We're baaack! We're having a fun summer - Ainsley loves that we aren't tied to a tight schedule & she can wear a leotard & cowgirl boots whenever she wants.
Here are some new Ainsley funnies to make you laugh:
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After Brad vacuumed the car:
"Mommy, Daddy is a HERO!"
"Yes he is," I reply.
"Max & me are heroes too. But not you mom, you're not a hero, mom, you are just a mommy."
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After coming home from Grandma's:
"We got to eat candy at grandma's because it was a special occasion!" Ainsley proclaimed.
"Why was it a special occasion?"
"Because you and Daddy weren't there."
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"Mommy, when will I turn into a real pirate? When I grow up?"
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"Ainsley, what are you going to be when you grow up?"
"I am NOT getting big!" she yells. "I'm going to stay little FOREVER!"
(This was the standard response to this question for about 6 months, until this beautiful gem, below)
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Big dreams:
"Mom, when I grow up, I'm going to work at the dry cleaners & wash cars," Ainsley informs me in the car one day.
"Hmmm, do you mean you want to work at the car wash and wash cars?" I reply.
"Yeah! And then when I'm done, I'll work at the dry cleaners to wash the clothes. It will be the best jobs ever, Mom!"
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Having a heart-to-heart with Grandma:
"I want to stay little forever, but my brain keeps making me grow. I'm fighting my brain so I can stay little forever, Grandma."
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Randomly, on the way to school one day:
"Mommy, your tummy looks big, are you sure there isn't a baby in there?" Ainsley asks, trying to look at my stomach from the back seat.
"No, Ainsley, I am not having a baby," I reply.
"Well, when you have a baby, I will take very good care of it & we can put the crib in my room & I will wake up & give it a bottle, Mommy, & it will be so great & you will never hear it cry & I will change its diapers & you will never hear it at night & it will be so great & I will be a great big sister---"
"Ainsley, I'm not having a baby. We are not having another baby right now."
"Well, are you sure? Ok, when you are ready to, me & Max are going to take care of it & put the crib in my room . . ."
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Ainsley comes downstairs, backpack packed (with God only knows), insisting we take a trip to Wyoming at 7 am:
"Mom, we are going to Wyoming this weekend & I am going to bring my backpack to so I can be ready for action."
(Umm, we've never been to Wyoming, nor were we planning a trip there.)
(Umm, we've never been to Wyoming, nor were we planning a trip there.)
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Max finally started talking a lot, so he even has something worth repeating:
"Mommy, why Ains-wee cry-ing?" Max asks from timeout, with a huge grin on his face.
"She's crying because you hit her, Max. And that was naughty," I said.
"No, Max bite. Max bite Ainswee. No hit."
In case you were wondering, it's really fun living with a 2-year-old vampire.
