All About The Kids, I Promise!

OK, based on comments from grandparents, I'm getting the hint that it's time to give a blog based only on their happenings, and so I'm going to do it this morning while they are still peacefully sleeping (at 7:30! Ha! 6 AM was a one time shot!).

First, Chayce. We went to the library yesterday, and attended story time. The sweet child's librarian asked my daughter what her name was, and of course, Chayce answered "Princess". Not even Princess Chayce, no she's shortened it now and calls herself Princess. The librarian couldn't quite understand her and said, "Is your name Prentice?" Chayce's indignant NO led the librarian to ask me her name, which I stated is "Chayce". The librarian then looked very confused, and said that Chayce didn't have as many syllables as the name my daughter had stated to her, nor did it start with the same sound. I replied, "I know, she told you to call her Princess, but her name is Chayce." Sweetly, the librarian still referred to Chayce as Princess throughout the activity.

Later, we were counting limbs (for fun, promise, no ones' limbs were threatened), and Stephen asked Chayce how many feet she had. She said 4. So Stephen said, "Can you say quadriped?" And Chayce pipes up (imagine tiny 2 year old voice here), "I am a quadriped!" Cute, now I'll have to set her straight, though.

Then my Zach. Oh, he crushed my heart. We were reading a book and it used the phrase "green with envy" so naturally, we started to discuss envy. My first question to him, to get him on the right track on understanding envy was, "Haven't you ever really wanted to be able to be like someone, and felt upset that you weren't? For example, have you ever wanted to do things Mommy does, and it made you upset?" Zach then replies, "Mom, I don't want to be like you when I grow up, I'm trying to be like Daddy." Well, at least our son has a decent role model...but I have to admit, I almost felt a little envy right then. Of course I have to realize that Zach has the right idea, and even at 4, he's trying to be a good man, like his Daddy.

Note to the grandmas...next time I post, I promise photos will be included!!