Libby's Little Lies

Libby is becoming quite the little liar.  It is a phase, right?  It is little things, like I say, "Did you put on clean panties?" after an accident.  She says "Yes!"  Then a few minutes later I see her dancing around clearly wearing no panties.
Just now I sent her into the bathroom to go potty (she is constantly potty dancing these days--holding it until the last second).  She walked right in, flushed and came back.  She said, "Did you hear me flush?"  "Yes, I said, but you didn't have enough time to possibly go before you came back."  She just stood there, not knowing how to respond.  She finally said, "But I really didn't have to go!"
A couple of days ago I put a humidifier in their room because Sarah has a cold.  Libby had a fit about the vapor smell when she went to bed.  In the morning it was unplugged.  I said, "Libby, did you unplug the vaporizer?"  She thought for a quick second and then said, "will you be mad at me if I did?"  Oh that girl!

She had to take a bath this morning because she wet the bed last night after another lie--she told me she would go to the bathroom on her way to bed.  But anyway, I straightened her hair since I hadn't done it in awhile.  It is getting longer, thicker (a little), and darker.

Libby signs the Pledge of Allegiance

Libby's elementary school puts on an annual Veteran's Day assembly.  This year the Eagle Singers (love the name--the school mascot is the Eagle) and the kindergarten classes learned a song that includes the Pledge and learned sign language to go with it.  My favorite part is probably watching Libby rock out (it is subtle, but you can see she has a lot of me in her) to the instrumental parts.  Also, it is clear that most of the kindergarteners aren't quite capable of signing and singing at the same time (Libby included).
It was a nice assembly.  I even shed a tear or two.  One class recited the "Flanders Field" poem which always gets me.  I am truly thankful for the men and women who have given their lives to keep our country a place where we can have a hotly contested election and there are no tanks rolling in the next day.  I worry, after this last election, particularly in WA about the sanity of our voting masses, but still...
CW Eagle Singers do the Pledge

Halloween

This year was a wild Halloween.  There was a lot of build up because my friend from the gym Sharon wanted to do a flash mob in downtown Edmonds.  She asked me to do the choreography.  This meant that I led a couple of practices and was pretty stressed out about making it come together.  I was especially worried about the weather.  My prayers were heard (and the prayers of lots of other dancers, I am sure). The rain stopped, people were there to dance, people were there to watch, the music was loud enough to hear, and people filmed it and put it on youtube so I could see it (and pass along to you!).  It was a great night. If you are looking for me in the flash mob video, I am front and center, but you only get to see a few glimpses of me.  In fact, I looked at all the videos that have been posted so far, I am not in any of them :)  I brought my own camera, but it was dead when we got there.  If you watch the flash mob tutorial, that is where you can see me I guess.  

Flash Mob Tutorial

Sarahisms

Sarah just called me into the bathroom where she was sitting on the throne.  I figured she wanted me to wipe her.  But she said, "Mom, what I really wanted to say, is I love you...(hugs and kisses me)..Can I watch a movie?"

Last night as I was cutting her nails she was telling me all about how her big toe on one foot is the mommy toe and the big toe on the other foot is the daddy toe.  But they don't know each other, so they are going to go on some dates.  It was a really long story and kind of hard to follow, but that is about the jist of the story I think.

Christmas Pics

One of our good friends in the ward here volunteered to take our Christmas family pics.  It was super fun, and I think the pictures turned out great.  Here are a couple of teasers.  You will have to wait for the Christmas card to see the rest. 

Thanks to all who donated!

Libby earned enough money by walking laps for her walk-a-thon at school that she got to put a pie in the principal's face.  He took 21 of these in a row.  What a great sport!

Manic Parenting

In just about the span of 5 minutes, I went from adoring parent to frustrated parent.  The swings happen so fast!

Adorable, right after the bath

Less adorable, right after I found him dipping his binkie into the flour bin , eating flour and spreading it all over the floor. I was right there in the kitchen doing dishes.  I remember this stage. Dreading what is going to happen when I put the Christmas tree up.