What Big Sister's Are For

For Dylan's birthday our good friend Kristie, who is in massage school, gave her an anatomy coloring book.  The other morning Dylan brings the book over to Asa, sits down and says "Asa I'm going to teach you a thing or two about anatomy." and begins to read away.  As if that wasn't funny enough Asa actually seemed really interested.

Oh What They Come Up With

A few funny stories:

So tonight Dylan and I are having dinner (Matt's working late). Dylan asks to be excused after taking a few bites (her latest trick to then say she's starving right before bedtime). I ask her to take a few more bits, which she does cramming it all into her mouth, which then of course she gags and there is a massive exit now coming from her mouth which then turns into a full on gusher of ... well you can guess, which then keeps on coming and is now all over the table, floor, and Dylan herself - and it keeps coming. After we finally get the flood gates to stop flowing I ask Dylan if she's okay (as this all was a little weird) and she says "I ok, I just ate too much breakfast and dinner and my tummy got over full. I need Dad to rock-a-rock me and I'll be okay.". Okay the girl barely ate today. I really tried not to crack up as the girl was dripping with puke but come on - my tummy got over full, classic!

The other day Matt got a small puffy envelope in the mail - Dylan spotted it and said "hey Mom, we got a package, let's open it." I told her it was for her dad and that she'd have to wait. She then turns around and says "Hey Mom, I'm thinking it's underwear." Uh, like her dad gets underwear in the mail all the time! I got a good laugh over that one. But perhaps she knows something I don't - is there a Victoria's Secret for men?

Dylan's latest saying is "Hey Mom, I have an idea. I'm thinking...."

When I tuck her into bed at night she says "I can't wait until I wake up so that I can sneak up and climb into your bed." And sure enough every night at some point I hear the pidder-padder of little feet, she puts her water bottle on my night stand, climbs over the top of me, and climbs down under the covers between Matt and me and says "Hi Dad" and then passes out hogging the bed.

Chatty Cathy And Other Funny Stories

The other night Dylan was chatting up a storm so I say to her "you sure are a chatty Cathy" and the turns to me and says back "mom, I'm not chatty Cathy, I'm Dylan Clark" like I had completely forgotten her name - ha!

The other night I came home from a day of work, Dylan saw me and started putting on her shoes and coat. When I asked her where she was going she said "I'm going outside to play croquet." As it was dark out I suggested we swing instead. So as miss d was swinging we talked about our days and then she says to me "hey mom, let's have couscous for dinner" and so we did.

I was meeting with our friend Darin the other night (he's helping us with our basement remodel). We were in the basement talking and Dylan was down there running around as we chatted. All of a sudden I heard something that sounded like water and then a toilet seat go down. I looked Darin in the eye and we both started silently cracking up. Dylan, who is potty training, ran over to the toilet in the basement, dropped trough, peed in the pot, and put the seat down all by herself. She then came running over to us yelling "I did it, I did it." so proud. Darin was just about crying as he was laughing so hard - you see the toilet wasn't installed and I didn't have the heart to tell her not to use it. And the funny thing is that she's gone in that toilet now three other times all by herself - guess we best be getting that thing installed here soon!

The other day after Little Gym we headed to the coffee shop for a 'special treat'. Dylan got her whoopie pie, I got my coffee, and we grabbed a doggie treat for Maggie which Dylan put in the pocket of her new cute little rain coat. We got home and first thing d did was give Maggie her treat and put her coat in her room (good girl!). Later that day Dylan says "mom, Maggie is scratching at my jacket". When I walked into Dylan's room I saw Dylan's coat had been ripped up, apparently Maggie could still smell the cookie in the pocket. Dylan saw the coat and said "uttoh mom, Maggie ripped my jacket. I need a doctor but I don't have a car." So the next day we took d's coat to the jacket doctor and no, I didn't give her the car.

Shortly after the 'jacket doctor' incident Matt had a bike race. He called after the race to say that he was going to be a little later getting home as he had to 'stop by the hospital to get a few stitches'. When I got off the phone Dylan says to me "what's wrong with dad? Did he tear himself? He needs to go see the jacket doctor. Mom call his friends he needs help.".

The other morning I asked Dylan if she wanted hot chocolate she said 'no mom, i'm going to have coffee, i have it all the time.".

Later I said it was time to get dressed, d turned and said "mom, I need some special alone time to play you a beautiful song.". How could you argue with that!

Today at the library we were looking through the videos for Bob the Builder - her new favorite - think she's getting tips on how to help her dad in the basement. After looking we didn't see any, next thing I new Dylan walked right over to the Librarian counter and asked her "excuse me, do you have any Bob the Builder video's" - such a big girl!

And these are just a few of the funny things pouring out of miss Dylan's mouth... she is a crack up or what she would say 'a goof ball'.

Broken

We are in the beginning phases of potty training. Every night after bath I let Dylan streak around the house until she has to go pee. She then runs into the bathroom, sits her little bum down on her potty, and makes pee in the pot. She gets sooo excited jumping up and down yelling "I did it, I did it, candy, candy". I've been using candy as a little incentive which has been helping. My sister was trained as a kid with the water running which to this day when she hears running water she runs for a toilet. So I thought maybe I should stay clear of that method but now I'm thinking Dylan will be 16, pee, and then think 'hum, I suddenly want candy'.



So the other night I ask Dylan if she needs to make pee-pee in the pot. She runs to her little potty, sits down, and makes the funniest little pushing face. Oh she pushes and pushes. She then jumps up and says "Uttoh Momma, broken, not working" as in her plumbing is broken because nothing is coming out. Oh I had a good laugh over that one. She then climbs up on "Momma's potty" to try it out, thinking it was the potty and not her. She gave it a good try again and then strugs her shoulders and says 'broken'.

"I sorry Dad I Ate It All" - A Funny Moment

Dylan says to her dad the other day "hey Dad, wanna bite?", he says "yum, okay" and goes in for a bite, Dylan then says to him "I sorry Dad, I ate it all". Truly hilarious as I don't even know where she learned it from.

Grandma & Dylan Out in the Garden - As Cute As Can Be

Grandma Montana is out visiting this week. It's great having her here - Dylan just loves spending time in her arms - they've been reading stories, listening to classical music, napping on the couch, going for walks, and just hanging out. We're happy to have her here.