Random acts of cuteness (Katherine)

1.  We were reviewing body parts today.  You know "Where are you're eyes...yeah...where is your nose?," et. al.  She scored a 100%, so I figured I'd add some parts.  I asked her where her eye brows were.  She didn't know, so I showed her.  She got it later, too, so I know she remembered.  Then I asked her where her "elbow" was.  Her hand went to the top of her head, and felt around for her "hair bow".  I thought that was pretty smart...

2. We were looking for shoes for Katherine (which is a very common happening around here, she likes to hide them...or eat them.)  I remembered they were in our church tub - a big plastic tub that we carry things to and fro.  I said "Katherine, your shoes are in the tub."  She quickly ran off to the bathroom, and stared into the empty bathtub.  Again, very smart.

3. We were sitting around the table eating some fruit and things.  I was explaining that we were at the "table", and explained how to properly say that.  Such as, "Mommy is at the table."  Or "David is at the table."  Or "I'm at the table."  I smiled and asked "So, does that make sense."  She smiled back, very sweetly.  She shook her head no, while saying "Yes."  Not sure if it was smart, but it was cute.

4. David likes to stand during meals, in his seat.  We could get a belt or something, but it doesn't seem to happen.  So, a normal occurrence around our family meal table is the statement "David, sit down!".  A few days ago, she looked at mommy, and said "He not sits..."  True, he not sits.

5. She's learning a lot of the tunes of the hymns and psalms we sing - and sings a lot of them in gibberish mostly.  Sometimes random english words will find their way in.  While singing "Hallelujah" in one of the songs, she says "Ala Julyah".  "Julyah" is her aunt, Julia.

6. I won't even get into the waving at the toilet, saying "bye bye pee pee" while laughing...

David is now getting old enough to start doing cute/funny/smart things.  The other day he kept wanting to get a spatula out of the clean dish washer.  Mommy kept saying no.  Repeat a half dozen times.  Finally he grabs it while she's not looking.  He starts "running" away (read: crawling fastly), until he realizes mommy is on his tail.  He drops the spatula, and increases his get-away speed.  The suspect was finally apprehended and dealt with appropriately in the court of law.

Children are a really difficult, messy, frustrating, blessing.