Fist sucker???

MJ has a need to be sucking on something for most of the day, but she won't take a pacifier to save her life. I have tried several different kinds, but she just makes faces and gags on them and spits them out. She will occasionally suck on someone's finger or knuckle, but one can only do that for so long. Lately she has started sucking on her fist and it doesn't matter which hand. Sometimes she will get almost the whole fist in her mouth and be sucking away - rather noisily too...

Cute Kay

I am having a hard time lately getting any cute pictures of Kay. She just doesn't enjoy standing still and smiling at the camera while I try to take a picture. A couple of days ago I was finally able to get a picture of her posing in a cute way - we're still working on the smiling part though... This is a cute outfit that I found on sale just the other day at the store and she loves it - a perfect fall/winter outfit for her. Kay loves skirts and dresses and will throw a fit if I try and put her in any type of pants or shorts (she is getting a little bit better about this). Kay also doesn't like having her hair fixed. I will put it in a ponytail to keep it out of her face and then an hour or so later the ponytail will be gone.

Smiles

MJ was being all smiles yesterday morning so I tried getting a few pictures. Here are some of them:
And my favorite:

Canning

The kids have been off-track for the last 2 1/2 weeks (with the exception of M&M who is now in middle school). Last year I canned peaches at my parents' house and they turned out to be a big hit with our family so we decided to do it again this year - and more this time. So last week we ended up spending four days at their house canning peaches and making peach jam. The kids were helpful to varying degrees and MJ cooperated most of the time. Probably our biggest help was Blondie who did a great job peeling the skin off the peaches. Luke helped with cutting up the peaches for jam and then M&M was able to come over with us on Saturday and was a big help then. It was a lot of fun but also a lot of work. I will be heading back over there again in the next couple of weeks to can some applesauce.

Observant

Kay is a very observant 2 year old. Don't even try to sneak food around her because she zeros in on it almost immediately and will come over to see what it is and ask for some. She also notices when I am not holding MJ and will ask where she is. Then she will walk around the house searching for her until she finds her. Kay also notices when I am wearing my hair down. After MJ was born I was pulling it back into a ponytail a lot to make nursing a little easier and if I ever took it out of the ponytail she would immediately notice and come and stand by me on the couch so she could hold onto my hair and suck her thumb.

Kid talk

Luke went to the store with my dad today to help him pick up a few things we needed for some jam we were making. My dad said that there was a man at the store that they overheard make the comment that his four sisters were driving him crazy today. Apparently Luke then whispered to my dad, "Well, I have five sisters that drive me crazy!"

Kid talk

When I came home from the General Relief Society Broadcast, Kay ran upstairs and said, "Mom! You missed me!"

On Conference Sunday we were talking about going to Grandma's house after the morning session:
Kay: "Grandma's coming (here)?"
Me: "No, we're going to Grandma's house. Is that okay?"
Kay: "Course!" - (of course)

A little bit later that same day:
Kay: "Am I going to come too?" (meaning to Grandma's house)
Me: "Yes, you get to come."
Kay: "Oh, great!"

Then a little bit later I went out to the garden with some of the kids to pick some vegetables for a salad to take to Grandma's house. Kay brought in a few carrots for me and she took them downstairs to show them to her dad:
DH to Kay: "Are you going to eat that carrot?"
Kay: "No, it's for rabbits."

Kid talk

Kay found a paper today that she had colored at nursery a few weeks ago. She was very excited to show it to me and to tell me that she had colored it at nursery. Then she said to me, "Can I go to nursery? Please, please, please!"

Little things

There's a blog that I read occasionally where the author posts little things that happen in her life - usually things having to do with her kids - that she wants to remember. I thought that I would also try doing that from time to time. So here are some little things from the last few days:

* Luke helping Kitty bake some pan cookies for FHE tonight - it's Kitty's turn to be in charge of the treats.

* Blondie sitting on the couch reading through a story in the Friend to prepare herself to teach the lesson tonight for FHE.

* Kay always coming up to me while I'm holding MJ and saying, "Oh, she's so cute!" and then touching her head gently and kissing the top of her head.

* MJ sleeping through all of Blondie's soccer game last Saturday - even with me yelling on the sidelines.

* Blondie practicing the piano without being asked - she just started lessons 2 weeks ago.

* M&M curling Blondie's and Kitty's hair.

* Luke offering to change Kay's diaper when she first gets up in the morning.

* Kay repeatedly saying, "Mmmm. Delicious" while trying a new coffee cake I made for breakfast yesterday.

* Kay asking to go to bed when she gets tired. She'll say, "I want to go to bed - and I want some milk and some books."

* MJ smiling and cooing.

Kid talk

Kay: "I found a spider in my room."
Me: "Oh no. Did you get it?"
Kay: "No. It's disgusting!" she says with her hands on her hips.