June is a brave little kid, at least she used to be before we sent her through the haunted house at Lagoon. Um, what were we thinking?!?
Before that she always talked about "ghost-es" and "wolf-es" and told Avery not to be scared cause she'd protect her, so we thought she'd be fine. Actually, we thought she'd love it! Wrong!
She came out crying and hasn't been the same ever since, especially at bedtime. Now she always prays to not be scared and wants one of us to lay next to her til she falls asleep. Poor little girl!
A couple days ago she was saying her morning prayers and said, "Thanks for Jesus laying next to me."
Hmmm...He just might have done.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Early Bird
After playing with friends all day Saturday Avery didn't wake up until 8 AM this morning. When she finally made her appearance I said, "Hello, princess! You slept in!" Then June jumped in with, "And me slept out!" Sure did.
June is our little alarm clock. She comes in our room every morning between 6 and 6:30 AM asking for her favorite food: "dogurt." Her reason for being out of bed? "Not too dark! Sun going right up!"
Well, we can't argue with that. Dang summer!
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Tangent: Speaking of early birds...this is the view out our living room window right now:
Four baby robins! It has been so fun to watch the process from nest to eggs to floppy, featherless little birdies to four fine feathered friends. We love watching mom and daddy robin feed them worms. It's been awesome!
Here's June watching them through the window:
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Tangent: Speaking of early birds...this is the view out our living room window right now:
Four baby robins! It has been so fun to watch the process from nest to eggs to floppy, featherless little birdies to four fine feathered friends. We love watching mom and daddy robin feed them worms. It's been awesome!
Here's June watching them through the window:
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Ever the Mother
June is rarely seen without a baby doll. She is a natural mother and is always making sure her babies get to participate in whatever she's doing.
She even disciplines them. It isn't uncommon to find her baby sitting all alone somewhere and to hear June explain, "Baby have go timeout because baby being mean."
Heck, she's so good I might as well hand over the reigns to her and go on vacation!
She takes her babies on walks.
She gives them shoulder rides.
They "ride horses" with her.
They go potty.
They bake bread with Mommy.
She tucks them into bed.
She even disciplines them. It isn't uncommon to find her baby sitting all alone somewhere and to hear June explain, "Baby have go timeout because baby being mean."
If there's one thing she likes more than her baby dolls, it's her real baby: Ross!
She is so good with him. When he wakes up she climbs into his crib and chants, "Don't cry, Mommy coming," while I make him a bottle. She watched him the other day while I went to track down our run-away goat. When I got back she had him smiling and cooing.
Heck, she's so good I might as well hand over the reigns to her and go on vacation!
Too Late!
I started potty-training June after a friend piqued her interested by giving us half a pack of girl's pull-ups. June liked the design on them and the fact that they were more like Avery's undies than diapers. She was all about them.
The rule was that if she'd go in the potty she got to wear pull-ups, but if she didn't she had to put a diaper back on. It worked like a charm and she was instantly potty trained.
Well, that was too easy and too good to be true!
After a week or so she lost interest. She'd pee in her pull-up and when I'd ask why she didn't go in the potty she'd laugh and say, "Haha! Too late!"
I guess their novelty wore off. Bummer!
The rule was that if she'd go in the potty she got to wear pull-ups, but if she didn't she had to put a diaper back on. It worked like a charm and she was instantly potty trained.
Well, that was too easy and too good to be true!
After a week or so she lost interest. She'd pee in her pull-up and when I'd ask why she didn't go in the potty she'd laugh and say, "Haha! Too late!"
I guess their novelty wore off. Bummer!
Family of Poo
As June has started potty training a little here and there she's taken Avery's "Falimy of Poo" concept to the next level. The other day while sitting on the pot she said, "Me open my door up." Then she peered down into the toilet bowel and watched while she pooed. Each piece of poo got a name while it was still coming out.
"Look! Avery! Me see Avery coming out my bum!" she shouted excitedly. Then, "That GG? GG comin' out my bum!"
She got so excited to see everyone: Daddy, mommy, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Sue. We were all there swimming around together in the toilet bowl. What fun!
What I wanna know is how she identified each of us. I'm pretty sure Daddy was the big one ;)
What I wanna know is how she identified each of us. I'm pretty sure Daddy was the big one ;)
No Shortage of Imagination
Unlike Avery, June has never had a problem with getting totally messy doing whatever she's doing, be it eating, painting, or playing outside.
The other day she came back from the sandbox crunching a mouth full of sand.
"Are you eating sand?!?" I demanded.
"No, cookies," she stated matter-of-factly.
Duh, Mom!
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Run, Turkey, Run!
June's favorite book is Run, Turkey, Run! It's about a turkey who narrowly escapes being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.
The other day I made myself a turkey sandwich for lunch. June was sitting at the bar watching me. Just as I was about to take my first bite she got a joking smile on her face and said, "Run, Turkey, Run!"
The other day I made myself a turkey sandwich for lunch. June was sitting at the bar watching me. Just as I was about to take my first bite she got a joking smile on her face and said, "Run, Turkey, Run!"
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