Quotes by Peyton

2-4-11
Peyton just informed me that she has a photographic memory but she doesn't use it. When I asked why she replied "Because the battery is dead"

2-17-11
Peyton's observation on Smart Cars: "Mom I think Smart Cars are dumb because they can only hold two people. Our car can hold 7"

Letter to Xander who is two

1-20-11

Xander,

You are such an amazing sweet little boy! I can’t believe you are two already. You have such a temper sometimes because you know what you want and you can’t quite figure out how to communicate that to us. You don’t like to eat unless it’s junk food. You love candy and spicy potato chips. We can get you to eat yogurt, yogurt drinks, peanut butter toast, rice, and apple sauce. That’s about it. It’s definitely a challenge to get you fed and help you grow!

Your temper can be a little frustrating at times but most of the time you are so sweet and happy. You are very good for both of your Grandmothers who adore you. You love music and you are also very opinionated about that. Your sister loves classical and you prefer harder rock. Some of your favorite songs have been Dragonforce- Through the Fire & Flames, 30 Seconds to Mars- Kings and Queens, and Lady Gaga- Just Dance.

You know all of your numbers. You can’t say them yet but you can point to any one of them when asked, you know all your shapes, most of your colors, and a lot of your letters. It’s just a matter of time before you are fully speaking.

You have been calling me Mimi, and your Grandmothers are Moma. (Sounds like the end of Grandma not Momma) Although, now sometimes you switch back and fourth between calling me Mimi or Momma.

You love the movie Cars and you love anything with wheels. You call a car a “go go”. So when you ask to watch the movie Cars you point to the t.v. and say “Go Go!” You love your big sister and follow her around everywhere. You want to do everything that she does.

Probably your most favorite thing to do is play outside and run around. It doesn’t matter how hot it is you still love to be outside. You also love to play inside our cars. You pretend to drive, push all the buttons- it gets so hot in Florida inside a parked car but you get so mad if we don’t let you get in and play around.

I love you so much. I can’t wait to see how you will grow and change in this next year!

Love,

Mom

Another Quote

Peyton: "If you give a princess a banana, she might ask your for some peanut butter"

Letter to Peyton 5 yrs

Peyton,

You are five years old. I can’t believe how old you are. At the same time it’s really hard to believe you have been in our lives for only five years. I can’t imagine what the would would be like without you in it. You make every day special.

You are such a smart little girl. I’m amazed at how your brain works. You taught yourself to read almost to the day you turned four. Now you can read almost anything we put in front of you. You love learning about new things. Geography, the weather, lots of science related things. You have always been afraid and interested in tornadoes, and lightning but this year, in the world, we had three devastating earthquakes in Chile, Haiti, and China. Suddenly you made the connection to Volcanoes. That has been your new obsession and fear. You made sure you knew where most of the worlds larger volcanoes were and told us we could not go there. Italy was your main concern and Mount Vesuvius. I have no idea where you first learned about it. Grandma Ginger bought you a book about volcanoes and I think you read most of it the first week you had it.

Of course Shortly after that, Grandma and Grandpa Harrington went to Italy got stuck in Europe because a volcano in Iceland decided to erupt and then another in Guatemala shortly after. Grandma and Grandpa were stranded in Europe with your Great-Grandmother for an extra two weeks but you were okay because we told you they were safe.

This summer right before your fifth birthday you graduated from Pre-K. It was very exciting to see all of your classmates and help you celebrate. In the fall you will start kindergarten. Dad and I have been so worried about where to put you in school. We are pretty sure they will want you to skip a grade but we’d rather you advance in a few areas but stay in your grade with kids your own age. We will see where the year takes us I suppose.

You are such a great kid and so smart. Sometimes I worry that we expect too much of you because you don’t act like a normal five year old. Sometimes you are like this little adult. People are always so amazed by you and all that you can do. Your brain works in all these amazing ways. The connections you make are astounding. You are surprisingly pretty good with your little brother. He’s a handful and you can be very patient with him. Sometimes you have to make the big sister sacrifices to make him happy and you are pretty good natured about it. (Most of the time).

You are a really cool kid and I’m so glad you are mine!

Love,

Mom

Great Quote

Know you what it is to be a child?... It is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy tale godmother in its own soul. ~ Francis Thompson

This is it.

I wish I was creative enough to have something to say each day. Sometimes I feel like the creativity- if I had any to begin with- has been completely sucked out of me. I don't have time to think about things most days- unless I'm in the car and you can't very well blog from the car can you? I suppose some people might but I'm not that talanted at multi-tasking. So here we are, this is about it for today.

More Peytonisms

Peyton: Mom do I look pretty like this?
Me: Peyton you always look pretty.
Peyton: even when I'm naked?
Me: Ummmmmm
Doug: ((Laughing))