Twin Talk Vol. 15

*Stella woke up this morning yelling on the monitor, “Daddy, the poop is eating my butt, daddy hurry you need to change me!”

*Stella eating her dinner looks at the fridge and comments about the two baby announcements we have hanging there. “Daddy, the naked chicken bird baby is so cute.”

*We have a 2 hour drive from Fort Loramie and the girls are really so good when we make the drive. We don't have a DVD player and they really only have a book each or look out the window and it is never a problem. We talk and sing a lot too. On our trip home this last weekend Mya told us an interesting story. She said “My finger is going to Imagination Station!” We said “Just your finger?” She said “Yup!”. I asked how her finger was going to get there and she told me “It is going to get a ride. Lisa is going to pick it up.” Hmmmmmmmmm! LOL

*Ever since Nana baked cookies with the girlies on their “Nana day” Mya won't stop talking about “jangerbread cookies”.

*The girls loved watching The Letter Factory by Leap Frog so when we saw The Talking Words Factory we snatched up. It helps them learn to blend sounds together to make words. I hadn't watched it with them yet so when Mya came to me asking to watch the “sticky icky letters” I had no idea what she was talking about. She said “Yeah, Mommy, the sticky icky letters. You know, the bowels!” I realized she was talking about vowels and I put it all together. They call them the sticky icky letters because they hold the words together. Genius!

*Daddy called me one night when I was out Christmas shopping and told me there was new legislation in the Rethman house – no more blankies or babies until they poop and pee on the potty. He put them up in their closet and it was pretty dramatic for them. They ask for them randomly but it hasn't had the effect he wanted. However, when Mya fell into the bookcase and got a really deep cut on her face and we had to head to the ER Daddy went to get her special comforts for her. Stella stayed at the house with our friends and when we got back and Mya was carrying her blankie and baby around Stella was very confused and asking her “How'd you get your stripes and baby? You didn't poop or pee! I want mine! I pooped on the potty tonight!” She really did and so Daddy thought it was only fair. She followed him in to the bedroom and said “I want my polka dots, my Joey Reds, my monkey blankie and my baby. I want it ALL!!!!” :)

*Stella wanted to get out of her high chair one morning after breakfast before she had eaten all of her food and we told her she wasn't done. She said “But I'm done! My back is full.” We tried to explain that that doesn't make sense and in fact she usually tells us her belly is full, but today she just wasn't having it. LOL

*Stella: “My underwear says that I have the best Mommy in the world! Mommy, you're my best girl!”

*I was telling Stella that Papa was going to come over in the morning to babysit them while Wes and I ran an errand, but I was doing something while I was talking and was a little distracted so I didn't finish my thought. I said “Papa is going to come over and …..” Stella looked at me and said “join us?” It seemed so grown up to me!

* As mentioned before we are getting SUPER annoyed with potty training. It seems like a losing battle and anyone who has done it knows that it is exhausting......then times that by 2 and that is what is going on here! Anyways, we decided to just strip them naked one day and just told them they had to tell us when they had to go or they would have to pee and poop on themselves. We were getting ready to eat supper and I told them to try so they could put a pull-up or underwear on so they didn't have to sit naked in their high chair. Mya tells me “Yeah, cause that would be disgustin' to put my booty and my who-ha on my high chair! Gross!”

*Mya was crying after I put them in bed because she wanted a blanket that we couldn't find. Stella told her “No crying on Christmas!” Mya snapped back “Christmas is over, so I can cry!” It was December 27^th so she was right!

*Mya was telling Stella "You're not my best friend anymore!" Stella: "Why, Sissy?" (very sad sounding) I thought I was your best friend". Mya: "Well, you're not so don't cry!" Poor Stella! Mya sure dangles that best friend card often.