Catching Up

This was written in Spring 2014 and never got posted...




I wish I had a video camera following Laekin around because everything she says is just so cute!  Some of my fav translations....


coughcough - washcloth
him cute - he's cute
my paint still on - nail polish is still on her toes
sop sops - flip flops
I love when she prays... an example... tick tock go clock, now I pray, tank you for mommy, dada, sissy, bubbey, (clicks her tongue and says um a dozen times), papa go in airplane (clicks her tongue and says um another dozen times), tank you for John (because one night we couldn't figure out what she was saying, apparently it was Jen, but we thought she was saying John...don't know a John, but now she thinks it is funny), food, beds sleep in (clicks tongue over and over again and says um), go to liberry, mommy, dada, sissy, bubbey, go to ella's house (clicks tongue again and then I say in Jesus name amen and she says no mommy, not finished) and then says tick tock goes the clock, now I pray, mommy, dada, sissy bubbey (clicks tongue says um and then proceeds to ask me questions about something that happened so she can pray).  Then all of a sudden she says in jesus name, amen!


The other night Mike fell asleep while we were reading still, so I woke him up because we were going to pray.  So Laekin starts and all of a sudden Mike is sleeping.  So I shake him and say Laekin is praying....so Laekin continues her prayer...tank you mommy open her eyes when I pray and daddy sleeping.  I just busted out laughing and then she thought it was so funny and kept saying it over and over again.  The girl is a hoot!!

Time is flying

Last night, Laekin was praying and she said "dear Jesus, thank you for food, 5 food, um 2 food, and she kept going on."  I said, Laekin, we're praying not counting.  So she said, "oh, ok" and started again and then wanted help.  When we finished praying, it dawned on me that in her little mind she hears thank you 4 food, so then she continued on with other numbers.  We all laughed so hard once again at the cute things she does.




Laekin turned 3 years old, Brandt started kindergarten and Lucy is in 3rd grade.  It's hard to believe that our kids are getting so big!  We were talking about hobbies in school yesterday, and I was giving example of hobbies and Brandt said, and you're hobby is cooking and cleaning the kitchen.  He also told me a few months ago, "mama, I know your favorite things to do...cook and clean the kitchen." So apparently because I do a lot of it, Brandt thinks it's what I love to do.  I told him I do like cooking, but I just clean the kitchen because I have to.  I'm glad he thinks I love to do it because I guess that means I'm not complaining! 
Brandt learned to ride a two-wheeler this month, and Lucy went on all the roller coaster at Silver Dollar City this month when we went.  So those were big accomplishments that were fun to see because they were so proud of themselves. 
Laekin loves her Sissy and Bubba...whenever I give them choices of something she will pick something and then hear their choice and say "actually" and then choose what they did.  I'm thankful our kids are the best of friends...they love to play together when we aren't working on school, they love sleepovers in each other's rooms, and Lucy has really been showing us that she is thinking of them before herself which makes my heart happy!  I'm so thankful for our children, even though each day is a challenge to accomplish all that we have to do.  I will never look back and wish I hadn't homeschooled. 

I'm Done!

Laekin loves to help.  She is always saying "I do it."  Well, I still wipe Brandt, and one day he yelled, "I'm done."  I told him that I would be right there and then I heard the little feet start running saying "oh, Bubby done."  Then all of a sudden I heard Brandt yelling "no Laekin" and I hear Laekin saying "I do it."  I hurry in the bathroom and there's Laekin with a single sheet of toilet paper, trying to push Brandt over so she could wipe him and there's Brandt with his arm extended trying to keep Laekin back.  I just burst out laughing and told Laekin she couldn't wipe Bubby and she burst into tears.  Brandt has gotten used to Laekin running in there whenever he yells I'm done and just laughs with us as he holds her back.

Laekin's 2

Laekin turned 2 and we were all elmo'd out at our house.  She would just point to different things and yell elmo.  She loved it.  She loved having people call and sing happy birthday to her.  She would just sit and hold the phone and listen and smile.  She loves the phone.  She is talking so much, and every color is "geen."  It's so funny because Lucy's favorite color was pink, Brandt said everything was yellow and now Laekin has picked green.  Just shows how different each of them are. 

One night we were singing itsy bitsy spider and she just loved it.  When I stopped she looked at me and said "more piderman, more spiderman."  It was so cute.  So that song is now called itsy bitsy spiderman. 

B-I-B-I-B

Laekin still yells bye-bo, but she says B-I-B-I-B also when singing the BIBLE.  So cute!! 

Laekin also started calling Brandt "Bubbey."  I think she is trying to say Buddy, which is what we call him a lot, but I think I like Bubbey better. 

Lucy finished school for the year, and we are now enjoying summer vacation.  I can't believe I have a 2nd grader.  So thankful she loves school, but we are also so thankful for a break.  Now if these storms would stop so we could actually enjoy the pool...

Boo-Boo

The other night we were outside riding bikes and scooters.  Lucy headed down the hill on her scooter and somehow it wiped out on her and she ended up with a cut on her knee.  We went inside to clean it up.  Lucy sat on the kitchen floor while I worked on cleaning it up, and Laekin kept walking over to Sissy, wrapping her arms around her and saying "boo-boo."  I think she gave her about 5 hugs, and then all of a sudden she had this look like I've got it.  She popped her binky out of her mouth and said "bop" as she stuck it in Lucy's mouth.  It was so funny.  You know she was thinking, this always works for me when I get hurt.  It was very sweet and tender-hearted.  Mama's like to see that!  Lucy started laughing so hard that she stopped crying... so it did work!!

More Words

Laekin has been saying Bible for a while, but now it is quite clear...she says "Bye-Bo"  and it is precious!!  We ask her to say it a lot.  She also yells bye-bye very loud when someone is leaving.  She gets so excited when Mike gets home from work, and then will smack her lips at him for a kiss.  She loves phones.  So in the morning, as soon as she sees Daddy's phone she yells "bo" for phone and wants to go and give it to him.  Laekin will sign thank you and please most of the time, but sometimes she says "sha shu" for thank you and "ye peas" for yes, please.  Such sweet sounds to fill our home with!!

Laekin loves her mommy and she won't be interested in sitting on my lap, but if Lucy or Brandt is, she comes marching over and puts up her arms for me to pick her up too.  I was holding Lucy on my lap, I pulled up Laekin and set her next to me on the couch and she took her little hand and started pushing on Lucy saying "moo" for move.  She had her eyebrows furrowed and she meant business.  Mike sat their laughing with his face in his shirt, and I somehow kept it together to tell her to say sorry to sissy and to not push.