You want a piece of me?

I just can't get over how sweet my little guy is!!! He's so sensitive and LOVES sharing and cleaning and tries so hard to make everyone happy - he can't really talk yet but he pops out his soother or bottle to give to his sister if she is crying - even once when he was crying himself - he stopped to give Cadie his milk!

Isn't she getting old? Corey took these pictures a few days ago and it wasn't until I saw them that I realized how beautiful Libby is getting-but she looks like she's 8,not 4!

I know I've already shared this story with pretty much anyone who will listen, but I need to blog it for my own records. Sweet little Cadie who used to be so innocent and lovely, woke up on fast sunday demanding cereal. She does not like milk with her cereal so I put it on a plate. That was my first mistake. After she whined "I want mine in a bowl," I reprimanded: "what do you say?" (second mistake) she replied "You want a piece of me?" I was expecting "please" so I did a double take and asked her where she had heard that phrase from - "veggie tales." seriously? I totally thought with us not having TV (we have A TV, just not channels!) I was saving myself from some of the attitude and comments like this one... guess the Christian movies from the library are just as bad :)

Why do these things always happen to me?

So I had a crazy time at the mall today - the kids were begging me to let them go on the escalator - so I agreed -once up and once down. Well, I was carrying David and holding Cadie's hand so I told Libby to hold onto my jacket and we counted "1-2-3 step" and we all stepped on and rode up. We got to the top and counted "1-2-3 step" and Cadie and I stepped down - Libby got scared and stayed up. I could not coax her down and I couldn't put David down as he would run away so I convinced Cadie to stay at the bottom while I went up to get Libby - well, I got half way up and realized Cadie was following me up. Then they were both at the top scared to go down on their own. So I held Libby's hand and brought her down and left Cadie at the top. I told Libby stay at the bottom and went up to get Cadie but half way up saw her happily holding onto a stranger's hand coming down so I got to the top and rushed down as fast as I could, not realizing Libby had followed me up and was now stuck at the top again. Seriously. Thank goodness the stranger was kind and stayed with Cadie while I went back up ---and down again. And then they had the gall to tell me they meant "elevator -not escalator."