HKG061: Jr. Randoms

livie dressed herself up, and wow did she look gorgeous!

q's sleep schedule is back to a more "normal" rhythm this week, but he still has episodes of crumpling into a heap on the floor. maybe that rug is just really comfy...?

today was mostly low key...it started out with a mini heart attack for me when i found quinn chewing josh's nicotine gum...the heart attack continued for a couple hours as i followed him around and watched him like a hawk while also trying to figure out how to call poison control in asia. other than some tummy upset, he seems to be okay.

the day ended with some playtime with a friend and a chance to skype with friends we haven't talked to in a few weeks.

in lieu of detailing all the other mundane things that happened today (like getting thor fixed and finding out that all this heartache has been caused by a sock stuck in the drum...not our sock, either...must be from the previous resident), i thought i'd share all the funny things the kids are saying and doing lately.

1. livie came to me to tell me that she "worked so hard on her jewelry box that her apples are bleeding"....?!
2. quinn keeps asking me "whar butt wipe?" he means where's the flashlight. it took me several tries and several outbursts of giggling to figure out this is what he meant.
3. quinn keeps telling me "i changed the points." clear as day...i can understand only about 50% of what he says, but i don't have to ask him twice when he tells me he changed the points (on his toy train track).
4. when we get in the elevator, quinn stuffs himself in to a corner where there are mirrored sections and then tells me over and over and over again "ook mommy, dey two hinnys!"
5. quinn counts to two all the time...if you help, he will count to 10 easily and to 20 with lots of encouragement.
6. overheard today "c'mon sissy, come to hinny's room!"...there's lots of interactive play these days, and i'm loving it.
7. when i asked if he wanted to go get a bigger house for the fish or go to the playground, quinn told me "no...tay mah house!"...he did not want to leave his toys this afternoon.
8. right now, i am still the most enamored with the fishies, but quinn did spend some time telling me "mah fissies" today, and livie wants to feed them every two minutes.
9. though he is super attached to me, q also is very possessive of josh. when he saw a pic of josh on my computer the other day, he said "dat mah daddy" while giving me angry eyebrows and lots of indignant tone in his voice.
10. at a dim sum restaurant today, q wanted to get the attention of the waitperson taking our order, so he looked at her and said "ooo der! hi!" while waving at her.
11. livie's artistic ability continues to amaze me. she made me a bunny-shaped card for easter. one day later, she made me another card where she used marker, crayon, and bendaroos to create a landscape with flowers. today, while we were in a fancy mall, we passed an art gallery where all of the art was created by kids....prolly 8 and up...livie was transfixed and was NOT happy when we had to leave the gallery.
12. livie keeps telling me "the womens here think i am very cute!" i love that she says womens instead of women. i have not yet corrected her.
13. we rode in a taxi today that had a bell hanging from the rear view mirror, and every time it jangled, livie would start singing jingle bells.
14. livie got to see tangled with her buddy, spencer, before we left texas and we now own it on DVD. i did not realize how much livie liked it and was taking from it until she began telling us that each day is the best day ever.
15. while playing around in the apartment clubhouse today, quinn noticed that he could hear the fountain that is near the apartment pool. he told me "go bee!!" while tryng to take his shirt and pants off...he meant that he wanted to go to the beach/in the water. it took a LOT of convincing to get him out of there.