Well I'll Just Text You Then!

I am starting to believe that the "terrible threes" will be much worse than the "terrible twos" that we didn't have too much of. Aidyn has such a little attitude and can really be whiny and angry when she doesn't get her own way. Whoever said that man is basically good obviously never had a preschooler.

Case in point from this afternoon. Aidyn and I were playing telephone. She would pretend to dial me up and I would answer. We'd have a short conversation, hang up, and repeat (over and over!). We played this for about 15 minutes and I finally decided to stop the game. So I let her know that I wasn't really feeling like playing telephone anymore. She stomped her feet and said, "Well I'll just text you then!"

My Voice Doesn't Work Down Here

Aidyn has been struggling with, well, being a preschooler. She has had some several weeks of consistent disobedience in the evenings after we pick her up from the babysitter's and I think she's just trying to figure out how to transition her day. But, my philosophy of child development aside, here's what happened today.

After her time out this afternoon for disobeying Daddy, he went over to talk to her about it. He told her that we don't disobey and she said "Yes, Daddy," and they hugged and everything was all good. Then Aidyn said, "Daddy I need to tell you something. I need to tell you in my room." Donnie answered that he didn't really want to go upstairs right now and that she could just tell us right down here. Then she said, "But my voice doesn't work down here. It only works in my room." When he laughingly said, "That sounds like a problem," she responded, "Yeah, it's breaking into little pieces."

(And as an aside...Aidyn is sitting here while we talk about blogging this story and she keeps saying, "Yeah, that's what I said!" Donnie asked her if we had left out any parts and she said, "Yeah. You have problems.")

It Makes Jesus and God Sad

I don't even remember what it was about because we've waited too long to blog this, but a few weeks ago Donnie said something to me at dinner that Aidyn must not have liked (and just for the record, I'm sure it wasn't something mean enough to elicit this response from Aidyn). "Don't say that to Mommy, " she said. Donnie asked her why and she said, "Jesus wants us to be kind." When he said, "That's very true.," Aidyn replied, "It makes Jesus and God sad and then they go to their homes."

Aidyn: The Musical

Donnie has said many times that living with Aidyn is like living in a permanent musical. She will randomly burst into song, even singing her sentences ("Mooooommmmmmy, I nee-eeed a dri-nk!") or sometimes singing songs I didn't even think she knew, like from Sanctus Real the other day and perfectly on pitch: "Whatever you're doing inside of me, it feels like chaos but I believe." Today in the grocery store I had quite the backstage show at her life musical.

As we walked into the store she saw the display of balloons and noticed that one of them was a star. "Twinkle twinkle little star..."
Then we walked past the cakes near the bakery. "Happy birthday to you...."
Then past the cereal aisle where they had the Alphabits cereal. "A, B, C, D, E, F, G...."
Then I grabbed a block of cheese and she was playing with it between her hands like a gate and began singing again. "London Bridge is falling down.."
Then as we were checking out she smiled and said, "That was a great song, Mom."

I Am NOT Captain Hook

Aidyn is such a chatterbox (wonder where she got that from!) and will do anything to bust into a conversation. We are trying to teach her to interrupt politely with "Excuse me, Mommy and Daddy" but it doesn't always work fast enough for her. A few weeks ago at dinner she really wanted to enter the conversation we were having, probably about some mundane adult topic, and she decided to get creative. She waited for a natural break in the conversation and then randomly shouted, "I am NOT Captain Hook!!" She definitely got our attention!

Jesus' Ears

Aidyn has now started going to the three-year-old class at church and I've been impressed by how different it is from the toddler nursery. They actually have a lesson and a memory verse then a paper to color that has extra ideas to reinforce the lesson throughout the week. It's also exciting because now she gets to sing on stage with the other preschoolers at the Palm Sunday services. We bought the cd's from church that have all the cool Sunday School songs they sing (whatever happened to "Jesus Loves Me?") and we've been listening to them in the car so she can learn the songs really well for her little concert. One of the songs is her favorite about how Jesus hears when we pray and we can talk to him anywhere, anytime. The song is called "Jesus Hears," but Aidyn insists that it is "the Jesus' ears song."

I Am a Clo

One of the few memories I have from when I was a little girl is the time I asked my mom why the singular of "clothes" isn't "clo." It made total sense to my nine or ten-year-old mind and is the reason I laughed hysterically when Aidyn said this at TJ Maxx this past week:

Me: "Aidyn, come on. It's time to check out."
Aidyn [hiding in the clothes rack]: "I can't Mommy, I am a clo."

Interview With Aidyn

I hope to do this interview with Aidyn every year around her birthday. I think these interview questions were influenced a bit by the fact that my mom and dad just got us a Wii last week and she's had fun playing it with me lately, but I really enjoyed hearing her answers (some right on and some I have no idea what she was even trying to say). I typed her exact answers...

1. What is something mommy always says to you? You said no, you said obey, and you said we have to do something
2. What makes mommy happy? When I obey
3. What makes mommy sad? When I disobey
4. How does your mommy make you laugh? For saying silly words
5. What was your mommy like when she was a little girl? You were like mommy or Aidyn or Hailie, I think like me when I was a big girl and I can talk like a big girl
6. How old is your mommy? Mommy is 28 (wow...I didn't think she knew that)
7. How tall is your mommy? Big and like this big [stretching arms]
8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play with me
9. What does your mommy do when you're not around? Work and watch Diego
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? For remote controls
11. What is your mommy really good at? Doing the wii
12. What is your mommy not very good at? Doing something like doing those things
13. What does your mommy do for her job? You help people who are sick
14. What is your mommy's favorite food? Cheesy noodles, no, not cheesy noodles--cheesy noodles
15. What makes you proud of your mommy? Like running, no like when I don't disobey like that
16. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be? Your wii guy or the mommy
17. What do you and your mommy do together? Play wii
18. How are you and your mommy the same? I am white and you are blue
19. How are you and your mommy different? Like this [makes popping noises with her mouth]
20. How do you know your mommy loves you? Like cuddling