Ha, 4 posts in one night... well 5 now... betcha'd never see this eh? My fingers are burning up the keyboard!!

Charlie Says....

These are the things Charlie says most often.

Peek boo (peek a boo)
My Man! (Spiderman)
Papi (puppy)
Da-dee!! (super gleeful Daddy)
ma-MA! (in the style of a small angry german frau)
gotcha!
I git it!
NOW!! (usually yelled at Oliver after I say it to him)
C'mere (come here)
Bubba
Ah-Yee (Ollie)
AYE! (ice)
rink (drink)
Bee! (either binkie or a fly)
EEE! (eat)
nandy (candy)
shoooo (shoe)
baby
bir (bird)
go way (go away)
ah ah (hot hot, accompanied with raised hands)
wipe (for diaper wipes)
bah-boo (bubbles)
Dan-ca (Her friend Danica)
uh-you (love you)
chee (cheese)
pee pee
potty
poop
fart (always said with some amazement)
baiper (diaper)
saw-ee (sorry, accompanied with a petting motion)
boo (book)
ree (read)
ow! (out, down, or oww)
stinky
icky
yucky
uh oh
oopsie
sah (sock)
toe
noh (nose)
ear
hair
knee
mou (mouth)
tee (teeth)
preewee (pretty)
mine (ususally followed by "no". It's a game she plays. She goes around pointing to things going, "Mine? No!")
meow (meow and kitty)
moo (for most larger animals; cows, horses, giraffes, zebras)
arf (barking noise)
up
leh-go (let go)
ball


I'll add more as I think of them.

Ollie Says....

I've been trying to keep track of all the funny things the kids have been saying and doing lately so I could post them on here for everyone to enjoy. Here's what Oliver has been up to.

Explaining things: Oliver will ask if you know about something and then launch into an explanation. He asked the grocery checker the other day if she knew about Santa Claus. He told her "he's kinda like a robot, but not, and he has robot deer. And Godzilla is kinda like a robot too, but he's like a creepy monster. But he doesn't have presents."

He's a little obsessed with Godzilla. "Godzilla is a guy in a suit, but he's kinda like a creepy monster, but he's not. He goes (insert weird maximum volume noises). Yeah, kinda like that."

He has discovered that girls don't have penises. He will start listing every male he knows, "I have a penis. Daddy has a penis. Papa has a penis. Jared has a penis. Charlie doesn't have a penis. Mommy, you don't have a penis do you?" "No Oliver, I'm a girl too." "Oh, I thought so. Uncle Chris has a penis...."

Cute mess-ups: Oliver's favorite soda is Coca Lola, favorite candies are Mnem-m-nems, and he loves to look for hairplanes up in the sky. When singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star he sings a line as "bubba bubba world so high, like a diamond in the sky." His ending of the ABC song is the best. "Now I know my ABC's, next time you won't play with me."

Creates silly songs: Today he debuted his newest original song about Godzilla. He sings, "Godzilla is a creepy monster, but not. He's a guy in a suit. He is a friend with Spiderman. They swing on webs. " He tells about them having a fight then ends the song by singing Godzilla about five times in different pitches and at different volumes. It's very cute.

He also made one up about Spiderman that goes more or less to the Spiderman theme song. "Spiderman, Spiderman. He swings on everything, except spiderwebs. Spiderman webs."

Working on his manners: When we were having Thanksgiving dinner with all my family, Oliver burped very loudly. When my aunt asked him, "What do you say?", he looked around and said, "Nice Room."

Random outbursts and observations:
We were talking to my mom on the phone and I asked the kids, "Who wants to go to Gandma's house?" Being in a bit of a grumpy mood, Oliver shot back, "Charlie do!"

While observing his friend Logan going potty,"Logan, did you bring your big penis today? I have a little penis."

His potty training has taken a turn for the better lately. He asked to go several times in a row the past few days and has been very proud of himself for it. He called my mom to tell her the good news and kept repeating about the "big long poop I made." Later he went into the bathroom for something and I heard him mutter, "It really stinks in here."


I will post more as I think of them and as they happen.

Everything you wanted to know about Halloween, but were afraid to ask

I realized I hadn't told y'all about how our Halloween went. I'd hate to skip it, especially since it is one of my favorite holidays. 7 and I were invited to a party the night before Halloween at the house of a fella 7 worked with. It was mainly people standing around out in te backyard, freezing their asses off, drinking beer and ogling the abundant flesh revealed by the super skimpy girl costumes. I went as a pink haired witch and 7, going with my suggestion, went as a hula girl. He wore a grass skirt I had made a few years ago, the coconut bra my sister brought me from Hawaii, flower leis, bracelets, and anklets, and a horrible long black wig. He looked like the giant, sweaty, hairy hula girl from hell. And of course, everyone loved it. He had guys trying to cop a feel and the girls all admired the size of his coconuts. Watching everyone else react to his costume made freezing worthwhile. That and the oh-so-cute fellas dressed up as party boy Chippendale dancers. Yum.

We took the kids for their first trick or treat outing. We practiced with Ollie in the days leading up to Halloween so he would know what to do and what to expect. Even with that, he was going around chanting "Trick or treat, smell my feet, I got the goodies". He was dressed as Spiderman and insisted on wearing the mask even though it had teensy eyeholes, no visibility, and caused him trouble with his hearing. The poor guy was tripping all over the place, falling into bushes and going in the wrong direction when we would call him. After stumbling around blindly for about 3 houses, he decided to go ahead and take it off.

He also didn't quite get what he was supposed to do once the excitement of being out got to him. We had our friends with us who have a 4 yr. old named Logan and their daughter Danica, who is Charlie's age. Logan and Ollie would go up to the house, knock on the door and yell "Trick or Treat." Then when the people would open the door, they would just stare at them blankly. When we tried to prompt them from the shadows by hissing, "What do you say?", Oliver went, "Got any candy?" and tried to walk into the house. Sheesh!

Charlie was dressed up as the cutest no name thing ever. We had bought the kids these adorable chinese outfits at the mall a few months ago, and had the kids wearing them while we were out shopping the day before Halloween. While at the costume store trying to pick a costume for Charlie, she found a fuzzy pink top hat that perfectly matched her outfit. It looked so adorable that we bought her a matching pink feather boa and she went as the pink, silky, fuzzy hatted, feathery glam thing with no name. It only took her about 3 houses to realize what we were doing. After that she grabbed her candy bag out of my hand and was running to keep up with the boys and fighting to be the first one to get candy. Whenever anyone would even ask her if she wanted help carrying her bag she's have a spoiled little princess screaming fit. Lately she has taken to waking me up in the mornings by smashing me in the head with her candy bag and insisting we "EAT NANDY!"

I can't wait till next year!!

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Call me Pinky.

So I finally did it. I went ahead and bleached my hair and dyed it pink. I did it for Halloween and then decided I really liked it. We have been trying different products to find one that give a great color and will last for a while. I have been leaving pink all over everything for the past week since the colors we have tried so far are only semi-permanent. I talked to a few hairdressers to find out what I need to do to keep in the color and 7 and I will be redoing my hair this week according to what they told us. If you'd like to see what it looks like currently, go to 7's website (www.sevenbates.com) There is a picture there from the day after Thanksgiving. Please don't notice how fat I look. It's like my head swelled up or something. I've been good for the last week, drinking my slimfast shakes for breakfast, trying to get back on track and lose some weight before Christmas. I really have been horrible since my reunion. So be kind.