Top This!

Sara went to her first day of ChildTime a couple of weeks ago.  I went into her classroom with her for a few minutes to get her settled.  All the kids were sitting in a big circle sharing what they had done the previous weekend.  One child had gotten a new kitten and she proceeded to describe how cute and fuzzy he was.  Another kid had played with his dog all weekend.  Another kid had gone to the park with her mom and played on the swings.  Another kid played in the water in the birdbath in his backyard with his grandma.  Everything was all rainbows and glitter.  Then the teacher asks Sara to share what she had done that weekend.  My angelic looking 3-year old with the gold Shirley Temple curls and the huge brown eyes stood up and said in a no nonsense tone of voice and with a top-this expression on her face, "Daddy chopped the necks off copperheads."  Way to make a first impression, kid... for the whole family!

These boots are made for walking...

A few months ago, I made a pallet on the floor of my bedroom so that Sara could watch a movie while taking her afternoon rest.  I was sitting across the room working where I could keep an eye on her.  After awhile I noticed that every few minutes, she would hop up, walk to the very edge of the pallet, kick out into the air, and then lay back down.  After watching her do this about 5 or 6 times, I decided to ask her, "Sara, what are you doing?"(dangerous question, I know!).  She looked up at me with her big brown eyes and said, "I'm kicking sharks in the schnoz, mom."  Apparently, sharks are a very serious pest in Oklahoma. 

A rose by any other name...

I just thought that I would mention that my 4-year old son calls "skunks", "stunks". 

We went to the koi shop the other day to visit our friends who own it, and Trey and Sara picked me some flowers.  The difference in their bouquets pretty much sums up the difference in their personalities.  Trey's bouquet is very carefully arranged and none of the flowers have any missing parts.  Sara just has a bunch of stems.  Notice the look she is giving Trey's flowers, "Why do his look different than mine?".