So, Zoe spent the night with her grandma and in the morning, went with her to church (I'm not religious, and her grandmother says they don't try to indoctrinate her, but I digress). Zoe brought some markers. I found it extremely amusing to find out that while people were singing in the choir, she gave herself a "tattoo" of... a snake (maybe she is learning stuff in church after all)

Yeah for Zoe getting better!

sorry, it has been awhile since I posted about her. Yes, Zoe is much better (in fact, back to normal) and back doing those silly things that kids do. Thanks all for your caring and support! I'll post more silly stories as they come up

Super yay for Zoe being better!
And a discrete giggle for the tattoo thing.

When my sister was seven or eight she started drawing on herself. My mom blamed me because I always had stuff drawn/written all over my hands but I always thought it was something else. I still get a smile when I think about my mom almost having conniptions because my sister had drawn smiley faces all over her own shoes and on my arm when we are at church. (This also explains why I'm no longer allowed to sit next to anyone but my dad at church... well, that and the gambling and the giggling but... whatever.)

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Zoe's getting frustrated with my logic
her: I'm full (after partially eaten meal)
me: ok
her: I want candy
me: nope, you're full
her: I'm not full
me: then finish your meal
her: ....but I'm full...

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ooohohohooo, sounds like Kody. He just turned 5. I feel your pain. Only he doesn't get confused, he gets Mad. And pissy. And he'll say "fine i'm notcher Friend!" *sigh*

My Ro cut some of his hair down to the skin while I was at WorldHorror...
So he now has a buzz cut. All those curls gone!

He likes to threaten to not invite you to his birthday party if he's angry with you.

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Originally posted by GMZoe:
So, Zoe spent the night with her grandma and in the morning, went with her to church (I'm not religious, and her grandmother says they don't try to indoctrinate her, but I digress). Zoe brought some markers. I found it extremely amusing to find out that while people were singing in the choir, she gave herself a "tattoo" of... a snake (maybe she is learning stuff in church after all)

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My kiddo also goes to church with my ex's parents--every other weekend. Like you, I'm also not religous. While he's never drawn on himself in church, that I know of, he does like tattoos. I have 2, and I also have my tounge pierced. Sometimes he says "Mom, lemme see your jewry" (my tounge barbell)its so cute. My ex mother in law *hates* the fact that I have my tounge pierced. She actually deined its existance one time when Kody said "Mommy, show Nane your jewry!" so I stuck my tounge out (I'd had the thing for a couple of months, and I don't know if they had noticed yet) and Patricia actually said "I don't see it, no, I refuse to believe that you would do that. Its so...Masochistic!" and I was like "Actually, it didn't hurt at all. The clamp they used to hold my tounge still and make it thin by pulling on it hurt more than anything else " It was great. She also freaked out when I got my first tattoo, and she hates my hair dying habit. But Kody thinks my hair is "pretty." So she can get over her stuck up snobby self, and Kody will grow up with an open mind. ^_^

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Super yay for Zoe being better!
And a discrete giggle for the tattoo thing.

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Just read that aloud to Zoe (on my lap). When I said "tattoo" she sat straight up, pulled up her sleeve, and proudly said (loudly) "I have a tattoo!!!" and showed me.

Now she's lookig at the screen going "Z-O-E, that's me!!!"

(going to put on some music to distract her while I look at the board. trying Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla. She loves Godzilla movies. She's trying to sing along.)

Just read that aloud to Zoe (on my lap). When I said "tattoo" she sat straight up, pulled up her sleeve, and proudly said (loudly) "I have a tattoo!!!" and showed me.


Now she's lookig at the screen going "Z-O-E, that's me!!!"

(going to put on some music to distract her while I look at the board. trying Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla. She loves Godzilla movies. She's trying to sing along.)[/B][/QUOTE]

How cute! I wanted a girl, but had a boy. Is she a difficult one to get to go to sleep, too? Its kinda late..



