Things to Remember

I just wanted to jot down a couple of things that have happened that would be fun to remember. This is after all my journal.

I discovered today that my children really are Mexican American. We served pretty authentic tacos tonight and the next thing I know my kids are dipping their tacos in ketchup. I told them their Grandmother would be so displeased to see them do that. The weird thing is, it was Gabriela who initiated it. Up until the last week, the child wouldn't touch ketchup with a ten foot pole. If I have had any success from joy school, it would be that we converted Gabriela to ketchup. I gave them a blind taste test and ketchup was one of the items. Ever since then she proudly proclaims that she likes ketchup.

While making dinner tonight, Sophia comes crying to me that Gabriela pushed her. To humor her, I asked her if Gabriela needed a spank? She said "Yes," of course. So I dramatically march to their bedroom and told Gabriela not to push Sophia and that Sophia thought she needed a spank. She gives me this sad puppy dog face and shakes her head no. I start winking at her and telling her "Come on Gabriela, get up, you need a little Spank." She was not getting my sarcasm at all, so I gently lift her and swat her on the bum. I'm totally amusing Sophia or at least I thought. I said, "o.k. Sophia I gave her a spank, are you o.k. now?" She says, "She's not crying!" Boy that's some vengence she's got for her sister. So I just told Gabriela to cry and not to push her sister. It made me laugh though. Now I know the truth.

The other night, Sophia wanted to go to bed wearing her Sleeping Beauty costume. I let her and then I thought I would be funny and told her that she must prick her finger on the thumb tack so she would fall asleep. I got all dramatic about it and in my best Malificent voice I declared, "Touch It...Touch It I Say!" She pricked her finger and closed her eyes. Of course Gabriela had to do it too. In the morning they come to me all hot and bothered proclaiming that I did not go in and give them a kiss to wake them up. In my head I'm thinking, yeah right, I'm not waking you up. Anyways it's stuck all week. They have to prick their finger to fall asleep.