She's Some Neat Freak, Isn't She??

Today the wild woman wanted to play with her Playdoh (yippy-skippy). She said, "I pomise (no r sound) I clean it up mama. I called B.S. on this of course, and told her it was ok she could play with it and I'd help her clean when she was done. Whatever right, what's one more mess to clean up around here I got my maid outfit on today anyway.

Well, this was Aubree's idea of "cleaned up".




She was so proud of herself!!















I even asked her, "Are you sure you are all cleaned up?"





Aubree: "Yep!"

Me: "What about that stuff on the floor?

Aubree: "Well, it didn't fit in the bucket."

Me: "So, that's it? It doesn't fit so it stays on the floor?"

Aubree: "Yep"





Well...what can I expect? Not too much I guess since this is mom's idea of a clean kid.

It's summer time for goodness sake!! If you can't walk around with uncombed hair, peanut butter smeared all over your face, and in your "babing suit" at 11 o'clock in the afternoon, when can you????

Gotta love that Lady Ga Ga

Aubree and Liam are both smitten with two of Lady Ga Ga's songs, Just Dance and Pokerface. I have to admit, to a kid (who obviously doesn't understand the lyrics) the beat of the songs are fun to get your freak on. They just rock out when they hear these songs. Well, Miss Aubree has picked up more than just the beat and rhythm of the song Pokerface. She, apparently, has learned the words or at least some of them. It's just a little weird (and funny because I can be immature like that) to hear your 3 yr. old sing out, "I'm bluffing with my muffin". Even funnier to then hear Liam say, "Oh I love muffins. Mommy always gets me the apple cranberry muffin at Starbucks." See, you're laughing right now aren't you? I swear, where do these wacky kids come from?

A Graduate, a Spelling Whiz, and a Daredevil

Let's start with the Graduate: First of all, it is not really called a Graduation. It's a Promotion, but "The Graduate" sounds better than "The Promoted". Anyway, Sydney completed middle school and has been officially "promoted" to high school. I guess that makes Will and I (mostly Will) officially old. She was recognized along with others for being in the top 10 percent in her class. She worked very hard and we are proud of everything she has accomplished both in and out of school. Let's hope this strong work ethic continues through high school.




The Spelling Whiz: Liam has a knack for spelling. The kid can spell almost any word you throw at him. I think I shared in the last post that he was in the top three for first grade to compete at the school spelling bee. Well, after a very long day of track and field (which is not his cup of tea), swim practice, and a lovely rash that made him itch like crazy (from the chlorine in the pool), he managed to pull himself together and win first place. It was funny because one of his words to spell was "rash". It was a good ending to a not so good day for him.


The Daredevil: Aubree took swimming lessons the last two weeks and I can report that she is VERY comfortable in the water. While other kids were crying (some hysterically) into their mother's legs, mine was wading through the water with no regard as to whether mom was around or not. Everyday she walked by herself and checked in with the lifeguards, and jumped in the water. Last Friday they let the kids jump off the diving boards. Liam of course did not want to do it. It didn't even occur to me that they would let the little ones jump. So there I sat reading my book when one of the moms said, "Uh, you're daughter is about to jump off the diving board." WHAT!!! Sure enough, there she was, with a life jacket on of course jumping off into 12 feet deep water. She did it twice. Apparently she saw the older kids doing it and asked the lifeguards if she could too. Today they opened up the water slide for them. Liam loves the water slide (go figure). Aubree went down the slide as well, over and over again. In fact, the lifeguard going down with her finally got tired and took her back to the kiddie pool. She's an adventure seeker that one. I'm just not used to it, having the other two timid ones. Stinkin' Sydney won't even go out to the garage when it's dark out without turning on every porch light, the dog, one of the kids (Aubree usually cause she's so tough), and she leaves the door open (so she can get in quicker I guess when that monster is chasing her).

**I didn't get a picture of the Aub-ster because my camera was not charged, but I'm sure she'll be on that slide again and I'll be ready.

Such A Good Helper

So, Will had stopped by the store for me on the way home to buy some brownie mix. I had to make brownies for my students because they earned their stars for good classroom behavior. Yes, good ol' fashioned bribery still works. Anyway, after dinner Aubree decided she was going to "help" clean up and put groceries away. I wasn't really paying attention because I was talking to Will. Later, Will had to pick up Sydney from one of her meetings and he took Aubree with him. I decided to bake the brownies, so I went to get a box of brownie mix out of the pantry. I open the pantry and look and...no brownies. Hmmmm, I look and look and think where did that wild woman put the brownie mix? I can't find it and I start looking in all the cupboards that are at her level...no brownie mix. Then, a light bulb goes off in my head and I found them. Can you guess where? Scroll down...








Too funny! Notice the little powder sugar container on top of the pickles too.

All About Aubree

After a little conversation with the Wild Woman aka Curlytop aka Miss Paige aka Aub (Will hates that one) aka Aubree, I decided that I would dedicate a post to her. Since she was born, Aubree has had the ability to make me laugh. I used to say she must sprinkle some kind of fairy dust on me that makes it hard to be mad at her. I know...this is not always a good thing because she has a bit of a wild streak (hence the nickname "Wild Woman". However, she is vivacious, independent, funny, smart, and is completely fearless. She is sugar with a LOT of spice! This morning Aubree says to me, "Mom you can watch the news now because I am going upstairs to play in my room." I said (dripping with sarcasm), "Well geez, thanks Aub, how nice of you to give me permission to watch something other than Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends." She laughed and said, "Your welcome". Then I said, "I think I am going to just put some music on." Aubree, "Yeah, turn it up so I can shake my booty and make you laugh!" I find the music channel and turn it up. Aubree jumps around and starts shaking her "money maker". I of course start busting out laughing because you just can't watch this wild woman dance without doing so. She stops when the song is over and says quite triumphantly, "See I told you I can make you laugh!" Oh, how she makes me laugh.