Twinkies...

Emmy loves Landry. 

Lots.

As soon as we walk into the door from school she puts her cup on the counter and runs to say yellow to her baby sister. 

She may be a little rougher than is necessary but Landry seems to take it well. 

Landry just giggles through it all.

And Emmy just squeezes her tighter and tighter. 

 Love my sweet girls and all the laughter and joy they bring to me and each other!

A few firsts...

First I will apologize for being a delinquent blogger. I usually get the most grief from Gigi about lack of updates but since she has been staying with us to watch Landry I *thought* I would catch a break. 

Ha. She is literally sitting next to me telling me to update my blog. 

Go figure. 

So we've had a few firsts in our house this past week. We {finally} took Landry in for her 4 month well check (almost one month late) and Dr. H told me to go ahead and start her on cereal/solids. One day I plan to do a post on the changes PARENTS go through in their parenting choices - we couldn't WAIT to feed Radley solid foods. We were also more diligent with Emmy and now, well... I almost forgot to "feed" her this weekend. 

So we were a little late getting started on "food" with Landry because honestly it is "one more thing" in our routine that I was trying to avoid. She is gaining weight, never fussy, and is a great sleeper - so why mess with a good thing? 

It also means that she is growing up. And I can't stand it. She will be our "BABY" and I am so not ready for her to not be "a" baby. 

She did pretty good for her first try. I would say a good 5% made it into her tummy on Sunday morning - the remaining 95% made it into her mouth and then she "smiled" it out onto her bib. 

After her hearty brunch she got her {first} taste in chores. She was a great vacuum buddy. She LOVES the moby wrap and I love carrying her around with me. 

The big kids were busy making more messes to clean. I love Emmy's face in this picture - she looked at me as Radley was pouring out his blocks like, "Mom! Can you believe the MESS he is making?!"

Landry's dinner attempt at cereal was a bit more successful but still pretty messy. We are going to have to speak to her about manners. Doesn't that chin look like she needs added calories to her diet? ;)

After cleaning up it was time for one last first of the weekend. The big kids were very excited to "show" her how to play with the jumperoo! She was actually big enough to touch the ground which was another first in the King household.

She. Loved. It!

Think I could be the {first} person to figure out how to make time stand still?

Tiny Tales Thursday...

Radley has always had a way with words. Never at a loss for them. Ridiculous vocabulary. Great use of inflection.

He gets it from me.

Ha may also have gotten one other thing from me as the use of the word damn (and not in reference to a cute little Beaver creating a habitat for his furry family) has made its appearance a few times over the past few weeks.

He's said it about 4 times. In context.

(and in my defense I rarely use that word...almost never have I said it front of the kids. I'm a fan of stupid and shut up but I save my "big" words for my big "kids" ie. college students).

(Gigi also never uses this word - so those that know and love her and her use of grown up words can not point fingers in her firection).

He says it was two kids at school. They will remain nameless. Rhymes with Donner and Datthew.

Last night it was used in reference to a game he was trying to defeat on Gigi's phone.

Rather a d*** game he was trying to defeat.

He lost.

And also had to eat a sandwich in his room. Alone. The only company was his tears.

It was either that or the 'ol wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap that I distinctly remember not tasting so well at the age of 8. and 10. And maybe 15.

He is very lucky that I am for some unknown reason without much of a voice. No yelling took place. 

Hopefully his lesson was learned.

Especially because silent laughing with a congested sinus cavity was pretty hard.