Arianna had a horrible habit of running away from the younger ones, and locking herself in her room to "think". The rule is the door stays open...only for getting dressed, and sleeping is the door closed. Arianna keeps breaking this simple rule. So I h...ad the wonderful idea of taking the door off of the frame....
So one night, as they were laying in bed, both Bella and Arianna started to bawl their heads off. You would of thought I took away their privilege to drive for staying out past crewfew! It was *THAT* bad!
I told them as nicely as I could without loosing it, (by bursting out laughing) that until they learned to get along nicely with each other, and didn't slam doors, lock them and exclude one another the door would stay off.
Besides, I said, "It's kind of cool! Like Little House of the Prairie"
Arianna with her most poutiest face I have seen for the longest time told me, "But Carrie had a door to *her* little room!" And then I said, "No she didn't Arianna"
Arianna said, "Well, she had that little cloth thing hanging!"
Then I said, "Oh you mean like a curtain. Now *THAT'S* a wonderful idea! I'll put a curtain up! How about that!?"
Arianna gives me the blankest stare. I have a slight hunch she really didn't take to well to that idea.
So we are sitting here eating lunch, engaged in deep spiritual conversation. Bella informs me that skin is like clay in that it can stretch and form over bones and stuff. So I told her, "Remember, God made Adam out of Dirt." Bella said, "Yup! But what was Eve made out of?" So I informed her, that eve was made out of Ad...am's bone. And she says, "Yup! A Rib Bone!"
Arianna was listening to this conversation take place quietly, munching on her sandwich. Then when Bella said that God made Eve out of a rib bone, Arianna perks up and says, "That Reminds me! I want to go to Sonny's Bar-B-Q So Bad!!!"
When Caleb was three years old, he decided to find the bug spray and saturate my carpet, and dresser in my bedroom. Plus a few other items. When it first happened I said, "Caleb that was a naughty boy!" He then ...said in a pathetic little meek voice, "Don't tell daddy, K Mommy?"
Arianna found my "Back to Basics" book, and came and showed me a page all excited and said, "Hey look mom! They're turning the pig into Bacon" Then Bella jumps up and shouts, "Let me see!" Then they both run off together to study it better.
We went to the post office one afternoon and the Post man says a very friendly "Hi" to Caleb. Caleb smiles shyly and says, "I got gun!"
One time In the middle of me exercising, Caleb helped himself to a nice cold glass of half and half. And I let him keep it. What was I to do with it?
Should of I have Dumped perfectly good cream down the drain, or put it back into the container? (ewwww!)
When we were camping we went to the beach. All of the cousins kept getting stung with Jelly Fish. The next morning, Arianna was watching TV and a Beaches Resort Commercial came on. The commercial showed idealistic family togetherness.
When the commercial was over she said to me, " We went to the beach just like like them! But.... Only our trip didn't go as well."
