Fitness Guru's

I went to the gym with my friend and there were these two boy on the sidelines.

 

While the parents were exercising the little boy yells out "Da! Da! He took my phone. I wanna have it!" Well it wasn't his phone. The dad had given his son the phone when they got there to keep him entertained. Which I find really interesting.

Once everyone was done exercising, the instructor asks the youngest little boy. "Are you proud of mommy and daddy?"

"YES!" was his response. The coach was telling everybody how he thought it was funny that whenever he asked the boy a question it is always yes.

Then he asked the boy "Do you like bootcamp?"

The boy responded "No!"

Then his brother six year old brother came up to him and said. "Do you like me?"

"NO!"

"You don't like me? You sure you want to go with that?"

 

Later they were trying some of the cool down exercises.

 



Down Dog

Plank



When I grow up...

I find it so interesting to watch kids grow up. It happens very quickly and can be a little sad. But I love thinking about them growing in to the wonderful people they will be and it is so cool! I like finding out what they want to do and even as their idea of who they want to be changes.
So I asked a few of the kids I watch "What do you want to do when you grow up?" and here were some of their responses...

I want to be a pink dinosaur when I grow up.
...a librarian.
... a babysitter just like you.
... a truck.
... a cook/ baker.
... ballet excerise girl
... a daddy, mommy, and a sister. I wanna eat gum. Be Big! (yes, that was one girls response.)

One of the girls I watch told me she wanted to grow her hair out when she gets older and she is going to give her hair away just like I did. So cute!

Bunheads

Today I went and volunteered at a local shelter which sent me and my group to a little apartment center. We passed out fliers and picked up trash. Then they had us play with some neighborhood kids.
I sat down to talk to one boy as he was playing with puzzles. I saw that he had a different kind of rescue hero vehicle puzzle and asked which one was his favorite. He responded with the firetruck. Of course, should have guessed that one. Then he leaned over and hugged me. I was a bit surprised that he hugged me but it was really sweet. He played with the puzzles for a few more minutes then said. "I'm going to play football outside." I told him "Ok, have fun!" Then turned to talk to one of my friends.

A few minutes later this girl walks up to me, I would guess she's around 7 or 8 years old. She asks "Can I play with your hair?" I wanted to say no because I had it in a ponytail and thought it looked awful. Plus I knew it would have a major ponytail crease. But instead I said yes. So I took out my ponytail and bobbie pins.
She kept asking what she should do. She would put it in a high pony tail then into a bun, she would braid it. She put her bow in my hair and I was just hoping that she didn't have lice! Don't want to have to go through that!
After she fixed up my hair, she went over to one of my friends who sat across the table and asked if she could play with her hair. My friend said no. The little girl said, "She has softer hair than you." She was referring to me having softer hair. We all thought that was funny. After being turned down she asked my friend sitting next to me if she could do her hair. My friend said no but then gave in and let her. She gave her a bun then came back to play with my hair and put both our hair in buns. The friend who had said no laughed and said "You're bunheads." Which then we all laughed because I knew she was referring to that new show called Bunheads.

After a while it was time for us to go eat lunch so we had to leave. The kids were sad. They kept asking "Are you going to be back?" one of the boys little boys tried to pick me up. Some gave goodbye hugs. It was really sweet and a fun mission.

Last Evening,

On our way to the pool, we didn't go in the stroller, we walked. So the stopping and looking at things was more frequent than if we had the stroller. But Kenleigh had us stop and look at this little birds nest. It really fascinated Kenleigh.

Once we got to the pool we had a blast! Although I kept thinking how it will be the last time I'll see them for a while we all had a great time. Jocelyn is turning into quiet a little swimmer for a 3 year old! Kenleigh was doing really well too. I had to swim out to her once because she was doing laps with a girl she had met at the pool and she looked like she couldn't swim any more. So I swam out to help her. As I turn around I see Joce swimming out towards me, by herself, she wasn't wearing her floaties. I assumed she would stay on the step. It freaked me out! I had just rescued Kenleigh in the deep end and was now trying to keep both of us afloat to rescue Jocelyn. So I was swimming with all my might to save little joce. Which I grabbed her and swam for the steps. When we got there I told Joce to stay on the steps. It had worried me. I told them "I just saved you and I don't want to be in that position again." It scared me. Perhaps my scared response came off like I was upset at them because Joce started crying. Which after having time to really think about it. I think I she was fine but it frightened me that she wouldn't be able to swim when in reality she was ok and my reaction scared her. After a while she calmed down. But I was still traumatized by the incident.

Then on our way back, almost the second we got out of the gate, Jocelyn trips and scrapped her knee. So I end up carrying her. My hands were full with the pool bag and now her. Thank goodness we didn't bring a long noodles. We were halfway to the house when my flip-flop gave out on me. So I ended up with Jocelyn on one side, with me still carrying her, Kenleigh walking next to me, the pool bag on draped across my body, and now carrying my shoe. All while looking like a drenched homeless person with one shoe on and the other off. I'm sure it was quiet a site to see. And definitely a story to remember! I will never forget today!

