Fun & Sweet Kid Stuff
1. Savvy came downstairs at 11pm last night complaining that she had “itchy biscuits”. Kip and I rock-paper-scissored who was going to deal with this lovely issue. He lost. 
After a few minutes in the bathroom, they came out and Kip was laughing so hard he couldn’t stop. Earlier in the day the children had gotten into several bottles of glitter that I bought at Dollar Tree. Poured them all over the outdoor fort, in their hair, etc. I really did not care- small potatoes as far as I am concerned. But apparently the top of her head is not the only place the glitter landed. Kip said her entire biscuit area was completely encased in glitter. As in, you could hardly see the skin through all the glitter. Good gracious. Even after a thorough scrubbing in the bathtub this morning, the glitter is still stuck to her! I have a feeling we’ll be finding glitter for quite a while.
2. Nathan came to me on Monday and said “Mom, if we could have another baby girl, I have THE PERFECT name picked out for her!” me: what is it? Nathan: “Mom, we should name her Charlotte Anne! Isn’t that a beautiful name?!?!” so sweet! And I do love the name Charlotte! (and no I am not pregnant for anyone who is wondering!)
3. Whenever the kids have their annual physicals I try to take just that child and we do some fun things. This morning was Nathan’s physical. We stopped at the toy store to order Mary’s birthday present and Nathan had a chance to play for a little while. Then on to his appointment and out to lunch at Panera afterwards. He brought his entire stash of coins and insisted on buying desert for me & him (which I would have bought). It was very sweet. He felt like a little man going up to the cash registering and paying for it himself.
4. Mary is the crafting QUEEN lately. She is working on her potholders constantly. She is working on knitting a baby hat with her knifty knitter loom. And drawing, painting, etc. I just love it. She is such a treasure. She doesn’t know it but for her birthday we are getting her a table top loom. She fell in love with weaving at the High Point Historical Museum this summer and looks at looms longingly now whenever we run across them. I hope she’ll love it.
5. Lyra is really enjoying her outside time. Kip spent an entire weekend cleaning up our fenced in backyard and making it toddler ready. Mary & Nathan have been taking turns with her out in the backyard. She loves the slide & swings the most and it is wearing her out for naptime. 
7. (lunch time today, 1/12/12) Mary just asked me (about cuties- those little clementines) “Mom, did you buy teenager cuties?” Me: (wondering what in the world she is talking about) No, I just bought regular Cuties, why? Mary: Because our Cuties are a lot bigger than the small ones we usually have. (Maybe she thinks Cuties are like baby oranges??? Hence the bigger than usual size equaled “teenage” cuties???)
