while renting a cabin at lake wateree with the squadron, we went to the playground with the Frank kids. emmalyn went down the slide fast and estelle was standing at the bottom. when emmalyn reached the bottom, estelle yelled, "nailed it!" sooooo funny.
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brant's deployed and estelle was jamming all of this stuff into her backpack...so I asked her what she was up to....she said, “mom, leave it! i’m going on a trip with daddy!”
lela and estelle went to trunk or treat with croftons tonight. lela hurt her knee. she wouldn’t stop wallowing..estelle (eating a plain bowl of rice in her evening gown) said, “lela, it’s a hard knock life.”
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me: “estelle, you can leave your sunglasses here today...it’s not really sunny.”
e: “they’re just for fashion.”
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driving estelle to school we drove by someone burning old wood in a field. she noticed and said, “look, they’re burning wood from when jesus was born! sheesh, that’s probably wood from the early 80s or 90s.”
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i was just telling my friends how i didn't like to play crud because i'm not aggressive or competitive. lela was not at that conversation, but that next evening she said to me, "mom, you know why i don't like to play sports?" i said, "you don't?!! why?" she said, "i'm just too gentle. i don't want to take anything from anyone or hurt anyone." i couldn't stop smiling....like mother, like daughter!
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
e's antics
one of her barbie's (actually her friend's barbie that she always seems to have here) she has named "meet me halfway"... per the blackeyed peas song. ga!!
after going to bald head island, we went out with grandmere and papa to local provisions fish restaurant on the water in southport...estelle was commando under her coverup after taking off her swimsuit. i looked over during the meal and she was sitting with her leg up and she stuck a napkin in her private area!!! she didn't think anything of it...just contently eating.
walking with estelle to anna's house and she insisted on wearing the flip flops anna gave her that are too big. she was tripping left and right, but wouldn't admit that it was happening. she did a big trip and, as she did (since we were holding hands), i spilled my hot coffee on her head and all over the barbie she was carrying...she still wouldn't admit wrong. she got back up, brushed her hand through her coffee wet hair, shook the coffee off from her barbie and kept on going...
after going to bald head island, we went out with grandmere and papa to local provisions fish restaurant on the water in southport...estelle was commando under her coverup after taking off her swimsuit. i looked over during the meal and she was sitting with her leg up and she stuck a napkin in her private area!!! she didn't think anything of it...just contently eating.
walking with estelle to anna's house and she insisted on wearing the flip flops anna gave her that are too big. she was tripping left and right, but wouldn't admit that it was happening. she did a big trip and, as she did (since we were holding hands), i spilled my hot coffee on her head and all over the barbie she was carrying...she still wouldn't admit wrong. she got back up, brushed her hand through her coffee wet hair, shook the coffee off from her barbie and kept on going...
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
keeping us laughing
lela's about to start 1st grade next week and just found out she's going to have the SAME teacher as the year before....as she was reading the letter, it was like she won Publisher's Clearinghouse...her jaw dropped in shock and she screamed! ms. tisha again! :)
the girls are always begging for a pet, mostly a cat or dog. today estelle said, "how about a fish?!" i said, "hmm, maybe." lela said, "no, we can't play with a fish." estelle said, "yes, but we can kill it! we can kill it if we're hungry and eat it for dinner."
at bedtime the other night, estelle told me she likes to look up at her garland above her bed and look at the flamingo. i smiled. she then continued, "yeah, i like to look up at it because god is a flamingo. that's god." :)
the girls are always begging for a pet, mostly a cat or dog. today estelle said, "how about a fish?!" i said, "hmm, maybe." lela said, "no, we can't play with a fish." estelle said, "yes, but we can kill it! we can kill it if we're hungry and eat it for dinner."
at bedtime the other night, estelle told me she likes to look up at her garland above her bed and look at the flamingo. i smiled. she then continued, "yeah, i like to look up at it because god is a flamingo. that's god." :)
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
estelle asserting her personality
annie, estelle's 3k teacher, pulled me aside and said she had to tell me about something that happened in class that day. the kids were supposed to make zebras for the letter "z"....the materials were out and it was time to paint. annie told them, "ok, now you can paint the stripes on your zebras!" estelle heard her, looked around and saw everyone painting stripes, looked at her zebra....and gave it spots. black spots. :) annie was so happy! estelle (or her zebra) was not about to conform to zebra norms...
