Constant Entertainment

No one told me that having children would be constant entertainment (Yes, constant work, lots of money and time, but entertainment..... nope, no one prepared me for that).  Anyway, I woke up yesterday morning to my daughter's voice in her little brother's room. Apparently Jackson was jumping on the bed (probably from pure excitement that someone else was up at 6:30am on a Saturday to play with him).  Elizabeth was yelling at him, "DO NOT JUMP ON THE BED!"  After repeating herself and getting very frustrated (yet she still can't seem to relate that to me repeating myself 4,000+ times a day), Elizabeth goes into a rant that sounds something like this:

"Jackson, if you don't stop jumping on the bed then you will fall and your head will come off.  Then blood will come out FOREVER!  Then they will have to take you to the R.E.P (meant to say ER) and put in brown stuff in you that will make you poop A LOT.  And then they are going to put a bunch of needles in you arm.  You will cry, but they will give you cookies if you are good.  They will even give some to Daddy.  Mommy won't be there." 

(Please note: Elizabeth is referring to an incident that happened approximately 2 1/2 ago and I wasn't there.  Yes, bad timing maybe, but not there all the same.)

Kids say strange and funny things (especially when they don't think adults are listening).  And her rants do sound vaguely familiar, although sometimes slightly skewed, but hey, at least she is kinda listening!

Kids Ask Tough Questions

Elizabeth is a wonderfully dramatic and mature little girl. From the moment she was born, she has been independent and has commanded our attention. There have been few moments since that she hasn't intrigued us with questions and wanted answers to the toughest questions.  Just the other day, she was asking me "where do you go when you die" and "why can't bugs talk like big human people" and "why can't Jackson go potty like I can".  Oh, and did I mention that these questions were all in the course of a 20 minute drive home from daycare?  Yep - no rest for the weary.  I don't want to lie to my child, but I also am a big talker so "brief" answers are not my forte.  (Just hang out a while and you will realize my fabulous conversational abilites.  Trust me.)  So I am learning to get creative in my responses and am becoming quite a master in "changing the conversation" to avoid answering the questions that I don't know.  (Yes, I am avoiding my 5 year old's questions and yes, I tell her to "ask her father" quite frequently.)  Did I fail to mention that it is my husband's fault that my oldest child asks so many questions?  He is constantly questionning everything - guess she inherited that from him.....