As we are getting ready to leave the house in the morning for school:
Me (a little frustrated): Norah, please hurry up and zip up your jacket!!
Norah: Hold on Mom! I'm working on it! Just like I have to wait for you to make your coffee,
you have to wait for me to zip up my coat! OK?
you have to wait for me to zip up my coat! OK?
Me (laughing): OK Norah, I am sorry, I will try to be more patient.
Later that day as we are driving home from school:
Norah: Mom, can I please have a snack when we get home?
Me: We'll see what we have when we get there honey.
Norah: What? Can I please have a snack Mom?
Me: I said we'll see what we have Norah.
Norah: What Mom? Can I have a snack or not?
Me: Yes Norah! I said Yes, you can have a snack!
Norah: Then don't tell me "we'll see what we have" mom! Just say YES!
Me (laughing again): Does it make you frustrated when I don't give clear answers?
Norah: Yes!
I guess maybe I need a sticker chart of my own :)
Clark has been doing a little growing up of his own. He now says "Hello -insert name here-" to almost everyone he knows including all the kids in the infant room and his favorite teacher! It seems like it was just overnight that he learned how to say all these names! He sometimes starts his day by walking around the infant room looking for the babies saying "where baby?" over and over. (Imagine all this in the most super high-pitched baby voice possible - I die every time he talks!) He loves to "ROAAAAAAR" like a dinosaur and make his Air Force One jet (thanks Auntie Leesie!) fly around as he makes whooshing noises for it. Oh, and if he sees something he wants he says "Uh Ohhhhh" and points to it. That means "Hand that to me please!"
So that's the synopsis of our life at the moment. I have not been great at taking my camera out a lot lately. If it's not within eyesight, then I tend to not think about. I'm just distracted by everything else around me.
So here's some photos from the last few weeks...
Making Christmas Cookies
Making Christmas Cookies
Yes - She totally needed a haircut here!
Christmas Eve at Nona's & Grandpa's House
Christmas Morning at Home... Santa Came!!!
And this year we spent Christmas Day first with my Aunts & Uncles and Cousins, and then went on to spend the rest of the night with Grandma Renee & Grumpa at their house with Auntie Leesie and Uncle Joe. It was such a fun day that I forgot to take any pictures! Oops :) We will sure have it locked away in our memories though... we even had a magical drive home; As the kids were sleeping, we drove around looking at Christmas lights all around the neighborhood while listening to Christmas music. What a perfect ending to a Merry Christmas :)
Love ~ Renee
