KID NOTES October 2015-January 2016
Abram: "Aila, I'll hold your hand during the car wash so you're not scared." "Oh, so I don't cry?" "Yeah."
Aila in a high-pitched voice in his face, "oh hi baby Emerson! You're okay! You're okay!"
Me, after aila peed on the carpet, "pee-pee belongs in the potty, not on the carpet." Her: "no! Pee pee belongs on the carpet, and that's the truth!!"
This morning as I'm hurrying around trying to get things done, Abram calls out from the BR, "mom, there's no more toilet paper!" I go out to the garage for more TP, pass Emerson and hear him poop in his diaper...then I come in from the garage and aila says, "mom, I'm poopy!" Just takin' care of business around here... ;)
Aila: "mom, when is it thanksgiving and we eat too much pie?" (Been reading thanksgiving books lately...)
Abram having a whiny evening: "I just wanna be sad!!" "You want to be sad?" "Actually I don't but I just want what I can't have!!"
Abram: This sweet boy got to the kitchen first this morning. I heard him out there but hurried and jumped in the shower. I came out to find that he got out bowls and spoons for everyone, poured us each some Cheerios and milk, complete with honey drizzled on top. He even colored and cut out a turkey to put under Ben's bowl to make it extra special because he's sick. THEN, after church, he worked so hard making a cheese/mayo/mustard/kale sandwich, which he cut in half and shared with Ben. 
Plus, I came home from meetings to the sweetest fall leaf necklace he made for me!!! Enough to make me cry, he's so sweet.
Costco two days before thanksgiving with three kids (emers in wrap)--man said he passed us a few times and thought I was doing amazing. Thought about it all day--nice words go a long way!
Ben: "we're going to the temple today!" Aila, "can i come?" "Yep, we all get to go!" "Is Jesus gonna be there?"
During sac mtg: helping Abram stay reverent--open his BOM to a picture of Christ. He says, "what is he looking at?" Me: "I don't know, what do you think?" Him: "I think he's looking at someone who needs help." Me: "Do you think he loves that person?" Him: "Yeah."
Aila: "because I'm a big goal!!" (Girl)
Me nursing Emerson and I hear Aila, "mommy, I'm getting messy!!" Makeup all over her face.
Yes, Aila is very transparent....yelling from across the house, "mom, I'm eating gum from your diaper bag!!"
(Driving) Aila: "look, mom, the clouds are pink!" Abram: "the clouds aren't pink, Aila, it's just the sun reflecting on them." "Oh."
Abrams Q's about Santa: "are there two santas? Because how does he get to aaaaalllll the houses in the world?" "How do the reindeer fly?" "Do the reindeer ever fall off the roof? How do they fit? How many are there?"
Abram: "mom do frogs know they're frogs?"
Abram: "how did Mary and Joseph get made if they were on earth before Jesus was born to make them?"
Aila watching byu bball with Ben: "did it go in the hula-hoop?!"
Primary nativity practice last night. Abram is a shepherd. Everyone keeps telling me how great of a singer he is--knows all the words and sings out. 
Aila holds her baby and bounces and shushes her. :)
Aila: "actually, I don't want my pb&j. I just wanna dance. Can you turn on a song for me?"
Aila: "mom, can yer -----?" (she says "yer" a lot)
Aila, opening the fridge, "mom, where's the Thomas??!!" (hummus)
Abram: "it's noisy at our house. I think we can only have one more kid in our family."
Emerson: showed off his strength and coordination by rolling over back-to-stomach several times and stomach-to-back once before turning 4 months. Our pediatrician was impressed.
Moved Aila into Abrams room so we could move Emerson out of ours. The first night Aila kept talking to abram and she kept both of them up late. Second night, Abram said: "Aila, you can't talk to me tonight. It's time to sleep." Third night, I hear: "abraaaaaam!! Aaaaabraaaaam!" I go in and find Abram fast asleep with Aila standing up, distressed in her crib, "mom! Abrams not talking to me!!!"
Abram: "I'm going to remember this birthday for the rest of my life. Even until next Saturday." 5th birthday--Wade's came to visit, Ben and I decorated with balloons and streamers (specifically requested by Abram--where to put streamers, etc), played games (all thoroughly thought out and directed by Abram--musical chairs, Simon says, laughing game, pop balloon to get candy, race game, superhero/bad guy game), made Lego masks, rode bike to park, went to ihop for dinner where he got pancakes and a free ice cream dessert, opened presents, and had a Rice Krispie volcano cake made by Gma Karen. Such a fun day!
The morning of his bday, I heard him and Aila chatting--"Abram, let's talk about your bday!" "A-wuh, it's already my bday so there's nothing to talk about!"
Lying down with my newly-turned 5-yr-old tonight, my heart teetered between joy for the blessing of this precious boy in our family and mourning for his fastly-disappearing little-boy years. But he put it all into perspective as he sleepily said: "I'm a special boy forever and ever and ever." "You're right, Abram. I love you." "I love you." Happy birthday, sweet boy.
Me getting Emerson to sleep in his room, Aila comes in and says, "mom, can we have gum?" I shake my head no. I hear her run down the hall to Abram and exclaim, "she said yes!!"
(Me getting Emerson to sleep again) Aila: "Mom, can we watch a movie?" I shake my head no. Pitter-patter down the hall: "She said yes!!"
Costco run with all three kids... I finally unload all the groceries in the rain and have two out of three buckled in car seats when Aila says, "mom, I need to go potty!!" She has a pull-up on and most of me wants to tell her to go in her pull-up but she did that earlier and was really upset by it. Sooooo, I put the carrier back on with Emerson, lift A & A back into the cart. (Still raining.) We book it back in to Costco, get to bathroom and thankfully the handicap stall is open. (Where's the "mom with three kids 5 and under" stall??) we all go in and I hurry and put Aila on the potty. ... I'm holding her arm so she doesn't fall in...(Tick tick tick)..."Aila, are you sure you need to go?" "Yeah." Sits there looking at me (I'm still holding her and yes, emers is still in the carrier and I'm sweating.) Then Abram, "mom, I need to go too!" "Okay, just wait till Aila's done...Aila, should we just try again at home?" "No." Just looks at me. (Tick tick tick...) then FINALLY, the sound we are all waiting for! Her little face lights up, "Mom, I'm going!" Thank goodness. Then Abram gets a turn, and by this time I need to go too. After getting everyone's hands washed and dried (we took up all three sinks) I go against my usual and decide we all earned Costco hot dogs and smoothies to share. *Phew!* Just another day in the life of a mom and her three littles...
Aila potty training: my genius idea was to allow big brother a reward as well if he helped her go. He was all over it--reminding her to go ("A-wuh, do you need to go potty?"), turning the water on for her to wash her hands, and praising her, "A-wuh, you went potty, good job!" Chocolate chips all around!
January 2016: finished first read-aloud chapter book with Abram! (It only took one day but he was really excited about it!)
