Creative Minds

So... most of our posts have pictures... but Mommy wanted you to know some of the very creative things we've been saying in the last month...



Mommy: Why do you keep getting out of bed?
Kylie (as she's supposed to be getting back in bed the 10th time - or at least the 3rd...): "It's hard to explain..." (do 2 year olds really know this stuff???)



Aunt Renee: Neela, show your Mommy what you do with a glass of wine.
Neela: First you sniff, then you swirl, then you slurp.
Mommy: Thank goodness it's white wine - and grab the glass BEFORE she drinks it!



Mommy thinks it's awful quiet upstairs... what is going on?
Neela (holding a red marker in her hand at the top of the stairs): Mommy, I really like hopscotch! I do hopscotch to my bedroom!
Mommy follows the trail of red squares from the stairs into the twins' bedroom on the white carpet... thank goodness the new neighbor has a steam cleaner AND the marker was washable!



After Mommy asks if the girls want to have a birthday party...
Neela: we can have hats, teddy bears, balloons and goodies!
(Apparently, Mommy missed the Dora episode for "Boots' Special Day!" - but Neela remembered every part!!)



Papa E.: Kylie, do you see the snow frogs outside? (at Christmas, during the blizzard)
Kylie: Yes, I see some over there with my spotting scope (and/or binoculars - depending on when you asked).
Neela: I can't see them - Kylie, where are there?
Kylie: There, there, there... Neela, make binoculars with your hands and you will see them!
(Kylie definitely has the creative mind in the house)



Neela: Mommy, can we play the bicycle game? I really like the hulahoop game.
(These are both Wii games - one from Wii Sports Resort, and one from Wii Fit. Of course, it does seem to get Mommy and Daddy a workout playing the games - the girls stand on the coffee table and pretend it's their balance board!)



When their friend Reardon and his twin sisters came over... it got awful quiet upstairs. Mommy went up to check, and found them "looking for animals in the caves" (this was in the beds under the covers - and jumping between them...) Mommy just hoped the jumping didn't end with someone "landing" on top of their friend!



A few other creative things that don't have quotes...

We've learned how to peel our clementines, so you better not do it for us! Just get them started...

We like to have tea parties - in the bathtub - why not by the table in the toyroom???

We LOVE to pretend we're in airplanes, on trains, in cars... and princesses... we move our Elmo couches, chairs, stools, and anything else around to make the "pieces" needed. With our new princess piano, we love to have "concerts" - and everyone in the family gets a part. Brooke usually gets the maraca - and Cy runs away (he doesn't WANT an instrument!).

We love Candyland - but we aren't quite sure about the path. We just know we want to get to the Candyland!