Breakfast in Bed

Jason and I were reminded this morning how great our kids really are.  This morning Riley and Wyatt (with the supervision of Ben) brought us breakfast in bed.  Breakfast this morning was 2 pancakes each - pre-syrupped of course - brought to us on a cookie sheet - used as a tray.  After breakfast they cleared our laps.  Then I asked Riley to bring me a napkin because I really had to blow my nose.  She wrote this note on it.  You should have seen their faces when I ripped it in half and blew my nose.

Then Sir Wyatt came in and took our drink orders.  Water for Jason and milk for me.  Riley brought us our drinks.  I took a big sip of mine just to find out that she poured me a big ol' glass of Collin's Vanilla Almond milk.  Jason was kind enough to share his water with me.

We were told that this is going to be what they are going to do every morning for us.  yeahhhhh.....  We brought it to there attention that if they do this every morning for us it will no longer be a treat.

Let's Play Dress-Up.

Who needs dolls when you have younger brothers???  This is Riley's thought process at least.  Here are a few of the outfits she has picked for them.

When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play.

Now that I'm working from home I usually have someone here to help watch the kids while I'm working in my office, either Jason or Cherise.  Last week Friday Jason had to work 9-9, Cherise was on a youth trip in Canada, and I had to get some stuff done.  So I put the littles down for a nap and let the bigs go in the backyard and paint their picnic table with acrylic paint.  Washable paint wouldn't work because their beautiful artwork would wash off with the first rain.  They did an absolutely beautiful job on the table as you can see.

But this gets boring after a while.  So they think quickly about what else to paint.  "Hmmmmm.....  I know!  We'll paint Wyatt!!  Great idea!  Head to toe."  The only thing they left unpainted were the kid's eyeballs.  He came running into my office jumping up and down saying, "I'm a monkey! I'm a monkey!".

The extra pair of legs belong to Riley.  She painted herself too, but not nearly as much.  Just a little on her legs, face, and hair.

Just to let you know a nice, warm, soapy bath takes acrylic paint right off.  No paint thinner needed.

No Tooth. No Quarter.

Riley lost her first tooth yesterday at camp.  Then she lost her lost tooth.  Ms Maggie, her camp counselor, said she looked like she was going to cry, so they wrote the tooth fairy a note.

Our friend Michele came over last night and they started talking about the lost, lost tooth.  Riley tried to explain to us that she read a book, No Tooth, No Quarter, and it very clearly explained that the tooth fairy does not care about notes, just teeth.  We tried to convince her that things have changed since the book was written and the tooth fairy is a bit more understanding these days.  It seemed to appease her, but then this morning Jason asked her if the tooth fairy left her anything under her pillow.  She told him she didn't even bother looking because she already knew the answer.  She wasn't upset that she wasn't getting anything, just very matter of fact about it.  He tried to convince her to look, but they just kept talking in circles.  Finally I told her I have read the book, and was here for the conversation with Michele, but Daddy's just asking you to look and see if maybe the tooth fairy found compassion in her heart for you and left you something anyways.  "Ok.  Mommy.  I'll go look."  Then she came running up the stairs shouting, "I have a tooth fairy dollar!"  She had to show Wyatt, "Look, I have a tooth fairy dollar!!" 

Ben, "Ohhhhhh. You pee in toilet - not the floor."

Benjamin has decided that it is time to pee in the toilet.  He went in the bathroom, took his diaper off, and tried to pee in the toilet.  Then he came back and sat down at his desk next to mine and said, "I don't have to pee in toilet."  Then he went back again.  I went with this time.  "Mommy.  I pee in toilet." Nothing happens.  "Mommy, my pee-pee's not working."  Ok.  We go back to our work at our desks.  Then he goes in the bathroom again.  I follow him and then I was asked to leave, by Benjamin.  He comes in and tells me "Mommy, I pee-pee in toilet."  and he did.  Riley and Wyatt were so excited for him they jumped up and ran to look in the toilet at the pee he didn't flush.  Then Ben told me, "Come here.  I show you."  He stands there and nothing happens.  "My pee-pee not working."  He would then sit for a minute and run to the bathroom.  This went on for about 20 minutes.  And the really good thing is he never peed on the floor!

Water

Cherise, my cousin, is sitting in the recliner reading a book.  Benjamin comes up to her and says something.  Cherise is into her book and just blankly said to Benjamin, "Yah, Sure."  Then she got a glass of water poured in her lap.  After it happened it registered what he had said.  "Cherise.  I. pour. water. on. you."  She jumped out of the chair and he started crying.  Pour guy couldn't understand what he did wrong.  Not that anyone yelled at him.  How could you?  He asked first.

Moral of the story... Always bring a change of clothes to the Cappert house.  You never know when you'll need them.  Cherise was prepared.

Our Morning

Today started at 6 am.  The kids came up in our room.  We were so proud of Ben.  Not only did he sleep through the night, but he did it in his toddler bed with Riley and Wyatt in their room.  I didn't put them to bed until 9pm so we had minimal stand up comedy from Ben this time.

Then Wyatt was so excited.  He had a board book in his hands and informed me, "Mommy!  Uncle Morgan is a teacher and he's teaching me how to read!"  Then he told me to watch him as he looked at the pictures and made up his stories.

I tried to load the dishwasher, but Collin kept crawling inside it.  So I asked the kids for help and Wyatt volunteered.  He took him out of the kitchen.  I could here him telling Collin, "The kitchen is closed."  and Collin was crying.  I asked Wyatt why the baby was crying and he said, "I'm sitting on him.  He can't go anywhere."  He had him completely pinned to the ground.  Ok.  That wasn't exactly what I meant.  Riley took over baby duty and I asked Wyatt to go read to Ben.  When I was done in the kitchen I came out and found Wyatt in the recliner reading to Ben, Riley drawing, and Collin with a piece of chalk in him mouth.  The kid won't each food, but give him dirt, sticks, or chalk and he's all over that. ????