things to remember

today is a post mostly for me...things I don't want to forget.

I love how anna pronounces the sound "K." there's a subtle "T" before every "K." Miltk. Yutcky. Nitkki.

I love how anna has started saying "huh?" at the end of various statements. "the dolly's sad, huh?" "they're clean, huh?" the "they" in that second statement is referring to her beloved spiderman pajamas. gotta love this girl.

cate is obsessed with Star Wars. she asks us questions about the plot all the time - detailed, thought-provoking questions. she watches the movies any chance she can get (which is far less than what she wants). she knows which movies are which - maybe not the titles, but she knows all 6 of them. she knows exactly which ones she's seen - in case you're wondering, she's seen all of star wars 1, 4 and 5. half of star wars 3 and 6, and none of star wars 2.

the best part of the star wars obsession is that she knows all the music and hums it to herself constantly. she even puts in the sound of symbols crashing. she really knows the music. and she has favorite songs. the best/worst part is that anna has even picked up on it. I catch anna humming the main song all the time now, too. you know the song, "duh-duh-duhhhhh duh, duh-duh-duh duhhhh duh, duh-duh-duh duhhhhh duh, duh-duh-duh duhhhhh"

for the record. nate and I are NOT obsessed with star wars. we have never attended a convention. I've only seen episodes 1-3 (are they even called episodes?) once.

both girls like to shoot us all the time now, with the cutest little sound effects. who knew violence could be so endearing?

another cute cate thing. a few weeks ago the recycling people came to cate's school to talk about recycling. when I picked cate up that day, her teacher was gushing about how cate knew the answer to EVERY question that the recycling guy asked, that he was very impressed with her. I'm sitting there thinking, "wow! she must have really been paying attention to how we recycle." so, when we got home later I said to Cate, "Wow, sounds like you did a great job talking about recycling today." To which she replies, "It's from my Wall-E game on my Leapster!" Thanks, Wall-E. I appreciate you stepping in to help fulfill my parental duties. Can you teach her to read while you're at it? Oh wait, you already did. Thanks! :)

2-Year Old Potty Humor

Anna just came over to me, made a raspberry noise with her mouth and said, "Who tooted?" and then laughed.

Wow, potty humor starts young, eh?

Anna's First Visit to the Dentist...and Funny Cate Stuff

Anna visited the dentist for the first time today. She did FANTASTIC. Her teeth are healthy and she totally cooperated with the hygeniest and the dentist. When the dentist walked in and looked down at her first thing she said was, "Oh my goodness, she is so cute! I'm keeping this one!" Then later in the appointment she said she would happily babysit our girls any time (she saw Cate yesterday, too). I just might take her up on it...if nothing else, the girls would have very clean teeth after a babysitting session! :)

Anyway, Anna did great. It was really really cute. She and Mr. Thirsty (the sucky thing) had an interesting experience together...it was pretty much a competition to see who could suck harder. Mr. Thirsty won. Barely.

Cate did great at the dentist yesterday too and has uberhealthy teeth. Good job, girls!

Two cute Cate comments from yesterday that I don't want to forget.

I checked her lunchbox to see if she'd eaten her lunch at school. The fruit snacks I had thrown in for a special treat were untouched. I asked her why she didn't eat them and she said, "Because they aren't healthy for your body." How about that? She and I had watched part of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution the day before. I'm also always talking about healthy food and I know they have been discussing fruits and veggies at school recently. I'm glad the message is sinking in and she even made a healthy food choice all on her own! What a cutie.

Later in the day we went to the park and she got a pretty nasty splinter that we couldn't get out. I told her that maybe we could wait until Dad got home to try again, maybe he would have a good idea on how to get it out. Cate said, "Yeah, because Daddy's smarter than you."

Jane's reply, "What? Why do you think that?"

"Because Dads are smarter than Moms."

Don't worry, I straightened her out. ;) Just kidding - but I DID tell her that I am smarter at some things, and Nate is smarter at other things. Nate said Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's smarter then me and that's that. (Arnold's signature is on his PhD degree. PhD Schmee-H-D.)

Sweet Sisters