Tidbits

With Brigitta down for a nap and me being in between projects, I decide to get down on the floor and play with Ireland a bit in her room. She handed me the toy microphone and I decided to sing Total Eclipse of the Heart in full-on diva mode. When I finished, Ireland looked at me quizzically, gently took the microphone away, and said, "Let's not play with this anymore." She didn't just put it away either! She shoved it to the very bottom of her toy bucket and covered it up with a bunch of stuffed animals. As of right now, the microphone has mysteriously disappeared. I guess forever's NOT gonna start tonight?

This was on the back of a card Liesel made for Brent. Even when he's not here he tries to take care of me. 

Liesel was campaigning to watch a movie after school but it was a Monday so I needed to feed the girls an early dinner and head over to dance. I said as much to Liesel and added that when she watches movies she just gets nasty to everyone. She's mean to her sisters, she snaps at me, she's reluctant to obey, and she always always drags her feet getting off the computer when her time is up. Frustrated that she was clearly losing this battle, Liesel defiantly sassed, "Mom, you're a liar" and I immediately saw RED!!! I sent her to her bed and waited a few minutes until I was calm enough to talk to her again (although I was still plenty ticked). I told her maybe we should find her another family... one that has a mom who doesn't mind being called a liar because I absolutely will not tolerate it. At that suggestion, Liesel burst into tears and sobbed, "But I like Daddy!" She was not winning points with me that day. When I called Brent to report her appalling behavior, he couldn't stop chortling.

When I saw this cartoon it really resonated with me. 

Whilst we eat breakfast, Liesel likes to look over the calendar, the menu, the mail, etc and ask me questions about it. I'd just updated our menu for October and she asked about various items and announced my O for oatmeal wasn't very clear... it looked more like a C. I told her I know I don't have the nicest handwriting and she said, "Maybe after school me and Ireland can show you how to make beautiful letters!"

The Red Sox clinched the AL pennant and are headed to the World Series which I excitedly relayed to the girls over breakfast. To ensure they know who they are, I often ask, "Are we Red Sox fans or Yankees fans?" to which Liesel and Ireland gleefully yell, "RED SOX!!!" Our Chicago-born daughter developed a cryptic smile at this point and I asked her directly, "Brigitta, are you a Red Sox fan?" She immediately blew a raspberry in my direction and I gasped. "No Brigitta! You are a Red Sox fan!!!" She laughed and again blew a raspberry at me as if to say her loyalties may just lay elsewhere where baseball is concerned. Please oh please let it be the Cubs and not the Yankees!