The bad list, Meagan & Evan, Dec. 1, 2011

Evan: If you aren't good and do bad things, Santa will take you off the good list and put you on the naughty list, Meagan.

Meagan: I not on the bad list!

Evan: I know, but if you keep doing bad things you will be put on the bad list. Santa does that. He watches.

Meagan: No! I not on the bad list! I tellin'!

*runs to me*

Meagan: Mom, I not on the bad list.

Me: No, you aren't on the naughty list, sweetheart.

Evan: I was just telling her that she needs to be good because if she does bad things Santa will put her on the naughty list. That is just what he does.

Meagan: NOOOO, EVAN. HE NOT! I AM A GIRL! I not on the bad list. Girls not on the bad list. You on the bad list. You a boy.

(I am dying laughing right now...)

Meagan, November 10, 2011

Baby Megs has decided that octopuses should be called 'applepuses.' Each syllable very pronounced. Very cute

Meagan, November 10, 2011

Should I be concerned that Meagan is chanting, "Hot fire. I love you, hot fire. You're very orange and yellow." LOL

Aidan Sean, 6/18/2011

Per Christopher: Evan and I were discussing Ecclesiastes 3: 6, "a time to keep, and a time to cast away;" I said, "Can you explain what it means that there is a good time to keep something, and a good time to throw stuff away?" Aidan interjects, "or SELL IT, because that way you can make money!" (He never loses focus! LOL)

Evan Charles Dennison 6/1/2011

I have 7 of those little storage ottomans in all different colors and I like to change the lids around so they all have different colored lids.. And then it's only a matter of time until Evan notices and switches them all back, "How they go." LOL He just put them all back. It bothers me that they match just as much as it bothers him when they don't. Ha. Changing them back. :)

Evan Charlie 5/25

Evan is very excited to be getting visitors today. His kindergarten teachers are coming to visit him this afternoon and bringing him a welcome gift bag. He asked me if this means kindergarten starts this week or if he still has to wait until August. LOL So this morning he said that he had to take a bath so he wouldn't be stinky (as usual, he ran his own bath, and washed and dried himself), then he got dressed in a button down shirt so he would look nice for his company, and then said he had to brush his teeth too because his breath had to smell good. He changed shirts twice. And now he's asking me every few minutes when they are going to be here. :)

The other day the boys were talking about what they want to be when they grow up and Evan said he wants to work on bridges and build and design houses. So, I told him architects design houses and bridges. Today he said, "Mom, I'm going to grow up and design and build you a house. And it's going to have a pool inside (SWEEET!) and I'm going to build it out of bricks so nothing can knock it over (been reading The Three Little Pigs lately? HA!) and put windows in it (thanks for that!) and make sure the doors are REALLY bigger than usual because I'm going to be very tall and I will need to be able to come in and visit you.

<3 it! :)

Meagan Olivia Shea 5/19/2011

She was so cute! She saw a shirt at Baby Gap that had a picture of a girl walking a dog and the girl had a purse on her shoulder. She let go of my hand and ran in to get it... "Shirt! Purse! Dog!" Then looks down at the mannequin's feet..."Shoes!" She went to the racks and started rifling through them. I told her they didn't have the shirt in her size so she kept walking through the store. We went to the back (in between she pulled off a pink t-shirt with puppies on it and when the sales clerk said, "I don't think that will fit you" She rolled her eyes at him and said "DOGS!" As if that explained everything.) At the back of the store, she saw the shirt she liked again, and I found it for her in her size. Meanwhile, her eyes lit upon the headband (pictured above) the matching shorts, and the sunglasses (which are the same ones the girl on the shirt is wearing). She grabbed them all up and marched to the cash register. LOL This is the official first time she has picked out an outfit.. and she pretty much broke my piggy bank. EEEK! But she has good taste. The outfit is cute. After we left she insisted on carrying the bag through the whole mall. :)
Oh... about 5 minutes afterwards, she looked in the bag and gasped "SHOES!!" Yeah.. we forgot to buy the matching shoes. My wallet thanks me for that.

Aidan Sean Dennison, May 15, 2011

Aidan: Is it alright if we put our sandwiches in the refrigerator so we can read the Bible today and we'll eat them tomorrow?"

(Because it's bedtime and he really wanted to read the Bible tonight, and they are eating pepperoni and cheese sandwiches right now)

The verse came to Chris' mind, "Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food." Job 23:12 KJV

Of course, we're letting him eat his sandwich and we're having Bible time tonight. :)

Evan Charlie, April 28, 2011

Today Evan announced, "When Meagan grows up, I'm going to marry her." (With a big grin and deep certainty in his voice. HAHA)

Evan Charles... I mean Charlie... April 25, 2011

I wrote "Evan Charles Dennison" on Evan's bag of Easter candy. He said, "I HATE when you call me that. It's Evan CHARLIE Dennison." I replied, "You know, it says Evan Charles Dennison on your birth certificate, right? So that's your real name." "AHHHHH!" he moaned. "I'm Evan CHARLIE!" I want to CHANGE my birth certificate!! Rofl I told him when he gets older if he still feels that way he's welcome to do so. *giggles*

Meagan Olivia Shea, April 14, 2011

Facebook statuses I posted:
Meagan came with us to the bus stop this morning and now all she wants to do is go rescue her brother from the bus. She has her shoes on and keeps grabbing my hands. "Walk! Bus!" she says, with this worried expression. I think in her little mind, Aidan is just stuck riding the bus all day long. She is very distressed...

