Run away! Run away!

This past week Kaylee decided that she has had enough of her brothers and so she was going to run away. She informed me of this very matter of fact like, and then proceeded to write up a "packing list". She even titled it, "List of things I need to run away". To give you an idea, the very first item listed was "2670 packages of Ramen noodles". The rest of the list wasn't much better. "27 apples, 160 bottles of water, all her stuff grandma oatmeal gave her, 6 chapter books, 2 math books, 2 blankets, 1 huge box for my stuffed animals, 1 pair of scissors, 2 pillows, 2 jackets, 21 boxes of matches, all my clothes, a hat, shoes-a girl cant have too many, my gold and my money, list of my friends, my pink bat, calendar, towel, place mat, trick-or-treating costume and bag." She showed me the list and I said "wow, that's a lot of stuff! How are you going to carry it all?" She said she didn't know and went off to think about it for a while. Then she came back and said that she was going to have grandpa build her a wagon to carry stuff in. She decided that he would need to have one night to build the wagon, so she was postponing running away until tomorrow. Then she found out that we were going to the library the next day, so the departure date was pushed back another day. Then she found out we were going to the museum, so that pushed it back even another day. So Friday was it, r-day so to speak. Wednesday night while grandma was tucking her into bed, Kaylee told her about her plans to run away on Friday. Grandma said "oh, but Kaylee, if you run away I will miss you so much I'll cry!!" Kaylee was quiet for a minute, then she sighed really big and said, "OK, I'll stay till Saturday" It was all mom and I could do to get them settled and out of the room before bursting with laughter. She is such a drama queen!!! Needless to say, by Saturday she had forgotten all about running away.

Heaven Help us!

I haven't been able to blog now in a very long time. Computer problems (aka the "blue screen of death"). We are back up and running again, finally! SOOOOO much has happened with our family since I last wrote, it's hard to know where to begin. Jaden is not only walking but running as well as climbing. He can reach up onto the counter and on to the table. He has pulled bowls of cereal off the table and onto his head. Not a good thing when you are allergic to milk! Ethan is a toothless wonder. Of his front 8 teeth he has only 1 that is all the way in and not loose! He has 2 that are still in his mouth but both are loose. The rest are gone! He has a few that are adult teeth that are just starting to grow back in. Jake has started school as of September and LOVES every minute of it. They have been studying apples this past month, and Jake recognizes and can name several varieties of apples. For example, he knows what red delicious, yellow delicious, gala, granny smith, and braeburn (as well as several others) all look like! He's a riot to take to the grocery store! He totally flabbergasted the produce guy that was putting out the apples at Fry's. Jake, who talks to anyone and everyone, started pointing out apples and telling the guy "this one is granny smith (pronounce granny smiff), and this is red delicious (wed dewicious)..." The grocer's eyes just about popped out of his head! It was very funny. Kaylee is still trying hard to be the queen bee around here. She is reading voraciously now.
A few funnies of the recent weeks:
Jake. In and of himself he is funny, but this one had me laughing. He got all upset one night at dinner because Kaylee got to say the blessing on the food. Finally grandma told him that if he wanted to say his own prayer that he could and to just say it in his head. Jake folded his arms up over the top of his head and squinted his eyes shut and said, out loud, his prayer. I guess when you are 3 that is what "say it in your head" means!
Kaylee. Last week she was fussin' and carrying on about something that her brothers were doing to her (or more accurately what she thought her brothers were doing to her). I was teasing her about being a drama queen, trying desperately to head off the full blown pouty tantrum that was coming, and she stops the whine cold and says really airy, Scarlett O'Hara voice, "I just want my award" and fanned herself with her hand!! I don't know where it came from, if it was something she heard at school, or what, but I about peed my pants I was laughing so hard.
Jaden is "calling me" so I guess this is all for now! More on the hutch bunch soon!