Questions and conversations from the Mouth of Naomi and Josie.

QUESTION OF THE DAY 1:
Mom, why did you have a baby if he does not let you do anything?

QUESTION OF THE DAY 2:
Josie: Mom, is Heaven in the sky under the space?

BARGAIN OF THE DAY:
Josie: Mom, I'll give you a dollar if you buy me one of those!
(Nice try Jojo)

CUTE CONVERSATION OF THE DAY:
Naomi: Let's put up a lemonade stand!
Josie: Yes, so we have money to buy toys!
Naomi: No Jojo! So we can save money for the kids in Africa.

Pretend Boyfriend

Jocie has become very interested in boyfriends. First it was being a mommy, or a princess who obviously needed a prince, then getting married and having a husband, now it's boyfriends!! I promise I do not let them watch any TV where she could be getting this ideas from. I think the princess stuff came from all the princess stories and fairy tales that we read, and the husband thing obviously from watching mom and dad, and I think the boyfriend thing might come from watching my sisters dating and getting engaged. Aaron gets really irritated with the "pretend boyfriend" deal and tells me not to encourage it, and I don't think I do, but I do want to hear what is in her little mind and I want to build that trust on which they can feel comfortable to come talk to me about whatever they want without feeling embarrassed.

The other day Jocie wanted to do just that. She came to me and said:

Jocie: "Mom, I want to tell you something"
Mom: "Yeah? What's that?"
Jocie: " I have a boyfriend"
Mom: "Really?"
Jocie: "It's just a pretend boyfriend mom"
Mom: "Tell me about your pretend boyfriend. What is his name?"
Jocie: "Carlo"
Mom: "Oh, Carlos is a good name"
Jocie: "No mom! CARLO"
Mom: "Oh, sorry! CarlO."

...And the conversation continued until she had described to me every detail about him. He spoke Spanish, had brown hair, green eyes, and was tall, but not as tall as the sky just taller than her, plays soccer, is smart at school, he is nice to her, his parents and friends and likes to take her to the movies. Naomi kept interrupting saying that Jocie's pretend boyfriend liked to eat bugs, and that she was going to tell daddy, haha! I think she was a little jealous she didn't come up with that idea first.

Did I mention she is only 3-almost 4?

Bedtime battles

Every night Jocie and I have a little bedtime battle where she wants me to stay and sleep with her. She is turning 4 in less than a month and she still wants her mommy to sleep with.  She has tried it all to get to me stay. One of her favorite quotes to use in her efforts to convince me to stay is: " No te vayas mami, quedate conmigo!" ( "Don't leave me mom, stay with me!") in a very compelling tone of voice. She used a  a new strategy tonight that took me by surprise, I didn't know where she was going with it at the beginning, I almost fell for it. It went like this:

Jocie: "Mami, you did a lot of things today"

Mom: "Yes, we did"

Jocie: " You had a long day mami"

Mom: "Yes, mami had a long day"

Jocie: "You need to rest mom, you need to sleep."

*** At this point she almost had me convinced***

This little girl keeps getting trickier and trickier to slip away from at bed time. I love her.

This will make you laugh.

This happened a few weeks ago, and I think it is so funny that I still remember it and laugh every time I think about it.

Jocie was sick, in fact we were all sick with this weird sore- itchy- throat- cough,  not a cold, no runny noses, just that. The cough lingered for a couple of weeks, Jocie was the last one to get rid of it. One of those days she comes running to me all excited announcing: "Mom, mom! I coughed and I didn't even fart!"

Are you laughing too?

Our favorite subject lately

I have been away from the bloggin world for quite a while. If you follow me on facebook you know what I have been up to. It has taken so much time from my kids, my husband and myself, yet has been very rewarding and  I have learned a lot.

