So tonight we were talking about growing up. I told the kids that when they have their own kids I would be their kids' grandma. They thought that was pretty funny. Ha, me a grandma!
I then asked them what they would name their kids. Here are the names Jolene and Adele have picked out so far.
Jolene: "Lily, Snowflake, Spot, and Butterfly"
Adele: "Pink sparkly heart, pink sparkly heart butterfly, and pink sparkly heart spot"
Me:"Those are all very unique names and I have never met anyone going by any of those names."
Me: "Did you know Gideon will be a daddy when he has kids?"
Jolene: "But he has to find a girl first."
Me: "Yes, that is true."
Adele: "I'm his girl!"
Me: "Wellll, that is not really allowed."
Gideon: gives Adele a big shove and wrestles with her on the couch.
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Showing posts with label Adele. Show all posts
5.7.10
Conversations with a toddler and preschooler cont.
Early one morning, right before Brandon left for work, Adele stumbled out of her bed and said...
"Daddy are you a pirate?"
Brandon: *laughing "No Adele, now go back to bed"
Adele: *stumbles back to bed
This question probably arose due to a library book we recently read. The book was about a daddy who didn't work in an office like the little boy thought. His daddy was a real pirate. After reading that book Adele asked me if Brandon was a pirate. I told her she would have to ask him.
Yesterday as we were getting into the car Jolene starts drawing in the dew on the side of the car.
She asks "Daddy, what's this?"
Brandon: "a flower? a starfish?"
"no, no, dad, it's in a book."
I'm (Brandon) grasping at straws... "an atom?"
"yes, that's it"
Tonight we had gnocchi with cream, bacon, and nuts. Yum, yum. Anyway saying gnocchi is fun and this is the conversation that ensued.
gnocchi!"
Adele: "nocci"
Jolene: "No, not nocci. It's gnocchi.
Jolene: "Lockin up the gnocchi!"
The girls are both giggling now
Adele: "We have a friend Jasmine and she has a friend named Lochy" (Actually Lochy is her brother, but not important)
Jolene: "Lochy lockin up the gnocchi!"
More giggles
"Daddy are you a pirate?"
Brandon: *laughing "No Adele, now go back to bed"
Adele: *stumbles back to bed
This question probably arose due to a library book we recently read. The book was about a daddy who didn't work in an office like the little boy thought. His daddy was a real pirate. After reading that book Adele asked me if Brandon was a pirate. I told her she would have to ask him.
Yesterday as we were getting into the car Jolene starts drawing in the dew on the side of the car.
She asks "Daddy, what's this?"
Brandon: "a flower? a starfish?"
"no, no, dad, it's in a book."
I'm (Brandon) grasping at straws... "an atom?"
"yes, that's it"
Tonight we had gnocchi with cream, bacon, and nuts. Yum, yum. Anyway saying gnocchi is fun and this is the conversation that ensued.
gnocchi!"
Adele: "nocci"
Jolene: "No, not nocci. It's gnocchi.
Jolene: "Lockin up the gnocchi!"
The girls are both giggling now
Adele: "We have a friend Jasmine and she has a friend named Lochy" (Actually Lochy is her brother, but not important)
Jolene: "Lochy lockin up the gnocchi!"
More giggles
16.5.10
Conversations with a toddler and preschooler cont.
Arriving at church
Jolene not getting out of the car: "I can't walk to church my feet are weary."
Me: "Jolene we are about 10 feet away, I think you can manage."
Jolene's body suddenly liquefies. We somehow manage to bottle her up and carry her into church.
Adele at the dinner table.
Adele: " Mom you are an apple, Jolene is a cake, I'm a brownie, Daddy is a strawberry and Gideon is a sandwich.
Me:" Hmmm, that is interesting. Why are you a brownie?"
Adele: "I don't know, I just am"
Adele stubs her little toe on the door. The little toe has a very, very tiny cut which is bleeding.
Adele: *crying very hard* "I will never walk again!!"
Gideon: "Whe Daddee? Daddeeeeeee?"
Gideon is on our bed watching Brandon change out of his work clothes. Note: this happens every evening
Gideon: "Daa da daa da daa daaaa!" Translation #1: "Nan a nan a nan ahh!" Translation #2 : "You can't get me!"
Jolene not getting out of the car: "I can't walk to church my feet are weary."
Me: "Jolene we are about 10 feet away, I think you can manage."
Jolene's body suddenly liquefies. We somehow manage to bottle her up and carry her into church.
Adele at the dinner table.
Adele: " Mom you are an apple, Jolene is a cake, I'm a brownie, Daddy is a strawberry and Gideon is a sandwich.
Me:" Hmmm, that is interesting. Why are you a brownie?"
Adele: "I don't know, I just am"
Adele stubs her little toe on the door. The little toe has a very, very tiny cut which is bleeding.
Adele: *crying very hard* "I will never walk again!!"
