3 pennies

Me: Dylan, please go brush your teeth. Don't make me ask again.

Dylan: (standing very still holding Logan's Lego motorcycle that she just ran all the way downstairs to get) But I got a motorcycle and Logan said I can't move.

Me: LOGAN, YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF YOUR SISTER. You can't tell her what to do! Dylan you don't have to do what he says, put the motorcycle down and go brush your teeth please.

Dylan looks at me kind of in a panic, then at her brother, then back at me without moving anything but her eyes. Logan then walks out of the bathroom towards Dylan VERY slowly and confidently.

Logan: See mom, she would rather have a penny.

Then he went to his room grabbed 3 pennies and paid her for:

1. Running downstairs to get his motorcycle.

2. Holding still so it didn't break.

3. Sharing her Legos with him.

Dylan squealed with glee when she got 3. Logan was kind of mad when he realized she would have done all of it for only 1 penny.

****Side note: I don't pay my kids for chores or bribe them with money. I don't know where the idea came from or how long this has been going on. Don't know what I am going to do about it so if you have any suggestions let me know. I think it's funny, but I would much rather Logan get his own motorcycle or have Dylan get it for him just to be nice.

A few recent happenings.

Today during dinner Dylan took a giant drink of water and had to spit some of it back in her cup. Finley thought it was hilarious so she kept doing it. Fin would just crack up. All throughout dinner he kept anticipating another drink from her. When dinner was over she told Fin that she needed to put her dishes away, but that she would be right back to spit her water for him again. Logan kindly offered to spit her water for her while she was gone. He grabbed her backwashed glass and filled his mouth with water. Then he spit the water back in the cup in disgust. Somehow he was completely shocked that the water was gross. But when Finley saw him spit in disgust he almost passed out from laughing so hard.

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This may or may not be cool. But who knew that you could have a hardcore

game of Jenga with a 3 and 6 year old?

Should I be concerned that she has nothing under this apron

and she is sitting in the open window?

We went to a friends basketball game the other night. I was taking some pictures for them. And on the other side of the gym Keith was watching the kids. It was so cute to see him smooching Fin. He just kept coming in for more and Keith was happy to dish them out. He is such a good daddy. Our kids definitely know he loves them. Notice Dylan and Logan in the corner. Despite the way it looks they are both having a good time playing.

Logan's costume of the day.

Fin got tubes put in his ears last week. Hopefully it will help with all his ear discomfort. He looked so cute in the hospital gown I wanted to bring it home. He was a trooper.

This kid can never be left alone. Ever. He is always pulling all the books or pots and pans out of the cupboard. Or climbing somewhere he shouldn't. He can climb up to the top bunk, but he still can't walk. Go figure.

Dylan being an army ballerina. (whatever that is)

This was her mean face. She stayed in character very well.

Logan is acting the part for his 100 day t-shirt. We had to come up with a shirt that had 100 things on it for school. We bought a pack of eyeballs at the

dollar store and cut a hole and glued in the teeth that we made from scrap felt. It turned out really cute. He was proud to wear it since he glued everything on.

The Happy Button

Logan and I practice reading everyday. It is usually such a chore and he can not sit still. He gets really grumpy when we read and it usually ends in a threat to not play. Then he will either finish angrily or choose not to play for the rest of the day. Yesterday while we were reading he was getting really grumpy with me.

Me: How come you always get so upset when we read?

Logan: Didn't you know that if you push my happy button on the bottom of my foot I will cheer up?

(He then stuck his barefoot right in my face and pointed to the arch on his foot.)

Me: So all I have to do is push this one button and it makes you happy?

Logan: Ya, I actually have more than one button. This one just works the best. I have buttons here and here and here. (He is pointing to random spots all over his body)

I pushed the button and we had our very best reading time. He was happy the whole time. So when we sat down to read today he started to get upset with me. Then he laughed, picked up his foot, pushed the button and proceeded to finish on a happy note.