Happy Chinese New Year!

Gong Hay Fat Choy! Happy Year of the Horse everyone!

Lego Man Shower

Big sister K was playing with Legos and making a house equipped with a shower.  She was very proud of her handiwork.

Big sister K: Mama, look at my house. Do you like it?

Me: Yes, it's very nice. Is that the shower?

Big sister K: Yes.

Me: Where's the toilet and the sink? Where do they go poopy and pee pee [referring to the Lego men she stationed in the house]?

Big sister K: There is no toilet and sink because they don't need it.  They won't have to go poopy or pee pee because they're not real!

Me: But they'll need to shower?

Big sister K: Yes.

Lol!  At least they'll be clean!

My Sweet Girl

It was just one of those mornings where the kids were getting on my nerves and the house was a complete mess.  I was trying to clean and big sister K comes over to me with a book, asking me to read to her.  I snapped at her and said, "No!  I am trying to clean the mess that you guys made!"  Without a word, she backs off.  The next thing I know, she's helping me put all her toys and papers away.  What a sweetie!  I love my little girl! (And if you're wondering, I did read to her afterwards.)

Pooh Likes Honey

Poor M has been sick with a fever and cold.  Seems like he picks up the germs from the kids (baby M had been sick), then has a hard time recovering.  He finally went to the doctor yesterday and got some antibiotics for the sinus infection.  During dinner time the other day:

Baby M: What you doing, daddy?
M: I'm putting honey in my [hot] water.
Baby M: I have water too (and picks up the cup of water he has in front of him).
M: Yes, I know you have water.
Baby M: Winnie the Pooh likes honey too!

Baby M has a few Winnie the Pooh board books, and one of them has a page that says Winnie the Pooh likes honey.  We've read it to him a few times, but he hasn't looked at it in a while.  I'm amazed at how it clicked in his brain: honey + Pooh; Pooh likes honey!

Glasses Galore!

We paid a visit to M's sister's optical store in Nyack, NY to pick out some new glasses on Saturday (long overdue after mine got bent out of shape months ago).  It was pretty treacherous driving in the massive fog on the Palisades Parkway... we could barely see past 15 feet in front of us.  Add to that typical NJ traffic, and the trip took us two and a half hours to get there.  Not fun.

The kids were a handful at the store (can't blame them for being restless after the long car ride), but managed not to break anything.  They tried on anything they could get their hands on and had a blast.  So many glasses, so little time!

Love my two posing monkeys!