Little Mommy

Tonight Jenny from The Jamboree offered to watch the kiddos so I could go and watch Devon play.  They had a great time, except Coda was sleepy and didn't want to go to sleep for Jenny.  Lyric rocked her for a couple of hours until we got back.  I think Coda was super tired because we had had a long day at clinic and then she went to Jenny's, so this morning at 4:00 she woke up screaming!  She's has never done this before and I didn't really know what to do.  I tried the boob, rocking, standing, Devon...nothing worked!  It happened to be Lyric's turn to sleep with Coda and I, so she was in the bed with us.  Coda pushed me away and crawled over to Lyric.  I'm not sure why, but all she wanted was her big sister!

Lyric held her until she fell asleep around 5:30.  Such a lucky baby to have big sisters who love her so much!

Money Making Girl

Tonight I was doing the dishes and Cadence asked me to play with her.  I told her I had to finish the dishes first, but she could sweep the kitchen if she wanted to help out.  She politely declined and left the kitchen.  A few minutes later, Coda was in her bouncy seat and she started to get fussy.  I wear her in the Ergo sometimes when I do the dishes, but I was almost done and didn't really want to stop what I was doing to put her in it.  

 Cadence was playing in the living room, so I asked her to come entertain Coda while I finished.  She hesitated before answering, so I added that I would pay her.  

She walked in the kitchen and asked, "How much?"

I told her I could pay a quarter.  

She sat there a couple of seconds and said, "Will you pay 2?"  

I agreed.

She did a great job.  She sang "I'm a Little Tea Pot" and then she made up songs about shapes.  I have four sides the same length.  What am I?...Square, I have two long sides and two short sides.  What am I?...Rectangle, and songs about triangle, hexagon, and octagon.  

I finished the dishes and gave her the two quarters plus a quarter tip (she really deserved more:-)

A few minutes later she came in the room offering to sweep the kitchen for another quarter to have a dollar.  Smart girl, knows $.75 doesn't buy you much these days!