Yesterday morning we were sitting on the couch trying to wake up and get ready for school. (The new schedule has been killer on all of us!) Jason had the TV on the morning news and they were showing clips and scenes from the controversy brewing between Russia and Georgia. There were clips of fighting, houses and buildings burning..."normal" war-type scenes. I didn't realize Bayli was paying attention, she was sort of zoned out, trying to clear the sleep from her eyes; but- it was obvious...this wasn't Noggin'.
Suddenly she perked up and said with much concern in her voice, "Mommy! What are they doing?" I began explaining to her that they weren't getting along, so instead of working it out they started to fight each other.
To which she replied, "Oh dear...I just don't think this is a good idea!" "I think we need to get all of these people, and bring them to my school. And Mrs. Allen will move their man to the sad face. Then they'll have to miss recess AND have to go to Mr. Veron's office! Then they'll stop fighting!"
I don't know about y'all, but I think that's one of the most concise, well thought out plans I've heard in a while!
Bayli for President!
Year 2048
She's got my vote
Showing posts with label the mouth of babes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the mouth of babes. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Monday, December 10, 2007
'Fore'heads are better than one
I know you must be thinking that my title is incorrect. The old saying is actually 3 heads are better than one. However, in the mind of an adorably witty 4 year old...things are a little different.
The other day I was stealing some kisses from miss Bayli. Every now and then she gives me a hard time and pretends that she doesnt love to be showered with kisses...even though we know better than that. Anyway, she was giggling and laughing and trying to play hard to get. All of sudden she pointed to her forehead and asked me to "Kiss me right here Mommy." So I obliged. Then she asked me "What is this thing called again?" (still pointing to her forehead) I answered that it was called her forehead. Her face lit up with excitement and she got a huge smile on her face and quickly responded excitedly, "Next year it'll be my fivehead?!" And then she took off running into the living room, leaving me cracking up laughing, to kiss her Daddy on the forehead and loudly proclaim, "I kiss you on your thirty-threehead Daddy!"
Is that cute or what?
Face for Grace,
Holly
The other day I was stealing some kisses from miss Bayli. Every now and then she gives me a hard time and pretends that she doesnt love to be showered with kisses...even though we know better than that. Anyway, she was giggling and laughing and trying to play hard to get. All of sudden she pointed to her forehead and asked me to "Kiss me right here Mommy." So I obliged. Then she asked me "What is this thing called again?" (still pointing to her forehead) I answered that it was called her forehead. Her face lit up with excitement and she got a huge smile on her face and quickly responded excitedly, "Next year it'll be my fivehead?!" And then she took off running into the living room, leaving me cracking up laughing, to kiss her Daddy on the forehead and loudly proclaim, "I kiss you on your thirty-threehead Daddy!"
Is that cute or what?
Face for Grace,
Holly
Saturday, October 20, 2007
God made Everything...even thumbs
Back before I had a child, you know in the day when I knew everything, I was determined that my child would never "get used" to needing a pacifier, and I would most certainly not have a thumb-sucking child. Heaven's no!
Then came the early days of sleepless nights, sleepless days...and general sleeplessness. And, my oh my the crying. Everyone in the house did a whole lot of crying those first few weeks, but Bayli took the cake. We became desperate, we tried everything, spending probably close to $100 trying to find a pacifier the child would take. We shoved everything in her mouth in an attempt to get her to suck it...we put her thumb, her fingers, her whole fist...possibly even a foot on occasion. Anything to end the crying and to get her to stop the incessant crying. All to no avail.
Somehow we all made it through, and fastforwarding about 6 months; one day we watched her study her hands for quite some time. Then all of a sudden she put her right thumb in her mouth and the rest is history.
And, for someone who did not want a thumb sucking child, I must say...it melted my heart. I still think it's one of the most precious sights in the world...watching a sleepy baby sucking their thumb as they drift off to a peaceful sleep. We knew that we should stop it then, but she was a baby, and it was so cute...so we let it ride. All the while in the back of my mind I kept telling myself that we'll break it when she's about 2. That should be simple enough.
