Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Reese quotes and such

Reese was a super chatter box tonight so I told her that. I meant it in the cutest way possible as I was loving her running commentary but big brother used the word as a taunt and started taunting her.

Dono: "Reese is a chatterbox, Reese is a chatterbox, Reese is a chatter box!"
Reese: (NOT happy with the taunting) "Dono, don't say that word! It's not good to God!" (looked at Tom and I to see our reactions to see if she used that point correctly)

Tom and I did our best but we couldn't keep a straight face after a couple of seconds.
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Reese: "Mom, did you see Miss Nadina's hair? It's pink now. She got a haircut too. I think she just got it cut and it just turned pink."

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I had Reese's teacher conference tonight at her school. Her teacher Ms. Julie called her one of the "dominant females" in the class.  I had to laugh. She could not have hit the nail any more on the head.


Family Facepainting

A little over a month ago we decided to have a homemade face paint day.There was nothing fancy about it. We took turns painting each other with regular, washable kid paint meant for paper.  It was itchy when it dried but otherwise worked quite well for a last minute idea. Here are some of the during and after pictures.

I painted Reese. She is supposed to be a kitty.

Part way through my face paint by Reese. This is before she realized she hadn't used EVERY color.

Finished product. She got as close to getting it in my eye without ACTUALLY getting it in my eye.

Dono painted Tom. It's a car on his face of course.

This was my best try at a zombie.


Monday, October 27, 2014

Thursday, October 9, 2014

DAD POST: Conversations with Reese

So Ellen is out of town on her first ever, super important, high-class businesswoman work trip, which means it's single dad time all week! I was a tad nervous about it since she left Tuesday and won't be back until late night on Friday, but the children have been extremely good and we've been having a great time. So much so that Reese is actually talking to me! It's a breakthrough! Here are a few of the conversations we had just today.

In the car on the way home from school, talking about the big storm that rolled through last night:

Reese: Daddy, I like the color of lightning.
Daddy: Oh yeah? What color is lightning, Reese?
R: I don't know.
D: Is it white?
R: No.
D: I think it's kind of like a white light. Like a bright white light.
R: White light?
D: Yeah, don't you think it's like a white light?
R: No.
D: Well what color do you think it is then?
R: Thunder.

At home, talking about a nap:

Daddy: Reese, did you take a nap today?
Reese: Yes.
D: How long was your nap?
R: I don't know, I think for 55 hours.

At bedtime, discussing why I went and played hockey tonight:

Reese: Daddy, why did you leave and go play hockey tonight?
Daddy: I go and play hockey every Thursday night.
R: Why?
D: Because I like to play.
R: Why?
D: Because it's fun.
R: Oh, when I'm your age I'm going to play hockey for fun.

Little princess is currently asleep in her bed wearing her pink Blues jersey.