The Houston's Home: December 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

Daddy's Turn

Lately Will has been climbing into bed with us at least a few times a week. I remember when Claire used to do that I would get up and put her back in her bed and maybe sleep with her for a bit in her bed, but now I just don't have the energy I used to or something because now I barely even wake up when Will comes in. I just move over and let him in. Usually he comes to my side of the bed, but the other night he went to Shawn's side. The next day I asked him why he went to Dad's side and he said "I needed to give Dad a turn". Oh my, I didn't know he thought he was doing us a favor by sleeping with us. Thank you Will for being equal with your middle of the night wakings :)

Worst Day Ever

Claire officially had her worst day ever the other day. Towards the end of the day I was picking up stuff around the house and she came to me while my back was turned and said "I'M HAVING THE WORST DAY EVER". Luckily my back was turned because I had to laugh a tiny bit to myself knowing that her day hadn't been too bad, but I pulled it together and channeled my inner 7 year old to remember what those worst days are like as a 7 year old and asked her what happened. We ended up having a really good talk, and here is the terrible horrible no good day that Claire had as a 7 year old.
It started out that we were running late so I was pushing her to hurry and eat her cereal which by the way wasn't her favorite kind of cereal. She had to run into school because the bell was ringing right as I dropped her off. One of the worst parts she says is that her class had to spend most of the day taking a math test that was SOOOOO hard (I think it was a evaluation test). At recess she couldn't decide which friend to play with because two different friends wanted to play with her. When she got home her mom made her do her homework and she couldn't play with the neighborhood friends, and by the time dinner came along there wasn't even time to watch any TV. There was no fun in the day at all.
The sweetest part is that she was so genuine as she was telling me this. She was heartbroken that she had a bad day. She actually said it was the worst day she ever had. Oh my sweet Claire. Maybe we should read "Alexander's Terrible Horrible No Good Day" again.

Out Of The Mouth of My Kids

On Easter this year Will had his easter basket full of the little plastic eggs when he accidentally tripped and dropped his basket. When he dropped his basket the plastic egss broke open to reveal the candy inside. Will, in the most excited voice I've ever heard him use said "The eggs open!!!!!!" He couldn't believe there was candy inside- it was the coolest thing to him!
(Easter 2009)

I asked Will one day where the new baby was going to sleep. He said: " in a cage". I guess we now know what he thought of his crib.
(Winter 2009)

I was playing with Will one day. He was pretending to be a robot, so I decided to be a robot too, but he said:
"no you can't be a robot you are a princess"
I said:
"what do princesses do?"
He said:
"they just dance"
(Winter 2009)

We drove by a horse pasture the other day and Claire said:
"I really want a horse. If you don't get me a horse mom I will fire you... ... I mean I will fire Daddy!"
(Winter 2009)

We were talking about where we should go out for dinner one night and Shawn mentioned a new Terriakyi Sushi place. Claire got very excited and said, "Yes! Sushi! Shushi! Please! Please! Please! I love Sushi!" We soon found out she meant a Slushee (like a fruit drink) not Sushi. She does not like Sushi.

Claire: "Mom, I can't make my bed. Will is making me have too much fun." (July 2008)

Will's newest fixation is robots. Yes, we saw WALLE, and that's about when it started. Will can't quite say ROBOT though, so he says "Beebot" instead. It took us awhile to figure out what he meant, but now it's very cute - beebot! (Summer 2008)

William at age 2 still doesn't say too much, but some times he gets on a kick and repeats things over and over, and recently he has found bird poo very interesting. I don't know why, but when we go on walks lately he stops at every white spot on the side walk and says "bird poo- ewwww yuck" this happens over and over and over and over on our walks. I never realized there was so much bird poo in the world! (Summer 2008)

I recently walked in on Claire singing a song she made up to her brother. This is a rare occurance, so I thought I'd better write it here to remember that even though they fight they still love each other. Here is the gist of the song imagine in a very high drawn out soprano:
"I love youuuuuuuuu. You are my frieeeeend because you love to play with meeeeeee and you love to go outside with meeee. I love YOUUUUUU!"
She repeated this over and over and Will just sat there listening seeming to know the song was just for him. I will have to show her this when she is mad at her brother for playing with her "stuff". (Summer 2008)

Claire: "Mom, when I stretch my nose up my nostrils look like bunny ears." (Spring 2008)

Claire had a cough one morning. When she woke up she said:
"My voice is crooked" (Winter 2008)

Claire toes aren't just toes. They are "Weeny Toes" because they are so small compared to everything else. (Winter 2008)

Claire: "Mom, don't step on the cracks or you will get boy slime." (Spring 2008)

Claire (in disgust after we had a carpenter ant problem): "Why did Heavenly Father have to make ants on the Earth?" (Summer 2008)

Claire: "I want to be a cowgirl and a mama when I grow up, and I will have 6 babies and they will all be girls." (2008)

Claire (smiling): "Mom, I can't stand it, I'm so NERVOUS for Christmas" I asked why she was "nervous" and she explains how she can't wait to see what Santa brings for her. I finally figured out that she meant excited not nervous and couldn't wait for Chritmas . (Winter 2007)