Tidbits

- I got out the ironing board (meaning, I lost the ironing board and finally found where I stored it) and Hannah looked at it and said, "What is that?" (I don't iron, ha!)

- Last night after bath Livi was running around like the crazy nakie girl she typically is after bath. I was cracking up and said, "Lou, you are so silly." Hannah said, "No, she's not"

- Which brings me to my next point. Three year olds and their arguing. Have I mentioned this? We are trying to instill grateful hearts in this house. So whenever I say something like, "Praise the Lord for sunshine" or "Thank you Lord for rain" Hannah usually response with "No, I don't like it. I don't like sun (or rain, or the sky, or birds, etc)"

- Today I told Hannah if she wanted to ride her bike, she needed to wear sneakers. She said no. I said ok, you can wear your sandals, but you can't ride your bike (btw, she has the cutest little bike with streamers on the handle bars and she is so good at riding it, it's so great and it was $13 at a garage sale!). She said no, I will ride my bike.

- This week we started a zero tolerance policy to arguing, whether it's if the sky is blue or not (simple conversational arguing), or if she has to wear sneakers while riding her bike (obedience arguing). If she argues with us, she gets a taste of apple cider vinegar. We started Sunday and her arguing has already significantly diminished. She has even started to argue, and then stopped and changed her mind. Discipline really does work.

- My friend Abby was over one day when we started with the apple cider vinegar (and it's the good stuff from Trader Joe's, not the weak cheap stuff from Meijer) and she wanted to taste it. She said she won't be arguing with me any time soon:)

- Also, Hannah has had a really really hard time remembering to say "please" or use general nice words when asking for something. Usually it's like, "Mom! Milk!" (I feel like Hannah is Will Ferrell from Wedding Crashers "Mom! The meatloaf!") We've had to take drastic measures now and I really really don't like it. I've spent approximately a year and a half saying, "Hannah, how do you say it?" To which she responds, "Please?" and frankly I'm tired of reminding her. Now, whenever she asks for something without saying please, I tell her no. And it's really really hard and really really sad. I love to give her things. Today she wanted to use my blush and I am totally ok with it. But she didn't say please and so I had to sadly say, "Hannah I would love to put blush on you, but you didn't say please so my answer is no." She's cried a couple times and I've almost changed my mind a couple times. But I'm sticking with it and I'm hoping by the end of the week Hannah won't conveniently forget to say please.

- Did you know that Peter and John had a sandboat? That Hannah and Jesus walked on water together? That Olivia can say "coooookie!"? That Hannah's favorite books are Cat in the Hat and Cat in the Hat Comes Back? That Olivia's favorite book is Llama Llama Red Pajama? That they will still stay in their rooms for about three hours every afternoon for nap/quiet time? That my girls are so awesome and adorable I could eat them up?