so this is my beautiful, imaginative, smart 4 year old.... all dressed up like an "ariel princess" at the just for fun, princess tea party that we had. She loves to play dress up, she loves to learn and practice saying and writing and reading the alphabet, she loves playing "mommy"....esp. to animals, but her newest pastime is being the animal. She has recently introduced us to her alter ego - Cooler, the pound puppy. She took this identity after watching Pound Puppies (the original cartoon series) on Boomerang over at the Hardings (thanks alot guys) So, now- more often than not - she responds ONLY to Cooler.....It was cute at first, but I am not gonna lie, there are times now, that I am worried she might be "that kid" in school. I find myself in public places saying "here boy!" (as directed) or holding an imaginary leash; she will bark instead of talk, lick instead of hug or kiss.....and the other day outside, I watched as she lay on the driveway with the neighbor's dog, following his lead and licking her leg. I have to get her 3 bowls...one with dog food(goldfish), another with water, and the last with a dog treat(normally an oreo) - most everyday! Even recently her new found best girl friend and playmate wanted her to come over and play with only one request: Maley Jane told her mom that she did not want to play with Cooler! She even asks that when we say prayers - I say only Cooler and not tanner at all - so there I am, praying for salvation at an early age for a make believe dog! there is one perk: fortunately, Tanner Kate sometimes has trouble minding - but Cooler is quite obedient.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
my pride and puppy
so this is my beautiful, imaginative, smart 4 year old.... all dressed up like an "ariel princess" at the just for fun, princess tea party that we had. She loves to play dress up, she loves to learn and practice saying and writing and reading the alphabet, she loves playing "mommy"....esp. to animals, but her newest pastime is being the animal. She has recently introduced us to her alter ego - Cooler, the pound puppy. She took this identity after watching Pound Puppies (the original cartoon series) on Boomerang over at the Hardings (thanks alot guys) So, now- more often than not - she responds ONLY to Cooler.....It was cute at first, but I am not gonna lie, there are times now, that I am worried she might be "that kid" in school. I find myself in public places saying "here boy!" (as directed) or holding an imaginary leash; she will bark instead of talk, lick instead of hug or kiss.....and the other day outside, I watched as she lay on the driveway with the neighbor's dog, following his lead and licking her leg. I have to get her 3 bowls...one with dog food(goldfish), another with water, and the last with a dog treat(normally an oreo) - most everyday! Even recently her new found best girl friend and playmate wanted her to come over and play with only one request: Maley Jane told her mom that she did not want to play with Cooler! She even asks that when we say prayers - I say only Cooler and not tanner at all - so there I am, praying for salvation at an early age for a make believe dog! there is one perk: fortunately, Tanner Kate sometimes has trouble minding - but Cooler is quite obedient.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
no one told me
INTRO:
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Love You Forever
So, tonight I was reading to Tanner before bed and she picked "a girl and her gator" and "love you forever" (the one with the boy playing with toilet paper on the bathroom floor....."I'll lover you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be."???) So, if you know this book - it is sweet slash creepy. Basically, the mom rocks her son and sings the lines I quoted already; it goes through him growing up and at every age, her sneaking in her room and rocking him...even as a teenager (kinda weird) and then even as a grown man...she drives in her car to his house where he lives alone, then she sneaks into his window, and picks him up, rocks him, and sings the song... really weird!!! then in ends with him rocking her when she is old and sick and then him rocking his little baby.....kinda weird, but seeing that I am emotionally unstable these days, it can still get me a little teary. just the basic idea.
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Friday, April 18, 2008
on a lighter note - powder puff post game
I feel like my post is so unimportant and superficial compared to the blog I read late last night (aaron ivey's, my 4 year old in God's army? one - it is very honest & thought provoking, you should check it out..) but neways. so, last night was friendswood hs powder puff game. Dawn proudly wore blue and yellow, representing the junior girls with great excitement. we took tanner and presley to watch and cheer on sissa....the hardings and kelli holloman and her kids also came out to support Dawn. It was a great turnout, and for sure reminded me of being in school and all the fun times. But one thing that was a huge part of my high school experience was playing competitive sports....I played basketball and volleyball for school and AAU basketball on the side. I used to play basketball...that was my "thing". I was pretty mean and aggressive (although, as a freshman, I wore ribbons in my hair???) I guess I would catch people off guard that way when I would wrestle them to the floor for the ball. Needless to say, it has been sooooo long. when I watch basketball on tv or go see my brothers play - there is something there that seems SO familiar, yet it feels like it was in a different lifetime.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
exceptions
there are exceptions to most everything (except of course for the biggies, ie. murder, adultery, theft, etc.) but most definitely in the case of my little Tanner Kate, whose favorite pastime is talking, and who has a bigger vocabulary than me - she really is 4 going on 14! but tonight, as we race out the door for Dawn's powder puff game - Tanner is most excited about the "confession stands" :) perfect!
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
missing the daddys
we have these best friends that we call the hardings; we have been hanging with them since right after they got married, and right before we got married - over 6 years now! (wow!) we have laughed together, cried together, pulled all-nighters together, had babies together.....what a sweet journey we have shared over the last years. needless to say - when all hanging out together, we have always referred to Kyle and Aric as "the daddys"....when they are working or out of town or going to get food - whatever. We always joke that the kids are gonna be so confused about how this family thing works, since they have "daddys" and "mommys". well, right now "the daddys" are in Vegas for the NAB; me and Glenna have hung out some, but check in on eachother while we 'single-mom' it. and it is amazing how much I miss Kyle. my days are busy...between the 3 girls, my mom and the house she is building, and the house I have, that needs my attention but always gets put off.....but I am just so used to him being here, it is weird. I cannot imagine if he was always traveling.....3 days is long enough!
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
can't believe it
I don't know if it is just me, but every now and then I stop and think how I just cant believe that this is my life! this afternoon we went swimming at Kyle's parent's house with the 2 little girls (Dawn is out of town with a friend's family) and as we were waiting for the hot tub to heat up a bit (his parent's pool is beautiful....set on the side of the slight slope of one of the only "not flat" lots in friendswood, that leads down to a huge creek; the landscape is full and green, there is a stone wall, a waterfall - it is like a tropical resort pool, minus one thing - HUGE TREES! shading the entire pool. certainly makes it pretty, but FREEZING! So, we pretty much play in the hot tub until late August, when the pool water finally warms up enough to not give us hypothermia) neways...back to my original thought.....
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