Pink

Peri tells me in the car tonight, "For Halloween I'm going to dress up as pink diarrhea!" Hmmmm. I'm guessing she thought she was saying something else.

Soft cheeks

Nick has a friend at school who I adore. Zoe. She's got the biggest eyes, and the cutest brown bob with bangs. And she's super sweet. Just love her! He copies her homework at aftercare and she shares tips from her big brother on new iPad apps to try out. I can only imagine what she might be learning from Nick. He's opposed to any girls as girlfriends, so we try to downplay their friendship a bit.

Nick always marvels on how soft Peri's skin is. One day we were all rubbing her (sounds much weirder than it was) and Nick commented how soft her skin was. Then he dreamily said "You know who else has soft cheeks? Zoe does." Chris and I looked at each other and then tried to casually ask "How do you know how soft her cheeks are?" Then he smiled and said "Because I do this to her all the time" and he grabbed both his cheeks and pulled them out in a grandma/pinching you cheeks sorta way. Cute!

Nick - girls like Zoe...no hoochies!!!

Girls day out

Peri and I found ourselves with an unexpected afternoon last weekend. After lunch and some sampling at Sephora, we took a train ride.

Bridget does Cinco de Mayo

Klepto

I got a bracelet for my birthday that Peri LOVES. The first time I wore it, she couldn't stop touching it and begged to wear it.

One night I went to a pilates class with the bracelet on, so I took it off and left it in my car. When I got home, I brought it inside, set my stuff down and went to say goodnight to everyone. I came back downstairs and the bracelet was gone. I totally remembered bringing it inside, but I still searched my car, the sidewalk, all over the downstairs. I mean, I'd only been home 30 minutes and the kids were upstairs - where could it have gone? Told C I lost it and he did the exact same search I did. Later I told C that I thought Peri had stolen my bracelet. He scoffed at how I could possibly blame a sweet two year old.

Well, next morning, I ask Peri if she's seen my bracelet and she proudly announced "Yep! It's in Nick's room!" And there in a pile of blankets is my new bracelet. Sigh.

Robbers

Nick came into my room late the other night to tell me he was afraid of robbers. I told him we had awesome security and there was no way anyone was going to get him. Explained the alarms on the windows and doors and the fact that my room is 8 steps away from his.

Fast forward to the next morning and Chris leaving before us (never happens) and automatically setting the alarm out of habit. Nick bounding down the stairs because he's getting to watch his show before Peri. Nick scurrying back up the stairs as the alarm goes off, caused by motion detector at bottom of stairs. Nick and Peri wide-eyed and running around upstairs while I yell down "Chris? You got it?" Me finally getting that he's not down there and getting the alarm off. Alarm company calling to see if there are any problems and asking for our "codeword". Sigh. It's 7am, I got two scared kids, can't figure out where my husband is and you want a code word? I give her two options. She says she can only take one. Thank god I picked the right one, or we could have had some extra drama before work!