The strange and funny things kids eat.

Evangeline has a particular love of certain things. Hey we all do...right?

She was never one for putting non food items in her mouth, which as a parent I am thankful for. I have seen kids eat all kinds of things.  Recently heard one about a child eating Christmas ornaments.  Play dough, dirt, poop (yuck), plastic bits, paper bits, beads, coins and well you get the idea.

Evangeline doesn't eat these things...oh no far to boring and mundane. She, other than her ketchup obsession, has one more off the freaking wall taste and from the stories I've heard she gets it from her father. 

Baby girl loves onions.  Really loves onions.  When I start cutting an onion she comes running and asks for pieces of it.  She will stand there and eat and eat and eat them.  One day I was cutting up a strong onion REALLY strong onion.

As usual she came into the kitchen and asked for a piece.  So I gave it to her, after a few more pieces Adam and I noticed something funny.  Evangeline was wiping tears from her eyes, we giggled a little and washed her hands off.  Almost immediately she asked for more, this time she dragged a chair over to the counter and proceeded to help herself, all the while her eyes and nose began to run.

Now we were really laughing as of course she was completely confused as to why her face was leaking so suddenly.  Even as she began to get upset about the mess streaming down her face she continued to shovel onion into her mouth.  Protested when we tried to remove her.
 
Once removed and washed up, she did approach the counter with a bit more caution.  She took another piece and *tada* 3rd time is the charm learned what was making her cry.

Guess who got blamed?  Mommy did.  I got a butt chewing for the condition of a vegetable I can't help.

Whatever kid, get back on your tricycle and move along now.  :)

How to excerise your cat in three easy steps.

Step One:  Cut and tie a string to your child's ride on toy.

Step Two: Encourage your child to ride the toy and make sure the cat(s) see the string dragging.

Step Three:  Sit back and laugh your head off as your child giggles away and your cat(s) go crazy trying to catch that string.

Optional Step Four:  Pull out the video camera and submit to a home video show or you tube.

I find this a sure fire way to keep both kids and animals out of your hair for at least a half an hour.

:)

Laser pointers, kids and cats work out well together too.  Ever seen a cat repeatedly run into the couch head first trying to get something? 

And now a word from our sponsor

I, Evangeline, here by propose the banning of all doors from the inside of homes!!!!!

Last night in all the bedtime hullabaloo I was trying to wish my oldest sister a good night and the silly girl closed the door on my finger!  The nerve!  Never mind the fact that each night I wander in and pull her bed apart while trying to avoid being sent to my own.  Let's also dismiss the "gentle" and "helpful" rearranging of her personal items that occurs on a daily or nightly basis. My actions have no bearing on hers AT ALL.  Who closes the door in her sister's face????

Despite enduring near fatal pain from almost losing my finger in the door, I managed to hold it together long enough to ensure my mommy and daddy that I was okay, and wouldn't you know they let me stay up.  :)
While the end of my tragic story isn't so tragic since I got what I wanted, I still say doors are extremely dangerous to all little fingers of the world!

Please enjoy the picture chronicle of my boo-boo covered by my beloved "ban-bams" (band aide).

I think I managed to pull off completely pathetic here. My first band aid.  See how red my finger is!

Mommy got me to fall asleep, drat that woman!  But I could hear her and daddy laughing about me holding my finger up in my "sleep".

The ugliness on my finger this morning!  More boo boo cream and another band aid set me up for the day.  And other than being afraid to bump it I'm doing just fine.

Please remember my earlier message, sign a petition, write a bill, ban doors in homes!  SAVE BABY FINGERS!

Rewind to Trinity

A blast into the not so distant past brings me to my oldest and sometimes most challenging daughter.  I love my girls and they bring equal amounts of joy and frustration into our lives.

Here's Trin in 2009.  Not so many years ago but when you look at the change in her from this pic to last year's school pic you will be shocked.  Most of the following statements were made between the ages of 3 and 7.
I apologize to the people who are mentioned in her ravings.  Like my lovely sister in law Nicole and my brother Greg aka Uncle Bubba.

The Things that Trinity says:

“When I get bigger my woo-hoos will get big and then I can feed Piper too.”  Shortly after Piper was born and Trinity witnessed breastfeeding.

“Honey Kitty’s a mommy, because she has drinkers.”  Again a post Piper birth statement.

“It’s okay because it’s all your fault.” Typical woman thought  :)

“When I get to be a big boy like mommy I will have babies in my tummy too.”  Gender confusion...come on we've all experienced it.

