A 4 year old's excuses

Per Janessa's request (since we talk on the phone all the time and she hears all my stories), I'm going to document all the excuses that I hear from Kaylin on a daily basis.

When I ask her to pick up her toys...
"I can't do it myself"
"I'm tired of doing this"
"I'm just watching a little show"
"You can do it"

The last one is my favorite. Here's how the conversation goes,
Me: Kaylin, could you please pick up your toys.
K: I'm just tired of doing that
Me: Well, I'm not going to do it for you. Come pick up your toys.
K: No, you can do it.
Me: Do I play with your toys?
K: Yah
Me: No, you play with your toys. So, who do you think should clean them up?
K: You.

Putting away her laundry
Me: Kaylin come put away your clothes.
K: I'm just watching a little show or I don't want to
Me: Kaylin, you need to come and put your clothes away.
K: No (throws a crying fit)
Me: Do it now.
K: (Reluctantly does it after several urgings and attempts) Next time momma, you can do it 'cos I'm tired of doing it.

When told to come to eat...
"I can't walk"
"My legs aren't working"
"My legs are out of gas. I need more gas for my leggies"
"My arm is hurting"
"I can't do it myself"
"Can you hold me?"

My personal favorite is the "my legs are out of gas excuse" which has now been her #1 choice of excuses to use. She will literally lay on the floor and cry that her legs are not working and that she needs a treat (ie. gas) to revive them. Sometimes, I help her off the floor to "make her walk" but usually she just drags her legs and says that they are REALLY not working. I should start telling her that we'll have to take her to the doctor to get lots of shots to get her legs working. Maybe she'd start walking on her own.

More excuses...
"I can't wipe myself"
"I'm out of energy"
"I just need something na neat to feel better"
"I'm just too tired of talking" (when asked if she wants to talk to grandma)

Despite all these excuses I still love her. Does anyone else have a 4 year old that gives lots of excuses?

Prayers and Pictures

Kaylin was saying a prayer tonight before bedtime. It went something like this:

Heavenly Father,
Thank you this day
Please help me to stay in my bed and get a sticker
Help us to go to sleep
Help me to be good and get a present
Santa Claus is coming to town (she was almost singing this)
Name of Jesus Christ, AMEN

Zachary was in the bath the other day and suddenly looked up and was pointing at the wall. He said "Jez" and I realized that he was pointing at the picture of Jesus and the butterflies that we have hanging up in the bathroom. He pointed and looked at it for a good couple of minutes. I just got the feeling, like I've had on other occasions, that these children know who Jesus is. They recognize him. Whenever we have gone out in the foyer at church, they love to look at the picture of Jesus. Isn't it great that our kids know who He is!

First words

Mr. Zachary has been learning to say different words and phrases. Here are the words he knows so far. Mama, Dada, No (screaming at the top of his voice), yah, Na Nas (food), cakca (crackers, aka animal crackers from Costco), "oh man" (I kid you not, he drops something and says "oh man!"), danku (thank you), "where go?" (this he does with his hands held up. Usually he says this for his shoes. I swear he has some shoe fetish because he LOVES shoes!), and tickle (he says this while tickling your feet).

On a side note, our other lovely child was sitting in primary last Sunday while I was teaching sharing time. I was talking about all the different places people lived and how Heavenly Father loved all of his children etc. when Kaylin belted out "I live at Costco!" I had to chuckle a little. Now if it were my sister Michelle's kids, they'd say they live at Target (am I right Pick?).

Kaylinisms

It's time for another round of Kaylinisms:

Names that she calls me... My dear, my lady, honey, my child (!), my best friend, sweetheart, and beautiful. I want to remember all these names because when she is older and saying things like "Whatever Mom," I can say that I wish she was 3 again when she used to say "Thank you my lady."

Today she said a prayer and blessed us to go to the library today and that Kaijsa and Natalie (my friend and her daughter) could be "snuggly." What a thing to ask for! Kids really do say the darndest things.

Potty Talk

Two funny stories:

Phil: Kaylin, did you just toot?
Kaylin: (Without hesitation) No, it was the cup. (pointing at her sippy cup)
She's 3 people and she's already pointing the blame elsewhere!