leaving tjmaxx one day, estelle was playing by the back end of the automatic sliding doors as i was putting our cart away. next thing i know, the door begins to open with estelle's arm lodged in between the panes of glass! as i'm watching this happen, i'm certain we are going to end up in the ER with a broken limb. the pain is showing in estelle's face and as i run to help loosen her arm, the doors break away... fall apart. apparently they are built with a safety mechanism in case just THIS happens...gaaaaa.. phew!!! she was slightly traumatized and also a wee excited to tell her sister what happened and how she survived. this same day, we went to a birthday pool party for lela's friend from school. estelle was tired and a bit upset that i forgot her swimsuit. she was walking next to the pool with her crazy "i'm tired" walk and fell in! i reached quickly and launched her up, but her clothes were SOAKED. she got scared right then and immediately peed herself. it just kept going! i ended up changing her into lela's dry clothes and lela had to wear her swimsuit for the whole party. :)
estelle whispered into my ear at breakfast..."i have to tell you something, mommy". i asked her what and she said, "i am in love with rj." rj is a little boy that goes to snack pack at trinity. he's four and estelle is three. she ended up telling brant the same. her first love.
leaving tjmaxx one day, estelle was playing by the back end of the automatic sliding doors as i was putting our cart away. next thing i know, the door begins to open with estelle's arm lodged in between the panes of glass! as i'm watching this happen, i'm certain we are going to end up in the ER with a broken limb. the pain is showing in estelle's face and as i run to help loosen her arm, the doors break away... fall apart. apparently they are built with a safety mechanism in case just THIS happens...gaaaaa.. phew!!! she was slightly traumatized and also a wee excited to tell her sister what happened and how she survived. this same day, we went to a birthday pool party for lela's friend from school. estelle was tired and a bit upset that i forgot her swimsuit. she was walking next to the pool with her crazy "i'm tired" walk and fell in! i reached quickly and launched her up, but her clothes were SOAKED. she got scared right then and immediately peed herself. it just kept going! i ended up changing her into lela's dry clothes and lela had to wear her swimsuit for the whole party. :)
estelle whispered into my ear at breakfast..."i have to tell you something, mommy". i asked her what and she said, "i am in love with rj." rj is a little boy that goes to snack pack at trinity. he's four and estelle is three. she ended up telling brant the same. her first love.
Monday, March 20, 2017
happening lately...
lela in the spring of her kinder year at TSA here in sumter...estelle in 3yo preschool at trinity. we love both schools, as do the girls.
estelle has been saying "clomb" instead of "climbed" (it's sooo funny!) when trying to say, "she climbed the mountain!" she'll say, "she clomb the mountain!"
estelle was playing at 4yo cecilia ayre's house. it was dark and she wanted to leave. she left out the front door and walked all the way down the street and around the corner in the now cold air with no shoes to our house. she's not allowed to walk home alone from anywhere. we had just left to go to crofton's house for a campfire. she was standing on our doorstep confused and whimpering when fokker buessing walked by (also headed to the campfire). he informed her that we were not home and that she should come with him to where we are... she did. it was scary for her and we felt like terrible parents, but i think she learned her lesson not to sneak away...
lela after saying a prayer... "hey! why isn't 'awomen' instead of 'amen'?!"
estelle, "we need to get palm trees in our garden and call it hawaii sumter!"
estelle and lela were playing with little dolls and the dolls were chatting. estelle's doll said to lela's doll, "and i teach english to people that speak other languages!" my current job. :)
estelle has been saying "clomb" instead of "climbed" (it's sooo funny!) when trying to say, "she climbed the mountain!" she'll say, "she clomb the mountain!"
estelle was playing at 4yo cecilia ayre's house. it was dark and she wanted to leave. she left out the front door and walked all the way down the street and around the corner in the now cold air with no shoes to our house. she's not allowed to walk home alone from anywhere. we had just left to go to crofton's house for a campfire. she was standing on our doorstep confused and whimpering when fokker buessing walked by (also headed to the campfire). he informed her that we were not home and that she should come with him to where we are... she did. it was scary for her and we felt like terrible parents, but i think she learned her lesson not to sneak away...
lela after saying a prayer... "hey! why isn't 'awomen' instead of 'amen'?!"
estelle, "we need to get palm trees in our garden and call it hawaii sumter!"
estelle and lela were playing with little dolls and the dolls were chatting. estelle's doll said to lela's doll, "and i teach english to people that speak other languages!" my current job. :)
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