Teeth and Such

I thought that I would give a few updates.
Perry Catherine is now 5 months old. I can't believe how fast the time is going. She is such a happy little girl. On Monday I noticed that she had 2 teeth buds poking through her lower gums. My little baby has teeth now! She is also starting rice cereal this week. Her face is hilarious when I put the cereal in her mouth. It does not seem like she likes it too much. Next week I'll put a little apple juice in it to sweeten it! P-Cat (her nickname from her sisters) has found her voice too! Now I have 3 very vocal girls. She likes to squeal a lot.

Emily is almost 3, but talks like she is about 10. She likes to explain everything that she is doing as she is doing it. Her favorite things to wear are dresses and "Princess Clothes". She is also our little dancer. One of my favorite things is to watch her dance when she doesn't think that I am looking.

Caroline is almost 5. Caroline is very in to drawing and painting right now. This morning I noticed that she was using crayons to draw a picture and then using watercolor paints to paint it. I have no artistic ability, so I am quite impressed. I am just hoping that she won't ask me to draw any more horses (mine look like mice with long legs). We are also reading the Little House on the Prairie books together. It has been really fun to share some of my favorite childhood stories with Caroline.

I am enjoying having 3 precious little girls. The days are very full, but I am learning and growing.

Authority

John was talking with Caroline and Emily tonight about authority, namely his authority over them.
John: Caroline, who has authority over this family?
Caroline: Mommy!
John: No, let's try again. Who has authority over this family?
Caroline: Umm, God!
John: Well, yes. Who has authority over Mommy?
Caroline: (Thinks for a few seconds) The Church.

I am glad to know that Caroline is comfortable with the Church's authority in our lives. I just need to talk more about Daddy's role as head of our family.

Happy Birthday John

Thursday was John's 31st birthday. The girls and I had been greatly anticipating this day. I asked the girls what to get Daddy for his birthday and they quickly said, "Spiderman things". Because of course Daddy would want Spiderman things since he is a boy. We picked out stuff for a Spiderman party and cake. They were so excited. John's parents also came to visit, so we had a fun group for John's party.

We went to Texas Cattle Co for dinner. The girls had a blast. Emily especially enjoyed herself. She got to order her food and drink herself and her drink came in a cup with out a lid (Mommy and Daddy were a little nervous). She was entertained for the entire dinner with that cup. It was only at the very end that she spilled her drink on Daddy Mac. She then looked at him with great surprise and said, "What is that on your shirt?"

After dinner, we came home for chocolate cake and icecream. John loved his Spiderman cake and party decorations. Emily loved the cake and was covered from head to toe in chocolate.

We ended our evening by watching the Disney movie, Enchanted. We enjoyed watching Caroline and Emily sing and dance along with the movie. I think that Giselle is their new favorite princess. Caroline is already quoting lots of lines from the movie!

A Poop Story

Anyone who knows our family knows that we like a good poop story. Well, we had one happen on Saturday. John and I took the girls to Chick-Fil-a for lunch. They love going there and love to play on the playground. As I was getting dressed that morning I wondered if I was foolishly wearing a skirt, because of the great possibility that I would be climbing up into the playground at some point to get Emily. I told myself that Emily would be fine today.

We got to Chick-Fil-a and enjoyed eating our lunch. The girls played quite happily on the playground while John and I talked with friends who had met us there for lunch also. I noticed that I had not seen Emily come down the slide in a long time. John went to check on her and said that she was playing near the top. That should have been my warning sign. When Emily doesn't make frequent appearances that means trouble. When it was time to leave, John went to get the girls off of the playground. He came back with only Caroline and said that Emily was stuck at the top and couldn't get down by herself. The way he looked at me communicated that he felt I was the best parent to climb in and get her. I was really wishing that I had not worn a short skirt. I climbed up to the top of the playground. The parents watching their children probably got to see more than they bargained for. Oh the embarassing things you will do for your children. When I finally got to Emily she was crying and very pitiful. I noticed that her pull-up needed adjusting. That really means that it had crept up into her little behind. I reached in to pull it out and pulled out two thumbs covered in poop!!!!!!!!!! I don't consider myself a squeemish mom, but poop on my hands makes me a little crazy. I crawled to where I could see the other parents and pointed to one older lady with white hair and said, "You, open the door and call for my husband, John Weaver. Tell him that I need him to bring me some wipes." She quickly did my bidding and John brought me the wipes. I was able to get Emily down from the playground and into the bathroom where I proceeded to clean her up from one of the messiest pull-ups I've seen. I told her that I was not happy with her. She then said, "Are you proud of me?" What do you say?

I have learned that I will never wear a skirt to Chick-Fil-a and to check on Emily every five minutes.

Catechism

Last night I was asking the girls questions out of the Children's Catechism. I got to the question, What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies? My 2 1/2 year old said. "apples". (The answer is, He gave them spirits that would last forever.) I guess that we have talked more about eating the forbidden fruit than about eternity.



This same daughter (Emily) and I were reading books in her room. Caroline came in and listened for a while and then left and closed the door. Emily started to scream and get very anxious. I told her that there was no reason to get upset, because I was with her. I had authority over Caroline and could open the door for her. It seemed so silly that she would be so distraught

My First Post

I love reading other people's blogs, so I guess that it is high time that I started one of my own. Thank you Beth for getting me set up. Hopefully I will faithfully write about the happenings in our family. I also hope to post some pictures soon.

Today's funny quote:
As we were watching a Baby Einstein with baby P-Cat a picture of a toy gorilla appeared. My oldest daughter asked me if that was a granilla (she also calls granola bars granilla bars).

Hello Blog World

We are excited to announce that we will be entering the Blogging world. check back later for more posts:)