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How cute! I wanted a girl, but had a boy. Is she a difficult one to get to go to sleep, too? Its kinda late..

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yeah, she is up late. It's just past 10pm here. We first nee to watch DrWho during dinner, then she had homework to do (cut out 4 pictures of a bird and put them in proper order. X the squares. Put the cars in their proper carparks. If only my homework were like that), and finally I just read her to sleep. (Smaug is finally dead! Now for the battle of five armies...)
I don't have trouble getting her in bed. I do have trouble getting her out of bed...

*chuckles* I only *wish* I knew what that was like. Mine goes to sleep late, fights it with a vengance, gets up early most days. Who needs an alarm clock when they have a Kody? Not me! And he rarely takes naps. Then again, he's 5.

Small children are sweet.
Other people's small children are great.

I think this is a cute thing, others might not... My cousin's 1 year old tends to fall asleeep in the car and only nearly wake up when they get there, so Kate, being somewhat heartless, will lift Fiona out of the car, plus security blanket, stand her on the step, ring the bell, and go back to get Becca (who has to be practially chained to her carseat and thus requires more getting out time). Result is you open the door to find a small copper-top waif with a blankie round her knees and a tragic expression waiting for you. The next step is a pathetic arms-up-to-be-lifted gesture and when you do this she clings like a limpet to your neck, sliding down onto your knee when you sit. You are finally released about 20 minutes later, when she finishes waking up....

Considering it takes her big sister all of thirty seconds to be wide awake and creating havoc, she's a very restful child to have around.

(guess who dotes on small cousins.... guess who are the two most spoilt children on the planet)

Mary

Went to a baptismal service accompanied by my in-laws who were looking after a grand-niece, just recently one. In the middle of the service, she began bellowing for her "ba-ba," her bottle. After she got it, she held it in her hand and quietly sang "ba-ba" a few times, as though appreciate the aesthetic beauty of having a bottle.

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Went to a baptismal service accompanied by my in-laws who were looking after a grand-niece, just recently one. In the middle of the service, she began bellowing for her "ba-ba," her bottle. After she got it, she held it in her hand and quietly sang "ba-ba" a few times, as though appreciate the aesthetic beauty of having a bottle.

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Yeah, and she kept wanting a "craka," even if she was holding a cracker in one hand already.

Meadra

::cute kody story for the day::

Now, as I've mentioned before, I'm not especially religious (ok, not at all), but Kody goes to church with his other Grandma every other weekend. Today we passed by a fountain before the Sci Fi club meeting, and he said he wanted to make a wish. So I gave him a penny, and said, "Ok, throw it in the water, and make a wish." and he said "I wish for Jesus!" and threw in the penny. I thought it was really cute and sweet, even though I don't subscribe to those beliefs, and was wondering 'you wish for jesus to what?.. or do you just wish for jesus?' it was cute though ^_^ Oh, and later in the car he was brushing my hair it was sooo cute, although kind of akward to lean over like that.

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Oh, man...you people are making me waver on my strict I Don't Want Kids Ever policy...

so cute...can't...breathe...

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Oh, man...you people are making me waver on my strict I Don't Want Kids Ever policy...

so cute...can't...breathe...

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::chuckles:: is paul there yet?

Ro (4) tattoo'd himself yeaterday with a Sharpie - a snake on his left hand.
He said his Flying Zombie Friend told him how.
We're having a power struggle in our house with an Invisible Friend.
Wheeee.

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Ro (4) tattoo'd himself yeaterday with a Sharpie - a snake on his left hand.
He said his Flying Zombie Friend told him how.
We're having a power struggle in our house with an Invisible Friend.
Wheeee.

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Damn flying zombies. You may be tempted to put up a bug zapper for those, but don't. They work, sure, but your house smells like burnt pork for, like, a month.

They make candles for flying zombies now, Dweller. Like citronella for mosquitoes.