Because of all of Kaylin's colon issues, we are not adverse to talking about poop openly. Kaylin likes to describe her poop to us and has different ways to describe all the different kinds. I'll spare you the details, but will say that "snake poops" is the best one...for obvious reasons. Whenever she has "snake poops" we cheer and it's an exciting event in the Walker household (sad, I know, but it's the little things that get us excited.) OK, so here's the funny story...
Kaylin walks in my friend Kaijsa's house and sees her changing her daughter's poopy diaper.
Kaylin: What you doing?
Kaijsa: I'm just changing Natalie's diaper. She's got a stinky.
Kaylin: Does she have snake poops?
Kaijsa: (laughing silently of course) Yes she does.
Kaylin: (turning to Natalie and in a high pitched, very enthusiastic voice) Good job Natalie! (clapping)

Kaylinisms

More Kaylin-isms (per Janessa's request):

1. Sunday night Kaylin went to bed late and was coming up with all sorts of excuses to get us to come in and lay down with her. Here were some of the highlights:

I need some water
I need something na neat (something to eat)
You need to read me a story
I want daddy put me to bed
I need you
You lay down next to me?
Please, I need you
(my personal favorite- said screaming) I want to be a chimichanga! (Phil wraps her up like a chimichanga or a burrito. She takes turns asking for either burrito or chimichanga. I guess the chimi worked this time)

2. Kaylin and I have been reading "Guess how much I love you" and so we always tell each other how much we love each other. These are the things that she's come up with.

I love you THIS MUCH (arms outstreched)
I love you all the way up to the moutains
I love you all the way up to the sky
I love you all the way up to the moon
I love you all the way up to the sun
(my favorite) I love you all the way up to Heavenly Father

3. Kaylin is such a little mom to Zachary. Sometimes she gets frustrated at him when he won't "obey" her. She yells, "No bud" and then grunts really loud and goes and sits in a corner. She then yells "I'm MAD" and scowls. It's funny.

4. Today my fried Kaijsa came over with her daughter (they are our next door neighbors) and Kaylin was at the breakfast table and asked "What's that smell?" and I said I don't smell anything. She said "I think it's Kaijsa and Natalie?" I said "Oh what do Kaijsa and Natalie smell like?" She then responded "Poop." I could've died. It's a good thing Kaijsa is over everyday and we're good friends!

Kaylin says the darndest things...

Last night I was playing with Kaylin and Zachary on the floor with these cool new foam ABC puzzle pieces that Zachary got for his birthday. So I wasn't paying attention and all the sudden Kaylin says "Look, F you on Brother's Head" and I said, "What did you say?" (Now this is the time that I start running through my mind all the shows that I've been watching and where she could've picked up that awful line. Also note that she said the letter F, not the cuss word.) It was then that I realized she had put the foam letter "F" on Zachary's head and was pointing that out to me. Phew!

Today I finished two piano lessons and when the students left, I went to grab an Oreo cookie (the yummy mint kind). Much to my dismay, Kaylin had finished the last one while I was in lessons. I told her that I was so sad. She looked at me and stroked my face and said, "It's ok my dear, don't be sad." It was hillarious. She calls me "my dear" and "my child" alot and I don't use those phrases at all. She's a cutie pie.

"Temple Song"

It's a long time joke in my family that I never know any of the lyrics to songs. I usually pretend that I do and it tends to be come out really funny. (Heathie, remember "Leap frog don't bother me in Catch Phrase?) Well here is Kaylin with her rendition of "I love to see the Temple" and unfortunately she has inherited some of my "making up random words to the song" habit. She does great though most of the song. Oh and I love how in the video she is interrupted by Zachary crying so she just starts over again. True Diva!

Little Kaylin-isms

Here are some little Kaylin-isms that she's been saying/doing lately. I'm recording them for posterity...

1. "Mama, I have cookie? Is that good deal?" (with the thumbs up) Everytime she asks for something, it is always followed up with "that's good deal, momma?" To which I usually reply, "Um, no good deal."
2. When she asked for something and I say "no," she'll come back and say..."say yes mom, say yes"
3. Bedtime has been a little frustrating lately. Here is a typical scenario...
We put her to bed, sit in the chair next to her and hold her hand for a few minutes. Then we "sit sit outside" for a couple more minutes (this is where I get a chance to read my scriptures). Then this is what happens...Kaylin get's out of bed.
Mom: "Kaylin, why did you get out of bed?"
Kaylin: "Because I got out of bed"
Mom: "You need to go back to bed now"
Kaylin: "No, maybe not"
Mom: "Yes, go back to bed"
Kaylin: "momma bed?"
Mom: "no, kaylin bed"
Kaylin "momma bed...(whine whine)
Mom: "get back into Kaylin bed"
Kaylin: Momma, sit sit outside two mintues (with her fingers making the peace sign)
Mom: "ok, get in bed"

Lately, she hasn't been getting out of bed, but it got pretty ridiculous for a while. Just goes to show that you can't reason with a two year old or else you get the answer "Maybe not"
4. She says that she has a secret and then comes and whispers "I love you" in my ear.
5. She loves to sing the "veggie tales theme song." It's hillarious.