Bailey Family

My twins have started being 'kitties'. (Carolyn went through this phase when she was almost this age...remember the vacation to the mountains family?) See video for twins example (yes, Carolyn had to join in). So, yesterday Kaitlyn started pretending to be a kitty at my brother's house (we were visiting my sister-in-law Kristen and my neice Chloe...so cute!)  Carolyn rebuked her, "NO! Jared is allergic to cats!" (pictures from our weekend visit soon to come...)

We had just gotten back from a few fast days at my parents and a few fast days of painting (see the shelf in the background still not up?) and I was tired and had piles and piles of laundry and other chores.... So Carolyn decides to help herself to a BIG bowl of cereal (that's our halloween candy bowl that was not put away from painting). There ended up more mess with little wet cheerios stuck all over the kitchen floor.

These are all from the time we got down to Mom and Dad's after the painting was done. (And they're not in the right order b/c Blogger reverses each upload set and  I don't feel like fixing it today.) Seth drew "squares" on the ground and designated one for each of them. Carolyn only permitted Grammy into her square. (And scared the snot out of Kaitlyn when she entered!) Kaitlyn The boys went miniature golfing. Carolyn and Seth took turns being 'buried'. I think Dad just looks so serious in this picture. It makes me laugh. The girls all HAD to put on makeup with Grammy each morning.  (Carolyn wore more makeup there than I did.)

One of the twins' favorite songs right now is "Wheels on the Bus"...so I hear often in the van: ^^^^ will represent jibberish they use to fill in "wheels a bus a round a round, round a round, round a round ^^^^ all ^^ town" "^^ babies ^^^ wah wah wah, wah wah wah, wah wah wah^^^ all ^^ town" and yesterday I heard a new verse from Kaitlyn: "^^^ potty go pee pee pee, pee pee pee, pee pee pee ^^^^ potty ^^ flush flush flush" I really hope she wasn't going potty on the bus all over town! (I'm sure my brothers can appreciate this new verse!)

This was our wall...except for the writing before painting. Rob started making a to-do list of stuff we need to make the house marketable (with chalk)...so the kids joined in. (The white spots are where we removed a shelf and had to patch the screw holes.) Rob had to patch nicks, holes, cracks, etc all over the walls! The kids went to my parents for Spring Break...and we were left to paint - the den/kitchen & the hallway (never been painted). David is not known for his painting skills, but we let him help us prime (and we needed the help too! It took about three coats of prime on each wall in the den and kitchen!) Rob dealing with the blasted blue walls...I love bold colors, but I think I may supress my desire in the future - they were awful to prime over! Will came up with a way to do the high spots...scaring you yet Mom? Don't worry - we're done and he's alive still. (Man, I hope our "next house" does not have high ceilings...why do people want them?) Sorry,...

A conversation on the way home from school: Seth: [something about his friend Elijah] Carolyn: Is Elijah a girl name? It's pretty. Beth: No. It's actually a boy name from the Bible; a prophet in the Bible. Seth: Then it's a boy name! Is Obama a girl name? Beth: No, it's the last name of our president. He has a wife and her last name is Obama too. and I think they have two little girls and their last name is Obama too. So it's not a boy name or a girl name. It's a last name. Kids: Oh. Beth: His first name is Barak. Seth: Barak? Carolyn: Eww. That's a nasty name!  This is not the first 'boy name' 'girl name' conversation the kids have had.  They're very interested these days in what is for boys and what is for girls and what is ok for both. She's quite opinionated. Where does she get that from??