Fighting babies

As I walked up the stairs, I realized that THE drawer is open in my kitchen. Now, for those of you who don't know, THE drawer contains my spanking spoon. Ashlyn usually stays far away from it. So, I begin to track down my little girl, knowing that she has it somewhere.

I step down the hall and look into her room. I honestly had to step back out to keep from laughing and then regain my composure before asking Ashlyn what she was doing.

The view looks like this -

Baby doll Andrea is faced down on the rug with the spanking spoon sitting next to her, while baby doll Kaitlyn is propped up next to the bed as if she is watching the whole scene unfold.

M - Ashlyn, did you get into my drawer?
A - uh huh.
M - What are you doing with the spanking spoon?
A - Well...Mommy...Andrea was hitting the other babies and so I had to give her a spanking!
M - Ashlyn...only Mommy or Daddy give a spanking, not you honey.
M - By the way, what is Kaitlyn doing?
A - She is just watching to make sure she stays in time out for now.

Extra salt, please

I guess we have ordered a little too much while on the road this Thanksgiving.

I walk into McD with Ashlyn to order her lunch.

M - What do you want baby?
A - Mommy, I want the number zero with a fry and a sprite. Please tell them to add some salt, cause my fries aren't salty 'nough.

Armpit

I have been teaching Ashlyn to sneeze into her arm instead of the open air. Ashlyn just sneezed all over the keyboard.

M - Ashlyn! Where are you supposed to sneeze?
A - Oh, I'm sorry Mommy. I should sneeze in my armpit.

New fruit

M - what do you have Ashlyn?
A - an orange?
M - you mean a clementine?
A - yeah, I have an orangetine!

Smile!

While sitting in my lap this morning, Ashlyn gets all up close and starts 'loving' on me. My sister, who takes the pictures, was also sitting in the room. I guess Ashlyn wanted her to 'take a picture' of us, but it came out this way instead...

A - Aunt Wendy, can you get your camera and smile at us? :)

Pink or Blue?

We are down to one day before THE ultrasound! With Ashlyn, we just called everyone on the phone to announce the princess, so this time, we thought we would get more creative. For Thanksgiving, we are bringing a plate of either blue or pink iced cookies to announce baby's gender. Ashlyn is SUPER thrilled to make cookies!

A - Mommy, when can I make those cookies?
M - Not until Tuesday.
A - Are we making pink ones?
M - I don't know yet. We have to wait for the dr. visit on Wednesday to ice them. If the baby is a boy, they will be blue though, not pink.
A - Well Mommy, you KNOW that I only eat pink cookies!

Poor baby. I don't think we will be able to convince Ashlyn of anything but a girl even if baby is a boy!

Royalty

Matt, TJ and I were sitting in the living room the other night while Ashlyn was playing all over. I heard her messing with the front door and told her to come in the room with us. Her reply (totally out of the blue) "Yes....your highness!" The funny thing is that the way she said it was just like from a movie; serious yet sweet.

I was laughing about it last night and she thought it super funny that I was so tickled. So what does Ashlyn do? Our conversation went something like this -

M - do you want to help me with dinner?
A - Yes I do...your highness
M - Go wash your hands.
A - ok...your highness.
M - Can you hand Mommy the pan?
A - Yes your highness.

You get the idea. If only I could convince her to address me this way for forever:)

No money

A - Did you know I'm broke?
M - What do you mean you're broke?
A - Well, I'm almost out of money.

Birthday

Someone at MDO must have had a birthday yesterday, because Ashlyn was all about singing "Happy Birthday" last night.

A - My birthday is coming soon.
M - Yeah, your birthday is in just 4 months. What kind of party do you want?
A - I think I'll have pink.
surprise, surprise!
M - Well, do you want pink and maybe Sleeping Beauty or princesses or ballerinas?
A - Just pink is fine.
M - You know someone who shares your bithday is Mr. Ben. We will see him next week at Thanksgiving.
A - (Troubled look crosses her face)
Mommy, do I have to share my birthday cake? What if I just have pink one and Mr. Ben gets orange?

Someone is going to need to learn to share come April!

Baby tummy

We have Ashlyn come get in our bed for some stories, bible reading, prayer and singing before sending her to bed each night. Every night when we pray, she loves to get down and kneel beside the bed. Now, the bigger I am getting, the harder this will become, so I always just sit on the bed while A & Matt do the kneeling. Last night Matt was out, so it was just me and A going through the routine.

M - Ok Ashlyn, get down beside the bed and pray.
A - I can't tonight.
M - Why not?
A - Well, I have this baby in my tummy and I'm just getting too big for that:)

little caretaker

Matt has a new "scary" game that I have told Ashlyn not to watch.
Matt was playing the other night while I was in the room. Ashlyn walks in and sees me sitting there while he's playing.
A - Mommy! Close your eyes!
M - What's wrong baby?
A - Mommy, that will scare you. Don't worry though, I'll take care of you.

Broken heart

M - You need to pick up all of your blocks before we can eat dinner.
A - That just breaks my heart.
M - What breaks your heart?
A- That I have a mess to clean up first!

Cowgirl

Ashlyn just got a stick horse and has been "riding" all over the house on it.

M - Are you a cowgirl Ashlyn?
A - No, I wore that Sleeping Beauty costume to get that treat.
M - I'm not talking about last week, I mean right now. I know you were Sleeping Beauty for Halloween.
A - Oh. Can I be a cowgirl for next time?
M - Sure. If you want to that's fine with me.
A - Ok. I'll be a cowgirl and ride that cow:)

Mommy's Pink Hair

A - I used cutting things at church with Brady.
M - Do you mean scissors?
A - a huh. I used those scissors.
M - Do we cut anything but paper?
A - Nope. Just hair and paper.
M - Not hair Ashlyn, just paper.
A - Does Brady's momma cut your hair?
M - Well yes, because she went to school to learn how.
A - Mommy, you go to school. You learn how to cut hair?
M - No baby, just Mrs. Casey. Did you know I'm getting my hair cut and colored at Mrs. Casey's this week?
A - You should get pink so I can look at it!
M - Baby, if I got pink Daddy would wonder what is wrong with me.
A - (laughing) yeah...Daddy would say "Woman, what in the world you doing with that pink hair?"

All bigger

Ashlyn has this weird thing for wanting to take any medicine Matt and I take...should I be worried?

I was getting a cough drop when Ashlyn came into the kitchen.

A - Can I have a cough drop too?
M - No. You can't have a cough drop until you get bigger.
Ashlyn stops and thinks for a second. She bends down as low as she can and then jumps up as high as she can.
A- Hey look Mommy. Can you see I'm all bigger? Now can I have cough drop?

Too much junk

(Ashlyn sitting on the potty to GO)

A - I been having lots of tummy hurts and trouble.
M - I'm sorry. Do you not feel well?
A - Yeah...I guess I just ate too much junk yesterday.

Pink Palace

(Ashlyn looking at a weddding pic of Matt and me)

A - I'm going to get married someday, Mommy.
M - Yes. I know you are sweetie.
A - Yeah...I think I'll go to the palace to get married. It's probably a pink one.