Cross

I picked up McKenzie from school this afternoon. While we were getting her coat on, I asked her how her day was. She says, "Addison was cross with me today because I bothered her at gym."

Go faster

Last night as I was driving McKenzie to dance she says, "Mommy, go faster." I was already going 30 in a 25, so I explained that if we drive too fast the policemen will stop us. Instead of ending with that, I decided this was a teaching opportunity, so I went on to give a three minute dissertation to a three year old on driving the speed limit and the consequences (financial and otherwise) if you don't.

When I was done, McKenzie was quiet for moment, then said, "There aren't any policemen, mommy, you can drive faster."

What can I say? She is her mother's daughter.

Done sleeping

This morning, McKenzie was more tired than usual. She's not a morning person, so those days when she's really not ready to get up are especially interesting.

Well, this morning, as she was curled up in bed, I turned on her Thomas the Train movie in the living room (I thought it would encourage her to get up). I made it loud enough for her to hear.

Well, she began to stir, so I knew she was getting up. She wandered into the room, looked up at the TV, turned to me and said, "Mommy, you have to turn it off." I asked her why. She said, "Because I'm not ready to get up. I'll be done sleeping in a minute."

She then waddled back to bed.

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Birthday!

It's our monkey's birthday. So, the morning was all about her. I sang her Happy Birthday, cuddled with her, turned on Thomas the Train, and even let her have a treat: the dark chocolate fudge cupcakes I made for her to take to school.

She was already dressed in her winter coat, fuzzy hat and gloves when she saw them. I had a few left over and she wanted one. I couldn't help myself. I grabbed one and was just going to give her a bite. Well, she didn't want just a bite, she wanted the whole thing. She removed her gloves and snatched the mini cake. Standing in the kitchen, she began to nibble and obviously enjoyed every bite, because it wasn't just all over her, it was all over the floor.

Well, Blake came in to gather her up to take her to school. I cleaned her up pretty quick, gave her a kiss and hug and told her to have a fun day at school. I proceeded to start cleaning up the mess that was now spread from the oven to the dishwasher. While walking out the door, she says with a huge smile and so matter-of-factly, "Have fun cleaning up the mess, mommy!"

That little stinker!

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This monkey

Last night, McKenzie was taking her bath and after some time playing decided she was ready to get out.

She has two towels, a monkey and a dog. Every night I ask her if she wants to be a monkey or a dog. Almost every night, she chooses the dog towel. Same is true last night, but when I took her out of the bath and wrapped her in her dog towel she says, "Mommy, warm this little monkey up."

I think my little monkey is a little confused.

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Love me

Blake took McKenzie to see her school yesterday. She starts in a pre-kindergarten program Jan. 4 and we wanted her to see it and meet her teacher before her first day.

Well, she enjoyed it very much and quickly acclimated to her classmates and the room. When they were talking about it after, Blake told McKenzie that if she kept going potty on the toilet she would get to go swimming once a week with her class. She said, "yeah, there's a bunch of kids at school. ... And they're going to love me."

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Be a honey ...

McKenzie has finally decided that she WANTS to use the toilet to go potty. Up until now, she could do it and did many times on her own, but just never wanted to. Well, the other night we turned the corner and she decided she wants to now.

I was so proud of her that when we were getting her bedtime snack pulled together I told she could have Nutella (which she LOVES) on her crackers. I explained that because she's been so good about going on the toilet, she was getting an extra special treat.

She then said to me, "Be a honey to get honey, mommy."

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