February 27, 2007

• Well, there has been a lot of negativity in my life with my kids lately--just emotional how we relate to each other kind of stuff, and me wanting to give it all up, but I think I am past that for the time being. So I am going to relate a few funny stories.

  Today-Bug. She doesn't want to go to gym class anymore, and this morning while getting into the car told me that she wasn't going today and that I should see if I could cancel it. I told her I probably wouldn't be able to get my money back, and that if she didn't go back to gym, she would have to do something else for exercise. She wanted to know why and I told her it was for her health. She said with quite an attitude, "Why? It's not like I have asthma or something, geez!" I wasn't sure what asthma has to do with it, but a few years ago she watched an Arthur video and exercise was touted as good for dealing with asthma, but of course you have to be careful too, right? Anyway, this afternoon I had forgotten what her response was and asked her what she had told me. So she told me again and then said, "I'm going to stop telling you things so you can't put them on the Internet anymore."

  Last Night-Bean. The power went out last night as Bean and Bug were up in her room, getting ready to go to bed. Bean freaked out and her dad brought her down to get a flashlight. I got candles and took them up and we went to bed. DH was in the room with Bean and Bug while I was getting ready to come up the stairs, and the wind blew really hard, causing Bean to scream right in her dad's ear. He decided he was done and left them in the room. Bean was too frightented to sleep with Bug, and she came in the room with me and through her tears told me she was afraid that the trees were going to start walking. She had seen a preview for Bridge To Terabithia and it was coming back to haunt her, in spite of the fact that she has seen much scarier things. DH explained that it was all pretend and that trees don't really walk. She perked up from that. She understands pretend and seemed calmer once she realized that walking trees weren't possible. I thought that was interesting since Bug will be afraid of things that she knows aren't real, but it is an irrational fear that she just can't help--like the kind of I have.

  Saturday-Bean. She and her sister stayed with a babysitter while I went to see Rent. Apparently Bean had a discussion with her about diapers and potty learning. Josephine told Bean that she wouldn't be able to fit in diapers pretty soon and Bean replied with, "Helloh-ohhhh?" Josephine said, "Hello what?" Bean said, "Hello! They make diapers for grown ladies." ROFL. She doesn't seem like a 3 year old to me sometimes.

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