I have been taken hostage....by PIRATES!

The other morning we were getting ready for school and while I was making lunches I was informed that I was a hostage. The hostage of two pirates...Amelia & Roman, and they were in full character and even dressed for the part.

They decided to release me when I told them they would be allowed to have ice cream after school! Life is a negotiation...full with bribes, swords and ice cream!

Roman said...Amelia, I am SPECIAL because....

"God Made Me"

It was so cute...Amelia was bugging him and with a serious face he said to her "Amelia, I am SPECIAL because GOD made ME" He is right and he is special for a lot of other reasons. He is caring, funny, has a great and amazing imagination, he is responsible, he looks out for Amelia and Annelise. He is all boy, he is a great helper and always volunteers to help out. He does have a mind of his own. He has great manners better than his parents sometimes. He loves to sleep in my bed. He loves to cuddle, and he always has to say good-bye with a "kissie & huggie"

Amelia knows me very well...someday she will do the same!

I took the kids to Ruby's for lunch over the weekend and Roman ordered a hot dog, Amelia ordered a corn dog. Their food came and Roman proceeded to cry saying he wanted a corn dog. I immediately took a deep breath and told him that he should have ordered a corn dog and next time he can get one. He kept up with his crying and I kept up with my deep breathing. I took one last deep breath and said...Amelia....she was eating her french fries...she did not even look up or stop chewing...she just said NO! I know what you are going to ask. She was right, I was going to ask her to share with her brother, I realized that wasn't going to work so I made Roman order a corn dog and we brought the hot dog home for later. I know someday Amelia will do the same thing with her kids.

You will LIVE Amelia!

Amelia and Roman were in the tub last night and Amelia bumped against the wall and hurt her lip. She was CRYING!!! I said to Roman to ask her if she was ok and if he could do something to make it better. I was trying make him stop and notice someone in pain & to help them especially since they are siblings. He stopped and looked at her and said, "You will LIVE Amelia!" He then proceeded to pick his nose and offer her his bugger! I guess he kind of got the point of it, and she was being VERY dramatic. When he offered her his bugger she did calm down and thankfully she did not accept it!

Can your kid do this?

Borys happen to have taken this picture of Roman & no, it was not Halloween he we just wearing the costume around the house. He definitely has a sense of humor and often tries to get people to laugh. Roman definitely knows how to manipulate his mommy and Amelia is the brain behind a lot of their little plans to tug at my heart strings. They both amaze me daily and Amelia has blossomed lately. She has her own phone...yes, I can't believe that we did it, but we got her a phone...correction...Santa got the phone with a phone book and know we can be surprised by her phone calls....14 of them actually the day she got it. She called her Aunt Dana & cousin Helena 14 times in 20 minutes with several updates about her day. I have since instructed her that she needs to ask me when she wants to call people and so I can check that it ends up back on the hook. However, she is great with numbers now & has most people's phone numbers memorized...then again, it might be due to the fact that she has placed high frequency of calls.

We had a great Uki Christmas in Palm Desert, I stopped by to see dear old friend, Jason St. John. I have not seen in him in at least 14 years. I was great and the kids had fun playing with Drew...possibly a little too much fun. Drew ended up needing a cast on his foot after jumping to Momma Mia with Amelia & Roman. Poor little guy - who knew that Momma Mia was so dangerous, maybe it is just my kids that are?