where does she get these things

We were at target tonight. When we were in line paying, I had grabbed a bottle of water to drink. Brooke was drinking it and Hunter asked for a drink. Brooke gave Hunter the bottle and said "I'm a good sister."

I was putting the kids to bed and of course Hunter was doing his normal slow pace crap. I yelled at him cuz I had had it. Brooke said "mom, how come your acting mean to Hunter?" I said "Cuz hes not minding." Brooke said "Your not acting mean to me cuz I'm being good." Yea, thats a surprise.

waking daddy up

So our plan this morning was for me to get up w/ the kids then take Hunter to school and head to work. Scott went back to work tonight so he was gonna try and sleep in a bit and I was suppose to wake him right before Hunter and I left. Well Scott hasn't been sleeping great and its hard to work all night after getting up at a normal time. So, I decided to put a show on for Brooke and let Scott sleep a bit longer.

Now, we have done this lots of times w/ Hunter. But everyone knows Hunter and Brooke are 2 different children. I told Brooke to stay in the basement or her bedroom and she could wake daddy up after her shows or if she needed him. She told me she would not need to wake daddy up. I then told her she could not go outside (a side note- I never felt the need to tell Hunter that), she then asked me 'why?' At this point I was a little concerned.

Hunter and I left about 8:55. I waited till about 10am to call the house and make sure Scott was up. He was and said that Brooke woke him up a little after 9am.

Here is the kicker. When I got home I asked Brooke why she woke daddy up. She said "cuz I needed him." I asked her what she needed him for. She said "To play w/ me." Thats my little princess.

oops

So yesterday Brooke and Scott and I were in the van about 8:15pm. Brooke out of nowhere said, "Its getting dark, time for bed." We both turned and looked at her, shocked she would admit that. Scott said "what did you say?" And Brooke stared at him for several seconds then said "Its getting dark." Then Scott said "What did you say after that?" Brooke stared at him for another several seconds then said "nothing." She had totally caught herself and didn't want to fess up to admitting it was time for bed. Very funny.

First Day of Kindergarten

So today was Hunter's first day of kindergarten. We all did well. We made it to school on time (which is a feat for us) and w/o tears. Even I didn't cry. I started to several times but I knew that if I let even one tear out then I would being sobbing uncontrollably. I'm pretty sure I have made fun of those moms in the past and just couldn't be one of them.

I kept myself busy today (thanks Jill) so the day went pretty fast but I did miss Hunter terribly.

Then it all went to hell at pick up time. I have Hunter walking to the cross walk then we pick him up there. It avoids all the traffic and will be much easier. So today when we saw the line of kids coming up to the corss walk we got out of the van and went right up there. Hunter was first in line. When they got to the cross walk (led by a teacher) they stopped to wait for the crossing guardto get there. Hunter sawusand waved. Then next thing I know, Hunter was walking up the street, away from the crosswalk. I yelled at him and he tried to turn around but there were lots of kids walking that way and he couldn't get turned around. I started to cross the street and then I saw him bawling and trying to get to me. I, of course, started crying and running to him. I got him and we crossed together, well, I was holding him cuz he was still crying.

It really wasn't a big deal but it traumatized him because when my mom asked about his day it was the first thing he told her about. Poor guy.

Tonight before bed he said to me 'I don't want to walk to the crosswalk tomorrow, I want to be a car rider.'

new words

Brooke's new term is 'meany cat.' I get called that quite often. Like tonight when i wouldn't let her run through the parking lot at Price Chopper she looked at me and said "your a meany cat." I'm not really sure where it came from, if I had to guess I'd say Hunter got her saying it knowing she would get in trouble. Where ever she got it though, guess I should be prepared to be a meany cat for a while. Maybe next time she calls me that I will purr likea cat and see what she does.

I am medium!

Today Hunter, Brooke and I were eating at Wendy's before going to Oceans of Fun. Brooke and Hunter were arguing about whether or not Brooke was big enough to ride something. Hunter said "you can't brookie, your to little." Brooke responded w/ "I'm not little, I'm medium!" Several people around us started cracking up.

talks

Hunter is obsessed w/ how babies are born. He asks questions about it all the time. Tonight he asked if God made one mommy and one daddy and then they made a baby in the mommy's tummy. I said yes, then he asked why God didn't make me first. I didn't have an answer. Then he asked if when people turn 1,099 they die. I just said yes for fear of what conversation I would get into about death.

Also I figured out why it is so hard to get Hunter out of my bed. He is a cuddler, he likes to be close to someone at night. And I love that part of his personality, I don't want to squelsh(is that a word?) it.

I need a vacation after vacation

So the kids have been fairly good since everyone returned from vacation. A little wild but fairly good. Hunter did say that he wanted to stay here 3 days then go back to Texas for 5 days. But you know, whatever.

Can anyone guess my biggest problem????? And yes, it its definitely of my own making....BEDTIME. I know that is nothing new for me. I've started feeling guilty because Hunter gets into my bed and I don't let Brooke. Brooke did get in my bed one night before we all left then the night we got home both ended up in our bed in the middle of the night. So last night, Hunter was being a pain and asked if he could sleep on our floor. I for some stupid reason said ok then invited Brooke too cuz I feel bad she gets left out. I was exhausted so I went to bed w/ them and they fell asleep decently (w/ only a moderate amount of yelling). Tonight I let them lay in my room and it has not gone well. I put them down at 820 and they are still up (its 1010). Part of the problem is that on vacation Hunter stayed up till God knows when (thanks Sally) and slept till noon. There are lots of issues. One being, I'm not crazy about sleeping alone so I like them being there when Scott is at work.

Alright, I know, this is all my doing. Please don't comment telling me that. When I go insane enough I will do something about it... I guess.

This was kinda a stupid posting. It was more therapy for me so I don't lock my kids outside in the storm.