Funny little ones

Jake.  So last night after we finished getting the kiddos to bed, Jake comes running down the steps.  "Martin, can you spray me with a squirt bottle in the morning so that I can get out of bed more quickly."  Laughing, I told him I would try to remember.  This morning, I didn't remember but he jumped in the shower pretty quickly.  I set his clothes out to help him along but he was still feeling very tired from the weekend and was dragging a little.  We got to school late this morning and he forgot his ADHD meds.  I don't know what made me ask him as he was heading into the school but I hadn't reminded him this morning and thought it better.  He said no.  It's so nice having the school so close to the house.  I'm very spoiled about that.  Anyway I brought his medication up to the school and gave it to him.  As he's walking down the hallway back to class he calls out to me, "Hey Martin,  tomorrow let's do the squirt bottle thing".  pretty darn cute.  I agreed. HA!!!

Sydney.  This morning while Jake was struggling to stay on task and get ready, Sydney was helping me with breakfast and her lunch.  This doesn't happen too often but it's really nice when I have one of the kiddos watching my back.  Well, she did her lunch.  The whole lunch, sandwich, goldfish, an small orange, and I thought I would toss in a couple of chocolate morsels since I was already adding them to the pancakes we were making.  You know as a special treat.  Well some time passed and I realized that Sydney forgot to pack in a small bottle of water that we usually put in her lunch bag.  I pulled one out, got it filled and was adding it to her lunch bag.  I noticed pretty quickly as I was shifting things around that she had added a ring-pop to her lunch.  I thought about mentioning it to her cause she knows those are for her birthday on the 15th of this month but really thought it was a fair treat since she put her entire lunch together herself.  It was really funny when she asked me with a big ol' grin, as I was rearranging things in her bag, "What are you looking for?"  I think she saw that I noticed something in there that wasn't really a typical lunch item.  I said, "nothing just fitting in the bottle of water".  Such a cutie pie.

Kiley. Kiley was so happy this morning.  we have a video monitor that often times gives us a sneak peek as to what she is up to when she wakes up.  we've seen her dance around, hug and kiss her many stuffed animals, read her book, sing, dance, and even stare into the camera as if she knows were looking.  one time we she stuck her eye right up to the lens....she is very amusing in the morning.  This morning she was very talkative.  After bringing her down she usually has breakfast and some milk.   It was no different today.  She was very happy.  We communicate pretty well these days.  She likes to say the word "no" a lot but is slowly learning the word "yes" too.  sometimes I'll ask her if I can share her breakfast, most of the time the answer is "no".

"one little bite, just one."

"no."  as she picks up a piece of orange or strawberry or manana (banana) and goes about her business of eating without giving me a second thought.  Then when I'm leaving, I'll say "buh, bye, Kiley.  Kisses for papa?"

"no."  She is a very busy girl.  What can a papa expect. ha!

I just have to laugh.....and give her tons of kisses anyway as she laughs and giggles.  She is going to be a handful......

I love them all for their uniqueness and unpredictability.... :)