Later:
Oh... Miss Meagans was utterly joyful to FINALLY be allowed to go to the bus to get her brother Aidan (which comes out more like Anan?) She saw the bus pull in and her face lit up and she watched all the kids coming out anxiously, saying his name over and over. When he came into her line of vision she pulled at my hand and ran towards him gleefully and gave him a hug with a relieved sigh.

All is right with the world again!

Meagan Olivia Shea, 3/29/2011

This morning, Meagan set her banana on the floor and I told her to pick up the banana and set the banana on the table. She looked at me, looked at the banana, and kept on doing what she was doing. I repeated the request. She ignored me. I held her hand, led her to the banana and said, "Pick up the banana." She turned to me and said,"Up!" And smiled and batted those baby blue eyes at me. I gave her a hug, and said, "Pick up the banana." She threw herself on the floor and refused. This went on for a couple minutes, alternating with her appeals to be held, her showing me a sticker of a "chickie" that she had, and her crying because she did not want to pick up the banana. I had a thought.... I refuse to force my children into submission, particularly at that age, and I also do not want to give into them. Picking up the banana myself was not an option here. I called in reinforcements. "Aidan!! Meagan adores you. Let's do an experiment. Ask her to pick up the banana." Evan tagged along too.

At the request of her brother and the echoed "yes, Meagan, do it!" of her other brother, Meagan picked up the banana with a smile! I said, "Aidan, tell her to put the banana on the table." The same response. Meagan went trotting happily after them to the dining room table and put the banana in it's place.

Interesting! The psychologist in me is intrigued for sure. Looks like Meagan would rather do the bidding of her hero brothers than her momma! :)

So, thoughts anyone??

Evan, 3/10/2010

How many more children will have to be betrayed by the pictures of big fat juicy strawberries on the cover of cereal boxes? Evan upon opening a box of rice crispies: "It SAID there were strawberries IN IT. And that is SOOO CONFUSING!"

Evan Charlie 2/25/2011

Evan announced to a lady today: "Mommy has fleas!" *clears throat* "Ummm, actually Evan, our cat Chloe has fleas." Yeah, gotta love kids.

Random silliness 2/22/2011

I said, "You boys are about to lose your heads. Do you want chop-chop?" Meagan says, "CHOP! CHOP!" LOL

Aidan: "Sometimes hampsters bury themselves so they can lay eggs."

Meagan Olivia Shea 1/22/2011

Meagan's favorite T.V. Show came on! Two solid minutes of "Puppy! Puppy! Kitty Kitty Kitty! Aww, Puppy! Puppppppyyy! Kitty k k k kitty! PUPPPY!!! Guess what it was?! Guess!! That's right! The commercial for the ASPCA! LOL That's the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals commercial. You know, the one that plays "In the Arms of the Angels" in the background. Too cute.

Meagan Olivia Shea 1/20/2011

Meagan comes running down the hall towards me excitedly "Peeee!! Peeee!!!!"

I thought maybe, perhaps, she was aware of her urge to go to the bathroom for the very first time. She has been coming to me for the past couple of weeks as soon as her diaper is wet or poopy. It began with her grabbing her diaper, thrusting her pelvis toward me and moaning and has progressed to saying 'butt! butt!' often with the motions and moaning still included. LOL

I got up and followed her on her dancing path toward the bathroom door. "Peee! Pee!" she continued to chant. She leads me to the toilet and points into it's depths. I ask her, "Do you need to go pee??" And then my eyes focus on the toilet. There inside is a large collection of trash that she had apparently been throwing into it. She had come to get me to show me her proud accomplishment of putting treasures into the toilet.

So the question arises, why did she say 'pee' in order to get me to follow her to the bathroom? Does she think the bathroom is the "pee" room? Is the toilet called the "pee" in her mind? Or did she think that putting trash in the toilet is the equivalent of "pee." One may never know. What I do know is this. I had to reach into the toilet and pull out all of the trash. I had to disinfect my hands and Meagan's. I sat Meagan on the potty while saying, "Pee," in order to encourage her towards the right definition; nothing came of that but a squirmy Meagan rear end when it touched the cold porcelain!. I scolded a certain 5 year old boy for leaving the bathroom door open... AGAIN.

Aidan 1/14/2011

Day 2 of green smoothies is a success! Aidan also likes them. He hates spinach, but says, "Mom, you make the best spinach smoothies EVER!" LOL He asked me to make them again tomorrow (which is the plan, I'm going for daily), and I said, "I don't have spinach but I have red and green lettuce. "He said, "I don't like lettuce, but I bet I will love the smoothie, just like this!"

Evan Charlie 1/13/2011

Meagan Olivia Shea, January 11, 2011

It's no news that Miss Megs LOVES shoes! It's so funny!

