Another day, another...

well, it isn't dollar--if that's what you were thinking! It's another headache. Ha ha. Jenna now has a nasty cold. And I am sure Niki is not far behind. It seems (and was) that they just got over the pnemonia. But the weather is changing. Needless to say, Jenna was exceptionally grumpy yesterday. She fought me everytime I had to change her diaper or put new clothes on her. But there were some cute moments. When we went on a walk (the weather has been glorious in the afternoons) she wanted to get out of the stroller when we reached the cemetary. There is a graded ramp to one gate and at the bottom was a pile of leaves. She would run up then down and jump in the leaves while giggling. It was so CUTE! At another point on the walk she went to pick a handful of grass and tried to stuff it through the fence for the sheep (they see me doing this to get the goats and horses in our village to come over for them to look at). Funny.

On the Niki front...he continues to terrify me with his antics. Yesterday I was helping get Jenna out of the high chair (which requires a lot of cleaning up) and he got a stool which he used to get into the sink and he turned on the faucet and gave himself a shower--with his clothes on! I immediately took off his clothes (except diaper) and ran upstairs to get another set of clothes. When I came down he had taken off the diaper and peed all over the floor and was stomping in it like a puddle. I guess it was. Why couldn't he have done that while in the sink?! He really likes to take off his clothes now and has managed to get his shirts off over his head now. Another trick is to climb on the end-table and dive into the couch. He actually did a somersault and laughed his head off about that!

Another frightening "talent" he has is to know how keys and doors work. When I took the kids out to put them in the car he ran fast and opened the door and climbs in the frontseat. He found the keys and has figured out which one goes in the ignition and he started the car!!!! This is all done while I am getting Jenna in her car seat! Arrggghhhh!

Both kids are really into putting on their wellys (rubber rain boots) and stomping around the house. I have looked around in some stores for a cheap rain coat (with hood) in their size, but have found none. I think it would be nice for them to take walks in the rain--since that is mostly what we get for the rest of the year. I tried kid umbrellas but they kept turning them upside-down and twirling them. Didn't help much.

I must go to them now...

Posted by Krista at September 29, 2006 08:55 AM