Anyway, I just remembered that I have a blog and I have been letting so many things go unrecorded ( I think that is a word) Our favorite subject around the house this days is that of "babies" : How did the baby get in your belly? How will the baby come out? Will it be a boy or a girl? Where are we going to put the baby? Can we name it pink, or purple, how about rainbow or flower? Yeah, you guessed it...we are having a baby. So here's the beginning of the interesting baby related dialogues I have had and will continue to have with my girls!

Jocie: Mom, how did the baby get in your belly......did you eat it?
Me: ***speechless


Jocie: Mom, I know how the babies come out!
Me: Really...how?
Jocie: Through the butt!
Me: Who told you that?
Jocie: I saw it on TV!
Me: What? You did!?
Jocie: Yes, the elephant had a baby, it came out through the mami elephants's butt.
Me: Oh yeah! We did see it on TV. (Glad that took care of it)


Naomi: Mom, how will the baby come out?
Me: *** mom remembered her little conversation with Jocie some days earlier*** Well, do you remember that show we watched where the mami elephant was having a baby?
Naomi: Yes.
Me: Well, is the same with humans.
Naomi: Oh! --took a couple of seconds to process and then: ....Whew!!!!! Gross!!!!!

DREAM Act

Here's what I have in my mind lately, in case you haven't notice.

 Please read.
http://hubpages.com/hub/DREAM-Army

What do you want to be when you grow up?

This conversation happened today, in the car, on or way to my parents house. Jocie seems to be drawn to notice constructions sites. So today as we passed the construction of a bridge near my parents house she couldn't help but notice and pointed it out. I know this is silly, but I think she might want to be an architect when she grows up. So I told her..."When you grow up, you can be an architect and build bridges too!"  She loved the idea. Then I asked Naomi (even though I knew the answer... or part of it)

Mom: "What do you want to be when you grow up"
Naomi: "While my husband stays home with the kids, I will be a cupcake maker. I will go to the bakery and make cupcakes for my customers."
Mom: mom's jaw falls to the ground wide open.....then recovers and tries not to laugh ( I wouldn't want to discourage her from following her dreams)....but eventually did break out a little laugh.....and then said "Ok then! That sounds like a great idea!"

Talk about a strong, independent little mentality! Can somebody tell me where she got this idea from?

A new concept

So I have been thinking.... and came to the conclusion that I am turning this blog into a journal of the little cute, and clever things my kids say everyday. Really, if you think about it, that alone will give me plenty to write. I'll have an infinite source of quotes and conversations that come out of my little ones mouth. Naomi, right now, will be the main source of my blogging. Since she is the oldest, she can talk and express so much more than her little sister right now. The cool thing is than in a few months, as Jocie acquires more and more vocabulary, and imagination,  I know I will have double the material to blog in here. And maybe, just maybe I'll throw in a bonus update of our family every now and then. I think this is pretty much what I have been doing for a while, but now it's official!

Let the blogging begin!

The Backyard

Spring is here, and even though the weather can be unpredictable, we are loving it! This week I was able to remember the thing I love most  about our house- our backyard! To lay under the shade of that big tree and  watch the girls chase the dog around, swing in the hammocks,  and listen to their little make believe conversations is just like heaven on earth, right in our backyard. 

 

Tea party picnic

A watchful eye

At play

Sisterly love

It's not always tears and fights ;)

Loving it!

Does my belly look big?

So the girls are trying on dresses that I have stored in a box in a closet, most of them are Naomi's hand-me-downs for Jocie, and some of them fit Naomi small, from last year. Anyway, Naomi tries on a dress and walks over to me to ask "Mommy, does my belly look big?"  My answer was of course "No! You look beatiful!" but really what I was thinking was "AAAAAAAH! !What!? How old are you!!" but instead I asked "Where did you hear that?" She didn't say she heard it from me, but that was probably what she was thinking. I am very careful, or so I thought, not to ever say "I'm fat!" or "Does this make my butt look big?" in front of the girls. I know they are always watching and listening and the absorb everything like a sponge, but I guess I need to be more careful and I will be more careful. What's next? Boys?