On Bayli's 2nd birthday, I was just 2 weeks past learning we'd lost our 2nd baby. It was a hard time, and she was still a baby herself, so I decided we'd let it go a little longer. After all, she was growing so much and so fast every day, this kept her more of a baby. We decided that it was ok for her to suck her thumb only while sleeping for naps and bedtime. Any other time we'd find her sucking it, we'd make her stop. For some reason I kept thinking that 4 years old was my cut off. 4 is the limit, too old to keep sucking your thumb.
Now she's 4. And she's my only baby still...And, it still melts my heart, and I still think it's sweet, and she only does it for about the first 15 minutes of sleep. But I know it's time. And the dentist confirmed it at her last appointment.
She's been asking for a pink ballerina room. So, we figured that might be some good ammunition to work with. We'll encourage her to stop sucking her thumb and when she masters it completely, we'll give her the pink ballerina room of her choice.
She went along with the plans quite nicely for the entire first day of the "new plan". We even went to Lowe's to pick out some paint chips, just for some tangible incentive. But as bedtime approached she started crawfishing big-time. And as I tucked her in that night, I prayed with her that God would give her strength to help beat this habit. And I prayed scripture over her, "Bayli can do all things through Christ who strengthens her!" It was looking good, until she turned over and said, "Mommy, in Club Faith we learned that God made everything." Stupid Mommy, not even realizing I'm being set up here, pipes up with "That's right honey...God did make everything. And He made all things good and perfect." So, my 4 year old, that's going on 14 replies, "Yes, Mommy...even thumbs. God made thumbs...and they're good. So I'm going to keep sucking mine until I'm older. We'll just wait on the pink room, ok?"
Now, what do you do with that my friends?
Then came the early days of sleepless nights, sleepless days...and general sleeplessness. And, my oh my the crying. Everyone in the house did a whole lot of crying those first few weeks, but Bayli took the cake. We became desperate, we tried everything, spending probably close to $100 trying to find a pacifier the child would take. We shoved everything in her mouth in an attempt to get her to suck it...we put her thumb, her fingers, her whole fist...possibly even a foot on occasion. Anything to end the crying and to get her to stop the incessant crying. All to no avail.
Somehow we all made it through, and fastforwarding about 6 months; one day we watched her study her hands for quite some time. Then all of a sudden she put her right thumb in her mouth and the rest is history.
And, for someone who did not want a thumb sucking child, I must say...it melted my heart. I still think it's one of the most precious sights in the world...watching a sleepy baby sucking their thumb as they drift off to a peaceful sleep. We knew that we should stop it then, but she was a baby, and it was so cute...so we let it ride. All the while in the back of my mind I kept telling myself that we'll break it when she's about 2. That should be simple enough.
On Bayli's 2nd birthday, I was just 2 weeks past learning we'd lost our 2nd baby. It was a hard time, and she was still a baby herself, so I decided we'd let it go a little longer. After all, she was growing so much and so fast every day, this kept her more of a baby. We decided that it was ok for her to suck her thumb only while sleeping for naps and bedtime. Any other time we'd find her sucking it, we'd make her stop. For some reason I kept thinking that 4 years old was my cut off. 4 is the limit, too old to keep sucking your thumb.
Now she's 4. And she's my only baby still...And, it still melts my heart, and I still think it's sweet, and she only does it for about the first 15 minutes of sleep. But I know it's time. And the dentist confirmed it at her last appointment.
She's been asking for a pink ballerina room. So, we figured that might be some good ammunition to work with. We'll encourage her to stop sucking her thumb and when she masters it completely, we'll give her the pink ballerina room of her choice.
She went along with the plans quite nicely for the entire first day of the "new plan". We even went to Lowe's to pick out some paint chips, just for some tangible incentive. But as bedtime approached she started crawfishing big-time. And as I tucked her in that night, I prayed with her that God would give her strength to help beat this habit. And I prayed scripture over her, "Bayli can do all things through Christ who strengthens her!" It was looking good, until she turned over and said, "Mommy, in Club Faith we learned that God made everything." Stupid Mommy, not even realizing I'm being set up here, pipes up with "That's right honey...God did make everything. And He made all things good and perfect." So, my 4 year old, that's going on 14 replies, "Yes, Mommy...even thumbs. God made thumbs...and they're good. So I'm going to keep sucking mine until I'm older. We'll just wait on the pink room, ok?"
