (I will try to get some pictures/videos of that trip sometime).  

At the train station

This summer Poppy rode the train out to Colorado for some railroad stuff.  The Gs, Noah, Uncle Monkey, and I all joined Grammy to see Poppy off.  Here are some pictures from our time waiting for the train to arrive.

 Noah-Gator

 4Gs and A Noah

 G2 and G3

 Me, my momma, and my twin

Grammy, Poppy, 4Gs, and A Noah

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

This summer Ronald McDonald (or Old MacDonald had a farm, as G4 calls him) visited our public library. Matt and I took the girls to go see him (I believe G1 was staying with Grammy, and that's why we didn't have him with us). 

 G3 was Ronald's helper for part of his storytelling.

4th of July

On the 4th of July we went to Grandma and Grandpa Fairlie's camper to spend the day. I think this is the most recent family picture we have.

Matt decided to get G1 his first BB gun for his 7th birthday.  We decided to give him this present while we were at the camper, rather than at his party with his friends.  Here is Matt showing G1 how to use it and G1 shooting it.

Hanging out in trees

Just some pictures Matt & I took, on our phones, over the summer of the kids in trees. 

Marcia, I need you to teach me how to use GIMP, I don't have PSE on any of the computers and would have loved to have done some editing...

G1 flips

The Boy

G3's book

Today, G3 was sent home from school sick.  While waiting in the nurses office she started drawing pictures for a book.  When we got home she finished her book.  I liked it and wanted to share with all of you. 

First page is G3 (on left) and G4 (on right) under the sun. *I don't remember why she wrote G3 twice...*

G3 and G4 have gotten very close and I have heard each say the other is their best friend.

Page 2 is Daddy (green) and Mommy (red)

 Page 3 is Uncle Monkey (on right), with mustache & beard, and G2 who fell down because Uncle Monkey pushed her

 Page 4 is Grammy (gold) and Eiffel

 Page 5 is Annabelle

 Page 6 is Poppy

 Page 7 is G1

I hope you enjoyed G3's book as much as I did.

Things they say - Part 6

G2: I have to sign it, there's a line.
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G1: ggggrrrrr-aaaff.... g a r p h
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G4: Mommy, I broke this on purpose. (meaning on accident)
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G2 to a sibling that was upset with her: Are you trying to cry? Is that your mad face?
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Pretending to be on the phone-
G4: Hello! Don't call me again! Love you, bye!
*A minute later*
Hello! I said don't call me again! Love you, bye!
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G4: I'm the kidder of the world.
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G4 (pointing at tv in restaurant playing the news): Hey! We have that movie!

Thoughts

Today while dropping the older 3 Gs off at school the topic of pregnancy was brought up (there is a teacher, or is she an aid?, that is due in a couple weeks).  One of the moms that has a child in G3's class (they were also in the same class at Community Preschool) asked me the question, "Is it true that the more babies you have the more room the next baby has in the womb?" I laughed when she asked this.  Upon me laughing she said, "I guess you wouldn't really know because you had the twins." That made me laugh a little bit more. I explained to her that yes, each pregnancy my belly did get bigger and more stretched out.  But I don't know how much that has to do with having a baby, or babies, prior.  G1 was only 4 lbs 3 oz, so he in no way stretched my belly out enough to then have twins.  But G2 and G3 were only 6 lbs 15 oz combined (that is smaller than a lot of singleton babies!), so I don't think that I really stretched out that much more.  Although I would have been stretched out in a different way.  G4 was 7 lbs 10 oz and she did do a number on my body (more than either prior pregnancy combined)!
The things women (namely mothers) discuss amuse me.

The Things They Say - Part 5

G2: "Mommy, Eiffel is a bro."

G3: "What's a bro?"

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While Matt was in KC

G1: "I'm the man of the house"

G3: "Then you need to be nice to us."

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G4: "I did not walk in here."

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When told he looked taller

G1: "No, it's just my pants."

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G4: "I like Daddy going to work, because he's my bestest friend."

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G4:"Daddy will get me a umiform."

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G4: "Throw rocks in the fire and it becomes a big bouncy house."

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G2 (conversation with herself):

"Hi! I'd like a large Dr Pepper."

"Did you say a large Dr Prickett?"

"No, Dr Pepper"

"Oh, okay."

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G1 said he has an alter-ego "Gavin Farley"

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G2 repeatedly said "awkward" for several days

Me: "Do you know what awkward means?"

G2: "No, what does it mean?"

Me: "What do you think it means?"

G2: "Lemons?"

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G2: "You're pretty awesome, Mom!"

G4: "Mommy is NOT a mom!"

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Playing with the cat:

G2: "I'm his mom."

G1: "I'm his dad."

G2: "Are you my hunny?"

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Noah: "You don't love me."

G3: "Yes I do."

Noah: "Eeewwwww! You love me! You're going to kiss me when you're older!"

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G4 walked up to Noah and he said, "Oh no! It's Baby Marcia!"

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G2: "Mommy, you had babies before Aunt Marcia.  And she's older than you." *slight giggle* "I don't know how that happened."

G2 bicycle riding

Another video of another little G riding a bicycle coming soon...

Such a slacker

I just looked and saw I haven't blogged anything for 3.5 months.  Wow!  It isn't that there hasn't been anything going on (believe me, that is FAR from true).  I just am a big slacker.  One of these days I will get around to posting some of the happenings going on around here. Until then just know that we are still around.

P.S. - G4 turns 4 on Monday!!!!

Something I never thought I would say

Me to G3:

"Don't lick the cat"

1-2-3 JUMP!

At first G4 wasn't sure she could do it, she looked to her sister for courage...

"I'll jump with you!"
She loved it and kept going back to do it again!

G2 twisted her ankle on the landing of her first jump, so she did not continue. :-(

G1

G2 belt promotion

G2 is now a blue-stripe belt in Kuk Sool Won. She was so excited and has been working hard (well, most of the time anyway) to get promoted. Here are the pictures and video from promotion night.

Taking off her yellow-stripe belt.

Putting on blue-stripe belt.

With Master Ed, Ashley, Randy (her instructor and she loves him to pieces!) and Tyler.
All the tots that got promoted that night with Randy and Ashley.

Sorry it took me so long to get this on here Mom!