We went up to Meyers last night to get a birthday present for Aidan's 'girlfriend' (lol, another story entirely) and I wandered through the shoe clearance. Meagan's feet have just sprouted up a size and she only has a couple pairs of shoes. This is no problem for your average 18 month old baby, but for Megs, well... it's a major dilemma. When she first wakes up she brings me a pair of shoes to put on, and within an hour she brings me a pair of shoes to change into. After a few hours she runs out of shoes that she hasn't worn yet, and the frustration is evident on her face. At this point MY shoes start coming out of the closet, particularly my fluffy cute boots and my high wedge heels. She prances around the apartment proudly, but it doesn't take long before she is looking for a newer and more spectacular piece of footwear. The boys shoes have fallen prey to her love of shoes, but they don't last long. They just aren't pretty enough!

(lol as I type she just brought me her sparkly pink shoes AND her tan boots with pink stripes and is whining for a shoe change!! NO JOKE! but she's having a hard time picking. I'm trying to tell her she can only wear one pair at a time... Boots won this time.)

So, as of early this past week she only had two pairs of shoes: black shiny dress shoes and pink ballet flats. At Kohls on Saturday I had one last Christmas gift to exchange, and it happened to be one of Meg's presents. It was a duplicate gift, and I figured I'd trade it for another "My Little Pony." She loves the one she got for Christmas (I have a really cute short video of her brushing it's hair that I will post on facebook). They had a really good price on the ponies so I let her pick out two of them. She wanted Scootaloo and Cherrilee. :) We continued on our loop around the store and came to the shoe section. She starts calling out "SHOOOOOEESSS! SHOOOOESS! SHHHHHOOOOOOOOOESSSSSSS!"

I though, well, I guess we can look at the shoes cuz she could use a pair of every day shoes. Her eyes feel upon a wall of hanging boots and she says, "Shooes!" So I pulled down the first pair and handed them to her. She wanted them on, but she was wearing footie pjs and they wouldn't fit over top of them. She seemed a little upset until she saw the pink fluffy boots that had been hanging next to the tan boots I just handed her. "SHOOOOOEES!!" LOL

They were on sale! Thank goodness! (Ok, yes, she's spoiled a bit.... ;)

She actually dropped the "my little ponies on the ground and hugs the shoes and tries her best to get me to put them on her feet.

Fast forward to last night in the clearance aisle at Meyers (seriously, the whole weekend was nothing but hours of switching back and forth between the two pairs of boots, and she has now added "fluffy boots" to her vocabulary

First I tried on the knee high brown boots, but they wouldn't zip over her calves. Man, poor girl has the same problem her momma has. Somebody has seriously got to make tall boots for people with big calves! Then we tried the tan boots with fake fleece lining and she liked those a lot and didn't want her boots put back on. Next we tried on some purple slippers, but she kinda gave me that look that said, "seriously, Mom? I wouldn't be caught dead in those." So, I tried the pink "Zoe" from Sesame Street Slippers and she clearly approved. Next came a kinda plain pink pair and she actually kinda looked bored. I took them off and said, "I agree Meagan, they are boring. But then I lifted up a sparkly pair of hot pink dress shoes (think the ruby slippers in pink!) and she was all excited! They were too big on her, and when I took them off she threw her boots out of the cart as if to say, "I'm not putting those back on, Mom! I must have the pink shoes!"

----By the way, when I say she throws something out of the cart, she does not have a temper. She just has WAY more class than that. It's the casual flip of the hand and let it gently roll off into the floor. She's making a statement, not losing control of herself. -----

I found the pink shoes in her size, because I must admit I was feeling the pink shoes too! I handed them to her and as I did I saw a pair of knock off crocs in pink with the super soft fleece lining. I picked them up and though, "eh, she won't like 'em, but I'll try them on her anyway. She immediately says, "SOFT!" She's never said that word before! And then, to my great surprise, the pink sparkly shoes got the flip of the hand and roll to the floor treatment as she said "Soft" once more. Wow! Talk about stamp of approval!

My baby girl has definite opinions about shoes, I think!

This morning she has already worn three different pairs of shoes in the two and a half hours she has been awake. The Zoe slippers, Soft, and her tan boots with stripes. Sigh, what will I do when this fashionista discovers name brands?? :-) She's gonna have to get a job by the time she's two years old!

--and to finish this blog, Soft are now back on her feet. She really likes those
--also, it was during a shoe change that I was able to get a picture of all of her shoes... not without some distress from her as she wondered what I was doing with ALL of them!
--after all this I still haven't found her a pair of practical tennis shoes or something similar! I just refuse to pay full price for baby shoes. So ridiculously over priced for such little bits of material. Still have to check Carters and Gap up at the mall.

Evan Charlie 1/11/2011

Evan: "Aww, man! The snow is melting!"

Me: "That's ok, hun. There's a big storm coming today."

Evan: "You mean a gigantic SNOW storm??"

Me: "Yes, there's going to be more snow."

Evan: "But will it blow our house away?"

Me: "No, our house will be fine."

Evan: "Whheeeewww!!! That's good. My undies will be safe in my dresser drawer! Cuz that's where they are and I can't have them blowing away!"