Promises

Quite frequently the girls ask to cuddle while trying to fall asleep. Then after we cuddle they ask again. It has become a regular thing to tell them that if they are quiet for five minutes we will come back and cuddle again. Well that happened last night and like usual the girls feel asleep so we didn't cuddle again. But Troublemaker woke up around 3:30 and started screaming for me. I went in there and she called me out for not cuddling earlier. I told her I came in to cuddle but she was asleep. She thought for a minute and replied, "In Sophie the 1st her mom says that once a promise is broken it can't be glued back together".

Lesson learned.

Bumpkin's "Effects"

So this post is coming mostly third party from one of Bumpkin's friends' moms, but it had me both in hysterics and terrified at the same time.  I thought it was worth documenting for blackmail use in the years to come.

So Jenn called me this morning and told me about the conversation she and Ellie had the night before about Bumpkin's "effects" on a certain little boy named Simon.  Jenn asked Ellie what she meant by effects and Ellie said, "you know, getting him to pay attention to you".  Ugh!  That starts in 1st grade?  So then Jenn asked how Bumpkin gets him to pay attention to her.  She demonstrated things such as twirling her hair around her finger, wiggling her hips as she walked, and some type of arm/hand thing Bumpkin apparently does while writing on the board.  Jenn said she was having trouble keeping it together, which I was not doing at all while on the phone.  Really, to think of my daughter purposely twirling her hair to get a boys attention, not to mention the way she was wording it, made me laugh.  But the next part really got me going.  Jenn asked Ellie how she knew the "effects" were working on Simon.  Ellie flat out said, "mom, everyone notices her effects".  Ugh!  I just had a vision of my daughter standing on her desk wiggling her hips and twirling her hair for the whole class to see!  What does she mean, everyone notices?  And who explained this concept to them and gave them the wording Ellie was using?  Has this, and therefore my daughter, been a classroom topic?  And lastly, was she avoiding the question about how she knows that Simon is noticing Bumpkin?  They haven't learned that yet too have they?

Oh brother, if this is 1st grade I don't think I will make it through middle school!

Bumpkin's Family

It's funny how life gets a hold of you and somehow you haven't been on the blog in weeks.  I have some catching up to do and a lot of things that will be happening in the future but Bumpkin gave me a funny today I had to get written down.

Bumpkin- Daddy, when I get older I'm going to have six kids.  They are going to be Olivia, Elizabeth, and Courtlyn.  (not sure on the other names yet....tbd I guess)

Daddy- Ok, well what's your husbands name going to be?

Bumpkin- (real quiet) Jeremy, but not you, a different Jeremy.  Or maybe Simon (insert obsessive, shy, crazy giggle)

Go ahead and guess daddy's reaction

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Here is a new portion I hope to start.  I have been meaning to do it for awhile but just haven't gotten the opportunity yet.  However, Bumpkin gave me a little push tonight.  I have been hoping to get all those funny things that the kids say written down.  Grandma says she has a bunch of them saved on her phone, plus I know that I have put some on facebook from time to time, so I am going to try to go back and get them on here.  Tonights was as follows.

We were watching the news and it ended and Sunday night football came on.  Bumpkin started boo-ing when the Redskins highlights were shown.  

Me- Bumpkin don't cheer against the Redskins unless they are playing the Steelers.  It makes daddy sad when the Redskins lose.  

Bumpkin- Yeah, he gets a crank in his pants when they lose.