The Things They Do and Say (That Keep Me RUNNING)

• Everleigh--At nearly 2, she has become a handful. A very cute one but a very busy little girl who is inclined to graffiti the walls, decorate her clothes, cut anything, and sadly, hit her sister repeatedly. We had a fun evening out last week that included dinner out. At not yet 2, Ev (and her siblings) eat enough, that we purchased her a kids' meal. I jokingly said to Mike, "Sorry Daddy, Ev's going to cost you more." Ev looked up from her plate, grinned, and said, "Sorry Daddy." She came up to her dad today and pointed to her back end and said, "Daddy, change diaper." And last night when I put her to bed during Monday Night Football, she cried, "Watch football, watch football."
• Kyrie--She's a very good sister who plays happily with Everleigh. Today I made a Viking boat with Ben. We worked together while Kyrie was supposed to be napping. We cut, glued, and assembled using detailed instructions. Kyrie came downstairs, saw what we had done and had made her own without help in about half the time. She likes to tell people she's allergic to things (which she isn't). She loves to play with her dolls, changing their clothes and giving them naps and bouncing them to quiet them down. Last night she was upset the doll's pjs were too big for her. I responded that she would "grow into them." "Mom, dolls don't grow," was her response. She recently told us she wants to have her first baby at 14 and then find a husband. If you don't see her for 20 years, you'll know why. We have the rain for a moat; just need to start digging. 
• Ben has become a football fanatic. He spends his days reading statistics, drawing logos and asking us who we are rooting for in every game. He has also discovered smack talk and we are working to teach him that it might be fun in his fantasy football league but it doesn't extend to daily conversation. Unfortunately, he decided this year that school is not nearly as fun as football, legos, computer games, and XBox. He and Kyrie have taken to fighting, verbally and physically, and I have new respect for my mother, who gave up homeschooling me one year and sent me away she was so sick of the fighting.  

I have my hands full. I'm tired.