Honestly?

Do I have to do everything you say in life? It makes life difficult. -Abigail (in response to me telling her to put on her jammies)

This One Hurt My Heart

About a half hour after the girls should have been asleep, I heard Abigail calling me. I asked her what she needed. She said it was Amelia who needed me because she was sad. I came in to find Amelia sitting in her bed crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said, through the saddest little sobs, "I don't want to grow up to be big and be a mom. Because then I'll have to leave you."

I'm not sure what prompted that train of thought, but I snuggled up in bed with her and reassured her it was going to be a long time before she was going to be grown up. I told her that she was always going to be my baby no matter how big she got and that, if she chose to, I'd never make her leave. :) I think that made her happy and she fell asleep shortly after that.

Oh My

Me: If you're not using your DS, then turn it off. (while playing a game of go fish)
Abigail: I am. I'm multitasking. I can do a hundred things at once.

Me: If you don't get your scooter out of the kitchen, I'm going to throw it away! (after asking her quite a few times to do so)
Abigail: Dad payed money for our scooters. That would be like throwing away money and I expect that you probably don't want to do that.

Me: Let's go out and swim in the pool.
Abigail: How many times are you going to try to force me to do that?
Me: It's gorgeous out!
Abigail: You always say that.

Favorite Friday Photo

I'm often the one behind the camera and so I don't have very many pictures of me with the girls. And while I don't love being photographed anyway, I'm glad I have a few.

My girlfriend snapped this one on her iphone a few weeks ago.


Baytowne Wharf Music Festival
August 14, 2010

Labor Day Weekend At Chez Kline

Guest Log In:

William
Gina
Abigail
Amelia
Karen
Rick
Austin
Kassidi
Macie
Carolyn
Guinness
Muffin
Lucky
Piggy Sue
Boo
Wicket
Swimmy

We had quite the weekend at our house. We had our good friends come into town with their two kids, two dogs, and YES, they brought a PIG!!! We also had our niece and her girl friend stay over for the weekend AND we pet sat for another friend's two small dogs and their fish!!!