Maggie Anne had her first bout of diarrhea last night. She screamed for me as she always does when she finishes up, but this time she was upset. She told me that she had a problem . . . that she had messed up. I asked her what it was and she said, "I came in here to poop and THAT happened!"

I comforted her and she was fine with it. When I got her at school tonight, she exclaimed, "Mama! I don't have the water poops anymore!"

I just have to shake my head at her and wonder how long before I don't have to clean bottoms anymore.

Jessie Anne was using her chicken as a utensil to eat ketchup. Just kept dipping the same piece in ketchup and licking it off.

I've always had the habit of picking stuff up off the floor using my toes. I have to rethink this now because Maggie Anne just picked up a gummy snack with her toes and proceeded to eat it.

First time I've ever seen her pick up something with her toes. Of course it happened so fast and in slow motion at the same time. I was unable to do anything about it. Just watch in horror.

Made cupcakes for mom's birthday. Here's the picture from the box.

Here's how ours turned out. Not too bad.

Every so often, Jessie Anne remembers our bearded dragon Jake. She climbed up in the chair beside him tonight and would not be swayed that Jake was our "doggie."

She would mash her face up to the glass, and he would puff up at her. 

I'm writing this while Dalton sits with me reading his A/R book (his school's advanced reading program). This is the first time that I have noticed him reading to himself instead of aloud. He's really growing up too fast!

There was a dog sitting in the center seat of the car in front of us on our way home tonight. I pointed this out to Maggie Anne and when she finally found it, she said it was silly. I asked her why and she said, "They are suppose to leave their dog at home!"

One of my favorite parenting  moments is when what is inside the sippy cup falls out in one clump when doing the dishes.

I was just checking the news site and saw a story with up-close pictures of ants. Maggie came to ask me for something to drink and I showed it to her. She looked at it for a second then asked, "Why did they take a picture of an ant?"

Heads up to anyone who chats with Maggie Anne anytime soon. If she comes up to you and asks you to punch her, she actually wants a fist pump.

Dalton lost his 4th tooth today. We were getting ready for the Tooth Fairy at bedtime and Maggie Anne was hanging out with us. She told me that she knows where the Tooth Fairy lives. I asked her where and she told me somewhere up in the sky because the fairy uses her wings to fly. If she has to walk somewhere, she gets really sad. She's only happy when she is flying. :-)

Maggie Anne has developed this habit of using the term "Of course!" when answering in the affirmative.

Do you want some milk? Of course!

Are you ready to take a bath? Of course!

Are you hungry? Of course!

Well, tonight at bedtime, I had gone back to the kitchen when Maggie Anne ran down the hall to tell me that Jessie was mad and was throwing all the stuff out of her crib.

Being silly, I asked her if we should spank her.

Her response . . . Of course!

Dalton's card for me that they helped him make at school. Think this is a fabulous picture of him!

Jessie Anne is in that whimpering pick-me-up-at-all-times phase. We don't always have the option to pick her up. This morning Dalton hollered, "No! You can't let Jessie cry! The house will fall down! I saw it on a commercial."

We can't figure out what commercial he was talking about, but it was funny anyway.

Check out my new herb window boxes. I hoped for them to go in my kitchen window, but they ended up a tad too wide and heavy which was just begging for a disaster.

My latest Disney gadget is an egg mold. Here's Dalton's breakfast from the other day.

I would never have imagined how many clothes I would turn right side out in any given day.