He says, She says (and says, and says, and says)

Scout says:

Riding in the cart at Target, Scout spontaneously burst into song, singing "La la LA!" down the aisles.

Flora says:

"I think I need a bandaid on my bum!" after landing too hard on her bum.

"Maybe our new baby will be here tomorrow?"

I told Flora and Scout how happy I was that they ate all their food and Flora replied, "Mommy, you need to do a happy dance!!"

After spending several minutes reading labels on bug repellents at Target, I told Flora that we were going to get one. She got excited and exclaimed, "For my birthday?!?"

Flora is finally learning some modesty. Today she shut and locked the bathroom door so that Scout and I couldn't come in while she was going poo-poo.

just a boring post about nothing but i felt like i needed to post SOMETHING since it had been so long -- i'll do better next time

Sometimes I think we're pressing our luck by having a third child. Flora and Scout aren't perfect, but they are pretty darn close to it. They are also pretty darn cute. Can we possibly have a third child that is as cute and perfect as they are??? I've seen it done by other families, so hopefully we have a chance . . . but we're definitely stopping with three.

Other times I think that we were just plain crazy to decide that we wanted to have a third child so soon. It doesn't make sense financially and probably won't bode well for my sanity in the next few years, but it fits into our bigger plan. We always said that 1) we wanted at least three kids 2) once we started having kids we wanted to have them all very quickly, and 3) I personally wanted to be done having kids before I turned 30.

Check, check, AND check! Mission accomplished!!!

life lessons

Flora is going poo-poo on the potty. After a few minutes, she scrunches up her little nose and starts fanning her hands in front of her face. "Whew, Mommy," she says, "we need some air in here!"