Gideon: "Whe Daddee? Daddeeeeeee?"
Gideon is on our bed watching Brandon change out of his work clothes. Note: this happens every evening
Gideon: "Daa da daa da daa daaaa!" Translation #1: "Nan a nan a nan ahh!" Translation #2 : "You can't get me!"
22.3.10
Baseball
Brandon and I are teaching the kids how to play. I suppose we should actually call it T-ball.
I am surprised by how much they like it. I thought they would lose interest quickly. We played for almost 45 minutes today. The girls wanted to keep playing but Gideon was ready for something new.
We need to get a proper plastic ball and bat. The one we have is for Gideon's age. The bat is almost too little for the girls hands...that's a first.
I don't think the odds are very high of finding a set for sale in the store.
Gideon is giving up his morning nap and Adele is done with her afternoon one. I am having a hard time trying to keep Gids entertained while teaching Jolene. Any ideas? He will colour for about two minutes and then everything ends up on the floor. The same with playdough. I know this will only last for a little while, I am just trying to keep from being too frustrated while in it.
Adele has just shown me that she can now draw hearts. A very important accomplishment for any little girl. Adele has grown up a lot lately. She no longer uses nappies, she gave up her passie on her own accord, and she no longer has naps. She often answers one of our qeestions by saying "of course!"
Example:
Me: "Adele would you like to have a drink?"
Adele: "of course!"
Me: "Adele it is time to eat, please go sit at the table."
Adele: "of course"
We are very proud of her recent accomplishments, especially the ability to draw hearts :-)
I am surprised by how much they like it. I thought they would lose interest quickly. We played for almost 45 minutes today. The girls wanted to keep playing but Gideon was ready for something new.
We need to get a proper plastic ball and bat. The one we have is for Gideon's age. The bat is almost too little for the girls hands...that's a first.
I don't think the odds are very high of finding a set for sale in the store.
Gideon is giving up his morning nap and Adele is done with her afternoon one. I am having a hard time trying to keep Gids entertained while teaching Jolene. Any ideas? He will colour for about two minutes and then everything ends up on the floor. The same with playdough. I know this will only last for a little while, I am just trying to keep from being too frustrated while in it.
Adele has just shown me that she can now draw hearts. A very important accomplishment for any little girl. Adele has grown up a lot lately. She no longer uses nappies, she gave up her passie on her own accord, and she no longer has naps. She often answers one of our qeestions by saying "of course!"
Example:
Me: "Adele would you like to have a drink?"
Adele: "of course!"
Me: "Adele it is time to eat, please go sit at the table."
Adele: "of course"
We are very proud of her recent accomplishments, especially the ability to draw hearts :-)
9.2.10
Conversations with a toddler and preschooler cont.
Adele : "Grandma, it says here in the Bible, that you are silly"
Adele : "Jolene, are you my best friend?"
Jolene : "Yes"
Adele : "Jolene, are you my best friend?"
Jolene : "I already said yes!"
Jolene : "Mom, would you imagine if a house was pink and everything inside was pink!"
Mom : "That would be a lot of pink!"
Jolene : giggles "yeah"
Adele : "I do not like spider crabs"
Adele : "Jolene, are you my best friend?"
Jolene : "Yes"
Adele : "Jolene, are you my best friend?"
Jolene : "I already said yes!"
Jolene : "Mom, would you imagine if a house was pink and everything inside was pink!"
Mom : "That would be a lot of pink!"
Jolene : giggles "yeah"
Adele : "I do not like spider crabs"
28.7.09
Conversations with a toddler & preschooler cont.
Adele: When I get older I going to fly to space.
Me: Oh yeah?
Adele: With Daddy.
Jolene: You have to work really hard to go to the moon.
Adele: I tink I hear sumping outside. I tink its rabbits.
Me: Rabbits?
Adele: Baaaaaddd rabbbits!
Some of Adele's favorite sayings when I say we need to clean up her room or that she has to eat her dinner.
"I weally don't feel well"
"I'm sick"
"This is not my favorite"
Me: Oh yeah?
Adele: With Daddy.
Jolene: You have to work really hard to go to the moon.
Adele: I tink I hear sumping outside. I tink its rabbits.
Me: Rabbits?
Adele: Baaaaaddd rabbbits!
Some of Adele's favorite sayings when I say we need to clean up her room or that she has to eat her dinner.
"I weally don't feel well"
"I'm sick"
"This is not my favorite"
Watermelon helps hurting gums!
Playing ball with Gideon
Storytime with Grandpa Steve
11.3.09
Conversations with a toddler cont.
Adele: "Mom, your a silly goofy"
Adele: "I'm three now."
Me: "No, Adele you are two until November comes around."
Adele: "I'm three now."
Me: "sigh"
Whenever we go to a birthday or Adele sees a cake this is what she says...
Adele: "I be patient for my birday"
Me: "Thats good Adele because it is not until November."
23.12.08
Conversations with toddlers cont.
