nighttime antics

while i was away on a girls' weekend in DC, estelle popped two teeth, and lela was up to her nighttime antics, of course.  about 30 minutes after being put to bed, she comes out of her room naked (she removes her pjs every single night) and says, "um dad, does santa use an umbrella?" and as brant walks toward her from the living room, knowing she should not be getting out of bed, she scurries back to her bed before he can reach her, hops in, and pulls the covers up... still asking the question... ;)  these little episodes are a nightly occurrence and since brant is the night watchman, he gets to field all these very important questions...

memories

lela calls estelle "booty cheeks" due to her precious pudgy cheeks

brant had to floss a booger out of lela's teeth (why on earth would a kid eat a booger??!!)

we took lela to see a musical called "the living tree" at a baptist church downtown and during the production, where there was a lull in music, she leaned over us on the pew (standing up) and farted out loud.  during the next lull in music (no idea why she feels she needs to fill these voids with talking or tooting) she looked at me and said, "mama, we don't pick our noses!"

lela got out of bed and told brant he needed to come into the room because a bird pooped on her face. she also worries about rhinos at night and other animals coming in the front door of the house.