kindergarten roundup

charleigh attended kindergarten roundup today. i cant believe my sweet little girl is almost a schooler (as she refers to it). time flies. almost time to go back-pack shopping for her. ill have a 5th grader and a kindergartner and 2 at home. cant wait!

charleigh

this morning at breakfast i overheard chuck tell scott

what she wanted to get me for mothers day.

almost a whisper "daddy we need to get mom some pro flowers from .com"

i just love her!!!

today

we made paper dolls.

charleigh is the only one who really cared.

it always reminds me of making paper dolls with my mom when i was a little girl.

happy birthday charleigh!

charleigh jane is 4 today. were about to get ready for the zoo. its been a while since weve been. im sure it will be great.

feeding frenzy

today in the pond.

notice no nemo? i think he got eaten by a cat or raccoon.

charleighs commentary.

box heads

im not sure if mary or charleigh have ever seen mcdonald cardboard boxes before. lately the happy meals come in a paper bag. lame. not like when we were kids. we got mickey d's for lunch today. it happens once in a blue moon. the girls were so exited, and wore the boxes on their heads as you can see. leah was at school obvously, it is a week day after all. she about lost her mind when she saw my cup of pop with the big red m on the side. its cool, im sure shell hate me for better things when shes older.

so this morning,

charleigh and i were outback watering flowers and plants in baskets, pots and on the ground. planted in 2 pots next to each other are a fern and some dill. my little wet helper was paying special attention to these two. over watering the crap outta them while chanting, "dill, fern, dill, fern, dill". "hey mommy!" she exclaimed. "thats where we live mom, fern dill michigan!"she was so super proud.

i love watching new wonder and amazement in my little ones.

lately

i got me some ladybugs for my yard. they eat bugs that eat my plants. its a good thing. plus the kiddos get so exited when they find one on a flower.

heres charleigh spying on some, hopefully not squishing them.
heres my happy fishy pond, the lily pads are popping up nicely.
leahs fish nemo. i would guess hes about 10 inches long. huge!

heres miss. c.j. her favorite trick, balancing a spoon on her nose, wearing this old dress (thats too small) and wears everyday! and 2 non-matching boots. yup, shes my kid.

tigers vs. yankies

scott and i took leah and charleigh to a tigers baseball game. it was leah's 3rd game and charleigh's 1st. we were able to score really good tickets from some of scotts season ticket holder friends. c.j. was pretty nervous when we first got there. she doesnt get out much, lol. she clenched to her daddy and complained about the loud noise. soon enough she was cheering, dancing, singing and flirting with the people behind us. leah escorted her sister on the merry-go-round, which charleigh called a marigold. we had hot dogs and cotton candy. i couldnt have asked for a better date.

the name game

leah and charleigh have a fish tank in their bedroom. it is a smallish tank with pink rocks at the bottom. it sits on top of charleighs dresser. the light on the tank is used as the girls night light.

charleigh named the creatures that live in the under water oasis. snailey is the snail, swimmey is the fish, and sucky is the sucker\algae eater fish. charleigh is quite creative in naming her friends.

often she lines up her baby dolls. all in a row, half naked, covered with blankets. all snuggled up. their names are just about always, rudy, tootie, boobie, rudy (again) and noodle. thought id just throw that out there.

few updates around my house

spring is in the air

a few plants are popping through the soggy ground

rubbing their sleepy eyes

welcoming a nice day

my big boy is officially walking

unassisted

11 steps in a row i counted last night

charleigh got a hair cut

super cute i think

i really cant tell her and mary apart

from behind

looks like someone was ice fishing in the pond last week

possibly the nutty squirrel

go charleigh go!

charleigh dropped a deuce on the potty today. 2 football size poops. yeah charleigh!

charleigh jane the bully

charleigh has been hitting mary a lot lately. she is 3 and a half where as mary is almost 2. ceej is being quite the bully. it is driving me absolutely crazy. today i went to the extremes.

she has begun lying, saying that mary is hitting her when im not watching...i hear mary scream in pain and charleigh yell, 'mary! dont hit!' at first i didnt know who to believe, but marys tears are pretty obvious in this who-done-it case. so any way, ive done everything to stop the hitting, time-out, taken away toys, hit her myself, lectures, etc... nothing seems to be doing the trick.

today at lunch i did i think the meanest thing ever. i told her if she continues to hit, she will have to live with another family. i caught her attention. she would have an ugly bedroom with black walls and no toys, a really mean mom and dad that didnt love her, and no baby brother jax. i related her hitting, to roxy, a dog we no longer have. roxie has a different family because she bit our neighbor. ceej had about a million questions and ended up in tears. i instilled how important it is never to hit, all the reasons, and the consequence.

so hopefully she is done hitting. or this is just the beginning of years of therapy. hopefully what i did will turn out positive. any parenting advise on this matter would be wonderfully appreciated.