Crazy Morning

Adalynne practiced her flip off the furniture.

1  =>

2 midflip

3 flip in landing

Then she started running around the living room. So, I made up a song to cheer her on. I figured it would get out all her energy.
(to the tune of row row row your boat.)
Run run run around
Run in a circle
Keep on running round till you turn purple.

Time to pick out a movie. I couldn't find the kids movies. So she was telling me what all she had.
"We have Sawhourse." In my mind I was running through if there even was a movie named Sawhourse. Couldn't think of one but thought maybe she means Sea biscuit but she's to young for that.
"Sawhourse?"I question. She pulls out a DVD case. It takes me a while to figure out the picture because it looks like an astronaut landing on the moon. "Oh! Star Wars!" I finally say. Yay! I figured it out.

Finally after turning down Star Wars. I find The Lion King. As I am putting the DVD in on TV is this little turtle doing a song and dance. Adalynne has a stuffed turtle.
"There's turtle!" She tells me. Turtle isn't with her, he is in the other room.
"Ohh turtle." I say in astonishment. "Aww turtle! I miss turtle." I say sadly because he isn't with us.
"He's ok!" Adalynne says reassuring me.

Watching the movie, Scar appears on the screen.
She asks, "That's scar?"
"Yeah." I say.
"I like him, I like scar."
"Why?" I said a bit surprised. Usually kids don't like the villain in the movie.
"Cuz he's a guy."

In the movie after eating a bug, Pumba burped I said "Sounds like you!"
"Yeah!" she says in agreement. I was expecting her to say no it does not! Then she burps. Well that just confirms it...

To Many Boys!

Tonight I babysat for an event at church. I watched five boys. It was only supposed to be three boys and one girl but some how I ended up getting five boys. And I must say it was a blast! Two of the boys were 3 years old, one was almost 6, and the other two were twins and they were 7.
They had lots of fun but as I will put it, I took a beating. I gave piggy back rides, played airplanes and G.I. Joe's, even had to use first aid on a bloody toe, and so much more...

I had found a really cool octopus that each of it's tentacles made noise. I would squeeze them all together, to me they sounded like a train, so I squeezed them twice and then would say "Choo Choo!" Some of the boys gave me weird looks and some thought I was funny. Then to one boy, that little octopus turned into a bunch of ice creams and would occasionally offer me one.
Later, I had a 3 year old on one foot and a 6 year old on the other, it was hard to walk, took a lot of strength to move just an inch.

Then I made a clever little train car that they all wanted to take turns riding. I had two different sized buckets, one could hold 3 of the kids the other could hold 2. Anyway, I tied them together with a purse and had the older kids in the bigger bucket hold onto the strap. It worked like a charm, they loved it. I pulled them several times in that.

Afterwards, I was walking out the same time as one of the little 3 year olds and his mom and grandmother. He comes running after me saying, "Wait! Wait!" I bend down expecting a hug but instead he says, "I want to kiss you." and he kisses me on the cheek. He was so cute! Then he runs to back to his grandma and says, "I'm riding with grandma!" I told him that sounded like fun!

Bible Reinactment

The moment I walked into the room I was designated being baby Moses. Which I'm ok with. Jocelyn was at first Moses' mom then was his wife (role later taken over by Kenleigh), later she became Pharaoh's daughter. Kenleigh was Moses' sister then became his wife, leaving behind the sister role. I, being moses, asked Pharaoh's daughter (we didn't have a Pharaoh) to let my people go. Of course she said no so God sent the plagues. My scarf being the staff turned into a snake and she still said no. Then Kenleigh and I were able to escape the land and traveled around in the desert. Joce, Pharaoh's daughter, tried to come to but we told her she wasn't a Jew. She had to be a Jew if she was going to come because Pharaoh and his people weren't allowed on the journey. I don't think she quiet understood.


locus lunch

Later, we found a toy from a kids meal. I remember playing with one of these when I was a kid. Of course it was my mom's. I can't believe the restaurant is bringing some of the old fashioned toys back.
It was funny to watch the girls play with it. Kenleigh would say, "Joce, let me show you how." which at first Kenleigh was having problems with starting the top but then she got it. Joce wanted to stop it from spinning and Kenleigh would get so mad. Then after telling Joce to stop trying to stop it. They both laid down on the floor and watched it spin.



Almost time to say good-bye

I picked up the girls from VBS this evening. When we got to my car and I opened the front door, Jocelyn was standing a few feet away. She said to me "I smell your car."
"Wow! You can smell my car?" I reply back.
"Yeah!"
"Wow! You have a very good sniffer!" then as I put her in her car seat and she starts making sniffing noises. So funny. Using that good sniffer.