Now, what do you do with that my friends?
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Ode to the "Kitchen" flag
Apparently the very first thing Bayli's class does every morning is Pledges. They say their pledge to the Bible, the pledge to the Christian Flag and the Pledge of Allegiance. I love the habit training she is receiving, and she seems to be catching on quite well...at least to the pledge to the Bible. The other two flag pledges she has combined into one...and it goes a little like this:
I pledge allegiance to the 'Kitchen' flag of the United States of America,
and to the public for which kingdom it stands,
One nation under God, 'indibidible'
with life, liberty and justice for all who believe.
For those of you who don't know your pledge to the Christian Flag...this is a very good combination of the 2 pledges combined as one. Now, I have to admit that I ascribe to the club of letting the cute phrases go, figuring she is only little once. What's the harm in calling a Starburst a Starbucks anyway? But Jason feels that even though it is indeed oh so cute, we must absolutely correct her at once. I know that's what the professionals will tell you to do, but maybe they just don't know just how much I enjoy this little girl and how much I need for her to stay little for as long as absolutely possible.
But, I am the most patriotic girl one will ever meet. I get angry every time I watch someone from the USA winning a gold medal at the Olympics and they don't sing along with our National Anthem. That is my absolute number 1 pet peeve in life! And, another interesting little tid-bit I bet you didn't know about me...my 2 favorite songs EVIR are "Proud to be an American" by Lee Greenwood and "The Star Spangled Banner". That is the absolute truth. For real. I absolutely love our country and we are absolutely blessed beyond measure to live in such an amazing place. We are the land of the free and the home of the brave people...for the love of all things Red, White and Blue...please sing along the next time you are on the podium receiving a gold medal and representing our country, ok?!
I digress.
Anyway, due to my over-the-top patriotism and feeling it was my duty as a fine upstanding citizen, I did correct Bayli on the pledge to the Kitchen flag and explained that instead it's the Christian flag. She's doing better with it...now it's more like "Kritchen" flag. She's getting there. Even though the 2 pledges are still combined as one long pledge to everything including the "Kritchen" sink :)
face for grace,
Holly
I pledge allegiance to the 'Kitchen' flag of the United States of America,
and to the public for which kingdom it stands,
One nation under God, 'indibidible'
with life, liberty and justice for all who believe.
For those of you who don't know your pledge to the Christian Flag...this is a very good combination of the 2 pledges combined as one. Now, I have to admit that I ascribe to the club of letting the cute phrases go, figuring she is only little once. What's the harm in calling a Starburst a Starbucks anyway? But Jason feels that even though it is indeed oh so cute, we must absolutely correct her at once. I know that's what the professionals will tell you to do, but maybe they just don't know just how much I enjoy this little girl and how much I need for her to stay little for as long as absolutely possible.
But, I am the most patriotic girl one will ever meet. I get angry every time I watch someone from the USA winning a gold medal at the Olympics and they don't sing along with our National Anthem. That is my absolute number 1 pet peeve in life! And, another interesting little tid-bit I bet you didn't know about me...my 2 favorite songs EVIR are "Proud to be an American" by Lee Greenwood and "The Star Spangled Banner". That is the absolute truth. For real. I absolutely love our country and we are absolutely blessed beyond measure to live in such an amazing place. We are the land of the free and the home of the brave people...for the love of all things Red, White and Blue...please sing along the next time you are on the podium receiving a gold medal and representing our country, ok?!
I digress.
Anyway, due to my over-the-top patriotism and feeling it was my duty as a fine upstanding citizen, I did correct Bayli on the pledge to the Kitchen flag and explained that instead it's the Christian flag. She's doing better with it...now it's more like "Kritchen" flag. She's getting there. Even though the 2 pledges are still combined as one long pledge to everything including the "Kritchen" sink :)
face for grace,
Holly
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