“What’s wrong with you dumb ass?” she said to Uncle Bubba.  Haven't we all asked that about my brother at one point or another?  Sorry Bubba you know we completely love you.  Just remember you were the first one to fall over laughing.

“I don’t want to play with the horse, but don’t throw it out because I haven’t broke it yet.”

“Come on little boy…”  In reference to Gavin mind you it was like she was trying to coax a dog to her side.  If he was smart he didn't come near her.

“You don’t talk me like that.”  Repeaters.  Damn kids throwing your words back at you.

“Clean up your room.”  Daddy says   “No because I am playing with this one.” Trinity says back.  Okay this sounds like it just happened last week.

“I to little.”  Or “I to scared.”  For a time she wouldn't do anything by herself, not even turn a page in a book.

“You can’t do that to people it will hurt their feelings and break their heart.”  Very wise words.  Too bad this lesson didn't stick.

“You’re ruining my life.”  Again I think was said to me just last week.

“We’re not a normal family because we don’t have a family picture.”  SAY WHAT?

“I can have baby kitties too.”  Ohhhhh baby girl you are really confused now.

Grandma Lieber says “Trinity you have to put on your listening ears.”
Trinity says,  “But Grandma my listening ears went to bed last night and they aren’t awake yet.”

“My brain tells me what to do!  I wish I could throw it way!”  Yeah well mommy wishes hers would come back.

Bubba says.  “What’s for dinner Cole?”
Nicole says.  “I don’t know.”
Trinity says.  “It doesn’t matter Cole can’t cook anyway.”  We all need to watch what we say.  The last time we had been all together Bubba had said that Nicole couldn't cook to Trinity.  Since then I know for a fact she cooks and does it well too.

NOW HERE'S MY GIRL!

Things that come from her head are not so funny anymore...its more slap stick comedy since she grew about 3 inches over the summer and has begun stumbling over big feet and long legs.   Okay and now she wants to make a blog....that won't happen for a long time. "GRRRR MOMMY!"

Beat me Daddy please!

Ever had one of those moments in public when your kid shouts something out and its completely embarrassing?
Well ours hasn't happened in public yet but I am waiting for the day when those most usual words come out of Evangeline's mouth.
"Beat me Daddy!"
Anytime she coughs or chokes on something she asks us to beat on her back. She even turns around and starts to try to pat her own back.  It's really the cutest thing.

A few days ago she took a drink and it went down the wrong hole.  She started sputtering and coughing, normally she would ask me to beat on her back but today I said. "Ask Daddy to beat you, please."
She rushed over to Adam and turned her back "Beat me Daddy please!"

It was really strange to hear a small child ask to be beaten.  Doom will fall upon us the second she starts choking in public.

Well it happened today in my Girl Scout Troop.  Oh dear, she began coughing an ran for the classroom door for Adam who was in the hall.  "I need a beating."  She said.

Several girls who are unfamiliar with my family turned wide eyes on me.  "Why is she asking to be beaten?" 

LOL my answer was as smart ass as I dare with them "Because she likes to be beaten."

WOW another 10k winner missed.

LMAO!  I was going to write about Evangeline's doctors appointment.  However she just came up with a gem.

Anyone seen those baseball sized bouncy balls?
We have 2 of them. Evangeline was throwing them around, myself and Trinity both had told her to stop doing it over hand, Trinity even showed her how to just drop them on the floor and they would bounce just fine.

Can you see where I am going with this story yet?

Evangeline however knows best and decided to bounce the ball over hand again......ROFL.

It bounced right up and smacked her under the chin snapping her mouth closed.  Her teeth clacked so loudly and the look of complete horror on her face sent us into laughter.
It would have been a ten thousand dollar winner.
 Funniest part she's still playing with them.

Welcome

Many people have told me I should be writing about the myriad of stuff my 3 year old Evangeline says and does.  I have been on Facebook.  But what I have found with Facebook is I can't always get it all in.  She does so much little stuff that I would blow up my status' and your walls with all of it.

So here is my little darling being my model for my own little projects.  Most of the time it takes at least 5 photos to get one good one.

Yup one of my 3 absolutely gorgeous girls.

Joining Evangeline in some of her adventures are her older sisters Trinity and Piper.  Featured will be some of our animals lots of animals.


Miss Evangeline's favorite saying at the moment is: "No Mommy I happy."  You would think that most parents would be happy to hear their child state that they are happy, however she only says she's happy when she's on her way to a time-out. 

Can you picture her face all screwed up, red and snotty nosed screaming at you "No Mommy I happy!"

"Its time for bed Evangeline."
"No Mommy I happy."

I may ban the word happy from my house that would make me happy ;)

Stay tuned for some pretty funny stuff.