Adele singing Jingle Bells: "Jing-ga-jing, jing-ga-jing, jing-ga-jing"...repeat for the next several minutes.
Adele praying at night: "Tank oo (thank you) pool, um um um, pardee (party), ummm um um pool, tank oo pardee, um, pool, ummm umu um..."
Brandon: "Amen"
Adele: "Amen"
We had been talking to Jolene about marriage and weddings and she asked us this
Jolene: "Do you have to pay to get married?"
What the girls were up to after leaving them alone for a few minutes. They started out with clothes on.
Adele praying at night: "Tank oo (thank you) pool, um um um, pardee (party), ummm um um pool, tank oo pardee, um, pool, ummm umu um..."
Brandon: "Amen"
Adele: "Amen"
We had been talking to Jolene about marriage and weddings and she asked us this
Jolene: "Do you have to pay to get married?"
What the girls were up to after leaving them alone for a few minutes. They started out with clothes on.
12.9.08
Nothing yet
I thought I would let you all know that we are still waiting.
I will be induced on Tuesday morning if nothing has happened before then. You could pray that it doesn't come to that...I have never heard anyone speak highly of being induced.
I rearranged all the furniture in the back bedroom the other day. That included moving a bed with mattress, two book shelves full of books, a couple of chairs, desk, and rug. This was of course in the hopes that I would go into labor. Instead of labor I just wasn't able to move the rest of the evening :-)
Thankfully Brandon didn't have to leave today. The machine is still being built and probably won't be done until the middle of next week. I guess that means he will probably won't have to go anywhere next week...just the two after that. Not really sure but I am thankful I won't have to call him to say that I am in labor.
Brandon is sick right now...he only takes a nap when he really feels bad. I think he gave it to me...I feel it in my throat and head. Hopefully it won't get too bad...yuck being sick and going through labor, not a big fan.
Well this isn't so cheery sounding, is it? How about we end on a more happy note.
We took the girls to the beach this evening. I told Jolene that the water was cold and that she shouldn't get her clothes wet. Her pants were soaked in about five minutes. Adele on the other hand was very careful not to get her feet wet. She did splash herself in the face which she promptly came and showed us.
Adele now calls Jolene "Jean". It is very cute when Adele asks for her..."Jean, where are you?"
Like at the beach today. Adele couldn't see Jolene so she was walking around the beach saying "Jean, where are you?"
It makes me smile.
I will be induced on Tuesday morning if nothing has happened before then. You could pray that it doesn't come to that...I have never heard anyone speak highly of being induced.
I rearranged all the furniture in the back bedroom the other day. That included moving a bed with mattress, two book shelves full of books, a couple of chairs, desk, and rug. This was of course in the hopes that I would go into labor. Instead of labor I just wasn't able to move the rest of the evening :-)
Thankfully Brandon didn't have to leave today. The machine is still being built and probably won't be done until the middle of next week. I guess that means he will probably won't have to go anywhere next week...just the two after that. Not really sure but I am thankful I won't have to call him to say that I am in labor.
Brandon is sick right now...he only takes a nap when he really feels bad. I think he gave it to me...I feel it in my throat and head. Hopefully it won't get too bad...yuck being sick and going through labor, not a big fan.
Well this isn't so cheery sounding, is it? How about we end on a more happy note.
We took the girls to the beach this evening. I told Jolene that the water was cold and that she shouldn't get her clothes wet. Her pants were soaked in about five minutes. Adele on the other hand was very careful not to get her feet wet. She did splash herself in the face which she promptly came and showed us.
Adele now calls Jolene "Jean". It is very cute when Adele asks for her..."Jean, where are you?"
Like at the beach today. Adele couldn't see Jolene so she was walking around the beach saying "Jean, where are you?"
It makes me smile.
14.2.07
News, news, get your Geelong news!!!!!
First, I took Adele to the orthopedics today. They did another ultrasound on her hips and the doctor said that they are looking good. He said she only has to have the brace on at night now for the next 6 weeks. We then go in for a x-ray to check on how everything is progressing. If all looks good she will be done with everything. Now do you all know what this means for miss Adele? Thats right, more tummy time!!!! Adele's most favorite thing in the world (not). She will get used to it very soon.
One more big headline. We bought tickets to fly home!!! We will be arriving on June 12th and staying until July 17th. How cool is that? You might all want to break out your schedules at this time and mark out that whole period seeing as though you will want to spend every waking moment with us :-) We really would like to see as many people as possible so let us know when you all have the time and we will start scheduling.
We are flying with Qantas again, and very thankful for that as well. It cost a few extra hundred dollars but it will be well worth it. I mean Qantas gives you your own pair of socks, a toothbrush, and a eye cover thingmajig, that is surely worth the extra $200/ticket.....right????
I think that is all the big news for now. I need to go get dinner ready and then we are heading off to McEwens to watch House, 24, and something else but I forgot.
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