As I was preparing dinner tonight, Maddy, Lizzy, and Sawyer were playing house. Maddy and Lizzy had pregnant bellies and I'm not sure what Sawyer was up to. I heard the girls talking to Sawyer, but again, wasn't following the conversation.
As Sawyer climbed up to the counter, he looked at me with a very distressed look. He proceeded to ask, "Mommy, you gonna have another baby?"
I said, "Uh...no. You're my baby."
The girls then sighed, "Aww, man!?!?!?!"
I then asked, "Do you want mommy to have another baby?" Of course, I knew what the girls would say. They both replied quickly, "Yeah!!!"
What I didn't expect was the immediate reaction I got from Sawyer. He, again, very distressingly said, "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It cracked me up because the girls have always been up for siblings and here was my little boy, the baby of the family, who understood what would happen to his position in the family and very clearly was not even remotely interested in giving that up. Ahhhh.....the sweet life he has.
Three Lil' Lewis Children
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Two Hands
We got in the car tonight to head home after I taught at the Y. As we were all settling in our seats, Maddy said, "I miss daddy. I want to talk to him."
I called Kerpatrick and handed Maddy the phone. I heard her having a nice conversation when all of the sudden she said, "Oh! Oooops!" She had accidentally hung up the phone and was now asking how to redial to reach daddy.
Before I could even give her instructions on how to use my new Smartphone, Kerpatrick had called back and Maddy had figured out how to answer the call. She then said in this very grown up voice, "Oh, hey, daddy. Sorry about that. I was tryin' to get my seatbelt on and then, ya know, I was tryin' to hold the phone. I only got two hands."
I called Kerpatrick and handed Maddy the phone. I heard her having a nice conversation when all of the sudden she said, "Oh! Oooops!" She had accidentally hung up the phone and was now asking how to redial to reach daddy.
Before I could even give her instructions on how to use my new Smartphone, Kerpatrick had called back and Maddy had figured out how to answer the call. She then said in this very grown up voice, "Oh, hey, daddy. Sorry about that. I was tryin' to get my seatbelt on and then, ya know, I was tryin' to hold the phone. I only got two hands."
The Mayor
The other night Kerpatrick, our realtor, and myself needed to have a three-way phone conversation. It was a very important talk and so, preemptively, I told the kids, "Guys, mommy is on a very important phone call. I need you all to go in the other room and let mommy talk."
Maddy then looked at me and said in a sassy, but yet extremely funny tone, "Who ya talkin' to?....the Mayor?"
Maddy then looked at me and said in a sassy, but yet extremely funny tone, "Who ya talkin' to?....the Mayor?"
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Strawberry Picking
This past weekend I went to visit Kansas City to go house hunting and check out the area. It was the very first time that we had left the kids alone for an extended time without either Kerpatrick or myself being there.
Our neighbor, Katie, stayed with them one of the days and decided to take all three of them strawberry picking. When I called that night to check on them, Katie told me all about strawberry picking. She said that it was so funny how each one of their little personalities came to light during their trip. I asked her how so and this is what she explained to me...
They had been picking strawberries for about half an hour and when Katie looked in Maddy's bucket, Maddy had 12 strawberries. Each one of Maddy's strawberries were perfect. They were gorgeous in size, color, and shape. She had been meticulous in her quest for strawberries. Her quality control was above what a normal six year old should care about.
When Katie checked Lizzy's bucket, Lizzy had over 400 strawberries. Her bucket was overflowing and she just kept picking whatever red berry she saw.
When Katie looked over at Sawyer, he had no strawberries in his bucket because they were all over his face, hands, legs, hair, etc. He was just picking and eating. Picking and eating.
I giggled at this story. It was so typical of my three children. So individual in nature, so independent...
Our neighbor, Katie, stayed with them one of the days and decided to take all three of them strawberry picking. When I called that night to check on them, Katie told me all about strawberry picking. She said that it was so funny how each one of their little personalities came to light during their trip. I asked her how so and this is what she explained to me...
They had been picking strawberries for about half an hour and when Katie looked in Maddy's bucket, Maddy had 12 strawberries. Each one of Maddy's strawberries were perfect. They were gorgeous in size, color, and shape. She had been meticulous in her quest for strawberries. Her quality control was above what a normal six year old should care about.
When Katie checked Lizzy's bucket, Lizzy had over 400 strawberries. Her bucket was overflowing and she just kept picking whatever red berry she saw.
When Katie looked over at Sawyer, he had no strawberries in his bucket because they were all over his face, hands, legs, hair, etc. He was just picking and eating. Picking and eating.
I giggled at this story. It was so typical of my three children. So individual in nature, so independent...
In The Lines
Two weeks ago I picked Kerpatrick up from the airport. He flew in to Norfolk for the first time since he left for Kansas City weeks before. The kids were so excited to see him. Everyone was talking all at once and I couldn't even get a word in edgewise.
Kerpatrick just listened and smiled in awe. He was absolutely adoring his three children. When he finally could get a break through all the chatter to say something, he told each one of them how much they had grown and changed since he saw them last.
Kerpatrick told Maddy that he was so impressed with her reading and was admiring her long hair. He told Sawyer how proud he was of his extensive vocabulary and his ability to be so observant. Kerpatrick then turned to Lizzy to tell her what he noticed about her and before he could even speak, she shouted out, "Yeah! AND I'm coloring in the lines!!!!"
Kerpatrick just listened and smiled in awe. He was absolutely adoring his three children. When he finally could get a break through all the chatter to say something, he told each one of them how much they had grown and changed since he saw them last.
Kerpatrick told Maddy that he was so impressed with her reading and was admiring her long hair. He told Sawyer how proud he was of his extensive vocabulary and his ability to be so observant. Kerpatrick then turned to Lizzy to tell her what he noticed about her and before he could even speak, she shouted out, "Yeah! AND I'm coloring in the lines!!!!"
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