New Teacher

Mischief has a new teacher this year for preschool, and this is a big deal to her because she had the same teacher for the last two years.  We have been gearing her up all summer for her new teacher, and she seemed excited.  She seemed excited when she got to go to school on "Meet the Teacher" day.  She seemed thrilled to be a "Fantastic Fish," as this is the name of her new class this year.  She was also very excited to have some of the same classmates this year that she had last year.  Even the first two days of school this week, she was inquisitive and somewhat excited about her new teacher and new class, until the last day of the week...

Mischief asked me to put her hair in a ponytail to go to school, and she quickly changed her mind, sobbing that she did not want her new teacher to see it!  I have no idea what the problem was, but all she could say was that she wanted to go to her old teacher's class and show her the ponytail.  And, while she was there, she would just stay there for the day!  Finally, I gave in and took the ponytail out, and everything was fine...

This is gearing up to be an interesting year!

Baby Elephant

Today we had a once in a lifetime opportunity.  Through connections at work, Aunt Laura had the chance to take her family to the Indianapolis Children's Zoo for a chance to pet the new baby elephant, named Kenali, who was born in July and is seven weeks old.  Aunt Laura asked if I would bring the kids to her so she could share this unique opportunity with them.  Of course, the kids are always to see Aunt Laura every time they can - even though Mayhem now calls her "Bug Laura."

When we went to the elephant building, we were shown a mold of the elephant's molar and a real tusk off one of their elephants.  We were also shown a hair off the tail of the elephant that I would have believed if they had told me was a piece of wire.  After a little bit of an informative session, we got taken straight into the elephant barn where the baby is very, very playful and quite the joy to watch.  Mischief was in awe and kept petting her.  Mayhem, however, had to be held and kept pointing to the mother saying, "Big Elephant!"

All in all, it was an awesome and unique opportunity they will never have again, so we thank Aunt Laura for this chance.

Kenali liked Mischief, too!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Yesterday, Daddy celebrated his 30th birthday, even though he does not want to admit it.  The kids are always excited about birthdays because they get to make and eat cake.  They also love giving presents, which is good because they do not get mad when other people get presents.  They do, however, have to help people open the presents they have given them.

When Mischief and Mayhem gave Daddy their gifts, they each carried a gift bag out into the kitchen and said, "Happy Birthday, Daddy."  Although, Mayhem pretty well summed it up when his phrasing and pronunciation comes out, "Happy Poopy, Daddy!"

Hard at Work

When the kids are let loose outside, it is amazing to see what can happen and how deaf they go.  Obviously, they must be deaf, since they neither one listen to a word I am saying, since they run as fast as they can, squealing, and completely ignore me!

A couple of days ago, we went to Jackson's house and they played outside and went nuts!  Since Jackson lives in the country, they did not have to be told to stay out of the street, etc.  All of the annoying 'city' rules are out the window, and they can just run.  I believe we need to move to the country...

Tackle Dummy

Have you ever played with a tackle dummy before?  I have not, but my kids certainly do!  Mischief and Mayhem have a current favorite past time of tackling each other.  That is it, just tackling and laying on top of each other.  They take turns and seem to love it!  Oh dear, I hope this is just a phase...

Late Spring Cleaning

I decided, today, that it was necessary to clean the garage out, so I can park my car in there this fall.  I am rather tired of hickory nuts denting my car every autumn, so it is time to park it in the garage!  However, on this expansive project, I had two little helpers!  Of course, you cannot breathe without help from the kids!

Let me just say that after several hours of the kids finding toys (or bicycle pumps they think are toys), me breaking up fights over said toys, and Mayhem lining up a case of water bottles individually to make a barrier from me getting out of the garage, our day ended with Mischief saying, "it's ok if I get dirty and touch dirty stuff!  Touch, touch, touch, touch, oh, look at me, I'm GETTIN' dirty!"

It has been a long (yet productive) day...

Pokes

Today was vaccination day!  Oh, what a joyous day in my house!  I had not mentioned anything to Mischief about her shots, and she was talking about the ones she got last fall last night!  So, this morning, when I asked her if she would go along to get Mayhem's shots and keep him brave, she started crying!

So, when the time came, she was not happy at all!  Mayhem never flinched, and I gave him a sucker so he would sit through her shots.  He never fussed at all!  Mischief, on the other hand, cried before, during, and after her "pokes."  She calls them pokes, and has talked non-stop about them today. 


Mainly, nurse Mommy was not supposed to let her get pokes, and now she needs a better nurse to take care of her pokes!  I feel appreciated...