Where's Reese?

This is how we find Reese most nights except you can actually see her head in this picture. She is usually under the covers sweating, and I have to pull them back so she can get some air. I've seen her pull them back over her head in the morning when the light starts to come in her windows.

Reese still blows me away with her words and phrases. Here is what I can recall...

One night Lane was crying and she told Matt, "Lane is fussy." Matt replied, "Are you ever fussy?" Reese exclaimed, "No, I am HAPPY!". After that I asked her to go and check on Lane in his bed to see if he had rolled over. She gladly walked in and asked him, "Did you roll over Lane?" Then came back to us and said, "He is still on his back."

She loves to help me do anything around the house: laundry, pick up things, prepare and cook in the kitchen, etc. While making mac n cheese with broccoli she got her stool and stood by the stove so she could stir it. I kept asking her, "Are you done stirring yet?" She kept replying, "No, it's not ready yet; I'm still making it."

Another time, while I was doing dishes, she asked me if she could help. So I asked her to pick up Lane's dirty burp cloth and put it in his hamper. She said "Ok" and then came back and asked for more tasks. I just kept giving her little things like that and she loved it. I tell her "Thank you for being such a good helper." And she says, "You're welcome!". Tonight she said, "No, thank you" to thank me for letting her help.

We made brownies and she poured the mix, then the butter, then the eggs. She asked, "What's next Mom?" I replied, "There's nothing more to add, but now we stir." Reese asked "Can I stir?"

Her other new thing is to call me in at night after we've tucked her in and ask for one more hug. I go in, sit on her bed and she tackles me. She hugs me so hard that she pushes me down. I hold her and hug and hug and hug and giggle for like 5 minutes. It's so sweet, but if I let her she'll keep calling me in over and over to delay her bedtime. ;)

One day after school, she told me "Jordan was not listening to my words." Apparently Jordan was doing something to Reese that she didn't like and was not listening when Reese told her she didn't like it.

She is into her purple cow known as purple people eater (this one's been around since she was a baby). But she calls it "purple people laaater". It's the cutest word you ever heard a little girl say. She definitely has a southern Texas accent. Wonder where she got that?

ALL of her animals (Piglet, Eyore, Purple People Eater, Bambi) are a she, not a he, and Reese is quick to correct us if we call them a he. She thinks Eyore is a she because of the pink bow on his tail, duh! Yes, we finally discovered a new Disney movie as Reese began watching Bambi this weekend. I keep telling her Bambi is a he and they call him a prince. Plus he has horns when he gets bigger.

I bought Toy Story band aids (slight mistake) so now Reese has lots of boo-boos. Tonight, she told Matt, don't hurt my knee. He asked her why it hurt (it had a band aid) and she replied, "Sometimes my knee hurts and sometimes it doesn't".

When asked a question, Reese answers "Mmm Hmm" for yes.

Today it was raining when we left the house. When we got in the car, Reese said, "My shoes are wet." I said, "Mine are too." And Reese exclaimed, "It's ok, they'll dry!"

Ok...one more and this one was pretty funny (sorry Lane, but I'm don't want to forget it). I was bathing Lane and Reese walked in and noticed his boy parts. She said, "Lane has a circle. I don't want a circle on me!" I explained that boys have that and girls do not. Oh, it's only the beginning!