We had just got ourselves situated in the car and I ask the girls about VBS. Jocelyn tries to tell me what she had for snack and I ask if she had Mac & cheese. She says yes. Then starts listing "Pretzels, cheese, mac and cheese..."
Kenleigh said "I didn't get any Mac & cheese. Joce did you really get Mac & cheese?" Apparently Kenleigh was upset that she didn't have any mac & cheese but something tells me Joce didn't have any either.

During the drive to their house. Kenleigh asks Jocelyn if she tooted because she heard a bzzzt noise. (ok, it's hard to make sounds when you have to type it out.) As we were driving in the car Joce tells me that I need a diaper change.
"What?!?" I reply. "I'm not even wearing a diaper! No one in this car is wearing a diaper!"
As we kept on driving Joce is singing a song almost the whole way home and from what I recall it wasn't a very kind song though most of the words where kind of not understandable. She was making it all up from the sound of it.

Once we got to their house it was time for bath and bed. They brought out Gilbert. They wanted to wash him. I told them they had to wash themselves first. Then they played with Gilbert. Like in my earlier post, Our Friend Gilbert, they wanted to dress him with wash cloths. Joce is holding one and smelling it. I ask "Does that smell good?"
She shakes her head and scrunches her nose up and says "Smells like laundry." They asked for some soap to was Gilbert so I gave them a few squirts and they went to scrubbing Gilbert clean. "Wash your nose." Kenleigh said.
"Wash your eyes." -Jocelyn
"Wash your chin. Wash your tail." -Kenleigh
 Then they go to rince him off and want to wash him again.
Kenleigh looks and me and says "Joce is not letting me wash Gilbert!"
This is not the first time I have to tell them "One person gets to wash the head. The other one gets to wash the body."
Then Kenleigh says of Gilbert and the yummy smelling soap. "He smells goodieood!!"
After they have Gilbert dressed Joce looks up to me and says "Can you take a picture this time?"
"Of Gilbert?" Joce nods her head.

Bed time equals story time and I tell them that since it is my last night to watch them for volleyball I'll read them three books. So we each picked out one. Joce chose Cinderella. Kenleigh chose, I Love My Daddy Because..., and I chose one of their all time favorites that it had been a while since I read it to them, There is a Monster at the End of this Book.

Jewelry Extravaganza

Today I babysat a boy, Ryan, who's three and a girl, Lea, who is six. Anyway we were playing in their play room. Lea got out all her rocks and showed me which one was her favorite. She had lots but I have seen more. I didn't realize how much kids love rocks.
Lea pulls out this puzzle that builds into a circle. I guess I am out of the cool loop because I had never seen anything like it. So I made her put it together and I helped.

Ryan wanted to play with his train set so we got it all out in the living room after a while before we even got it set up, he didn't want to play with it. But I thought it was cool, to build the track anyway you want it. So while his sister and I played with it for a bit. Ryan was trying to tell me something, some of the time it is hard to make out what he is saying. I catch something like his nose is in the garage.?
His sister looks at me and says "I don't know what he is saying do you?" Um... not quiet. Usually siblings can understand better what their sibling is trying to say but apparently that wasn't the case.
Randomly Ryan starts bocking like a chicken. "bock! bock!"
I look over to him and ask "Are you a chicken?" he nods his head. A few times Lea would join in.
We played this princess game wher you had to collect the jewlery. Lea got close to winning several times. I must say it was pretty funny seeing Ryan in earrings because the game is you spin the dial then you move the pieces and you either collect jewelry or put it back. Whoever ends up with all the jewels of their color and the crown wins.

I won. No cheating was involved

Silly Time

This morning was a day full of silliness! I was watching three girls. A one year old, three and six year old.
We played a game where you draw something and have to guess it. Well I got to go first in the drawing department and it is so hard because when you're not thinking about it you could draw anything but when you're put on the spot, you can't think of anything.

Can you guess what that is?

We listened to music over and over and over again. One of the songs was Jingle Bells, good month after all isn't it supposed to be Christmas in July?

The piano was the music. It was nice for about the first 30 minutes.

Later on, the oldest asks me. "How can I be silly?" At first I don't know what she means by that. Because when I had arrived she and her sister had done a silly song and dance for me and told me a couple of jokes. So I wasn't sure if she was asking for jokes. But then she said "how to dress silly." So I told her she needed miss matched socks and clothes that just didn't go together. She had on two different socks but then decided to make her own out of tissues. Which I thought was a neat idea although they don't last long. Her sister decided to follow her example and made some too.

sisters

The original

 We ended up with some funny combinations like scarfs on legs and winter hats. I made a funny hat out of pipe cleaners. There was undies over pants and shirts on heads. It got pretty silly!