November Sayings

AVERY
-Avery was so excited to have her RadKids program. She invited grandma. She couldn't wait for it. We went and watched her sit up on the stage with her friend, holding hands. They came out and showed us some defense moves and practiced yelling, "No, no, you're not my dad!" It was pretty funny. Then, they brought out something the kids had never seen before. They had a guy completely covered in a padded suit with a helmet, you couldn't hardly see him. The kids were all supposed to take a turn putting on pads themselves, walking past him and getting grabbed, and then escaping from him using the things they learned. As soon as Avery saw him she started crying. We didn't know what to do because she was up on the stage. Pretty soon she was hiding behind the curtain. It was so sad because she had been so excited about it. Pretty soon her teacher brought her down to us. It took awhile for her to calm down and believe us that she didn't have to do it if she didn't want to. She finally decided to go back on the stage if she could sit by Ava. I was happy that she found the courage :)
-Avery has been drawing like crazy!
-Avery was playing with Carston, running around with a blanket on her head. She ran hard into the corner of a wall. Grandma wanted to know who won when we told her that Avery got into a fight with the wall. "The wall!" She said.
KATE
-Kate always says, "NO! I'm not a baby! I'm just Kate!" "I'm not a sweetie! I'm just Kate!"
-Whenever Carston calls Kate by her backwards name, Etak, she starts punching him and saying "he-yaw!" I guess she can't distinguish between "Etak" and "Attack"
CARSTON
-Carston has been drawing like a crazy man!
-Carston loves finding little craft projects online and making them.
-Carston has given everyone their backwards name. Whenever he calls Kate by hers, Etak, she starts punching him. That's what happens when it sounds like attack.
-John accidentally cut Carston's skin the first time he tried to cut his fingernails as a baby. Carston knows this story, and it has made him too scared to ever attempt to cut his own nails. I finally put my foot down and he cut his nails for the first time :)
MACY
-I picked up Macy from preschool and as she got in the car, she informed me that "she quitted preschool." What does that mean? "I quitted. I just sat on the couch and didn't do anything." What? You sat on the couch for two hours? Macy Roberts sat for 2 hours? I got her in the car and went to talk to her teacher who confirmed the preposterous idea. Apparently, Macy was mad because she didn't get to sit on the color of carpet that she wanted. So what did she do? She quitted. She sat on that couch and held her ground despite her teacher's antics to change her mind with fun activities and candy. Each of her classmates tried to get her to budge. No way. She had made up her mind to quit and she was not going back. When I talked to her about it, she didn't mention the carpet. She just said that she only wanted to go to preschool when it was her birthday and that was it. I informed her that was not an option. She could either go to all of preschool and do everything, or she could not go at all. The choice was hers. She said she would think about it. A few hours later she informed me that she had decided yes, she would go to preschool. Luckily, we haven't had any trouble since.
-"Mom, when Avery is afraid of stuff she always wants me to protect her. Cause I ain't afraid of nothin'!"
-Macy ran in and saw my mom's nativity. "Look guys! The Activity! Isn't it beautiful?"