A vacation must be due...

Tonight, we were reading a Busytown book.  One story in the book is about building roads and it had a gas station.  It showed how the diesel trucks bring the gas to the gas station and put the gas into the tanks underground. 

Big Girl was intrigued by the gas station and continued to ask many questions about how the gas gets under the ground and then back up to the pumps.  I told her that maybe we could go look at a gas station to see what it looks like in real life.

Big Girl:  I know, we can go to Hawaii to see them building one.  They have some gas to build in Hawaii.

How can you argue with that logic?  Especially when today, we are iced in the house and are expecting quite a few inches of snow during the night.

The Nap Battle

Today has been a little chaotic.  We are about to leave and have been saying "goodbye" all day.
This is definitely getting in the way of naps.


On our first attempt at a nap, Big Girl sat up in her bed and said:


Big Girl:  Momma, can we say 'bye-bye' to Brother and get a Sister?


Me: You want to say 'bye-bye" to Brother?


Big Girl: Yes, and get a Sister.

Me: How about if we keep Brother and just get another Sister?


Big Girl: Um, No.


Then, on our third attempt at nap, after Grandma and Grandpa had arrived, I had finally gotten Big Girl into bed, when she sat up, jumped out of bed and...


Big Girl: Mom, I have to scratch my bottom, it itches.  (As she starts walking away.)  I'll be right back, I need to go tell Grandma and Grandpa my bottom itches.


Me: No, get back in bed.


Big Girl:  But, I need to scratch my bottom.


Me: Alright, scratch your bottom and then get back in bed.  You do not need to tell anyone that you are scratching your bottom.


That sentence definitely made the list of sentences I did not expect to EVER make.