Birth Order Blues!

Just a quick one today!

Last week Payton came storming into the kitchen in a snit. She screeches to a halt in front of me and with hands on her hips lets out an exasperated sigh. "Mom, if you has just made the doctor pull ME out first, I would be BIG!!" She then related the injustices that were occurring in the back yard right under my nose, the biggest and most offensive being size discrimination! Imagine!

I laughed, which didn't help, but then pulled her into my arms and savored her smallness. I then told her that before she knew it she would be big and able to do all sorts of amazing things. (though I fervently wish that wasn't so :( )

Oh, the irony that my teeniest tot would be the one that so desperately wants to do big things!!
(Brooklyn, on the other hand, wishes to have all things done for her!)

Aim High, My Angel Girl

Two weeks ago I was cracking eggs into a bowl one-handed, and the twins were sitting at the island watching me. Payton said, "Wow Mommy, you sure are good at breaking those eggs!". I said, "Well, I have been doing it for a long time. When you girls are my age you will be just as good or better at it.". Payton was nodding her head as if I had muttered a great truth, but it was Brooklyn that sent me into hysterics. My sweet Brooklyn Beth gave me a courtesy giggle, and then laid this bombshell; "Mommy, you're silly! Remember that I am going to be a princess when I grow up? When I want eggs I will just say "Hey guys, Make me some eggs.""!!!!!

How's that for career planning? =))

Then, a couple of days ago we were driving home, and Payton commented on a house she liked. Brooklyn pipes in from the back seat with, "When I grow up and you want to visit ME, just look for the big pink castle out in the country." She said this with all of the precious seriousness of a five year old.

You know what all of this got me thinking about? Brooklyn Beth WILL have all of that one day. (well maybe not the egg "guys") She IS a princess, because she is a daughter of the Most High King, and He knows the desires of my little girls heart. I think there may just be LOADS of pink castle's in God's country once we all get to spend eternity in the Kingdom of Heaven, because my angel surely isn't the only 5 year old with such lofty aspirations!! =)


P.S. Payton's dreams for the future include Sky-Diving. As the instructor. =0

Blissful Blessings!!

Today was a wonderful Sunday! I got to teach a class full of beautiful 3-year-olds who LOVE to yell about how much Jesus loves them, and then all 12 Hiesters went to Panera for lunch! I have to tell you, we have some of the cutest kids in town :) Not that I am biased or anything.....but I digress!

After our hour of family fellowship, we came home and put on our comfy clothes and grabbed blankets and piled all five of us, one upon the other, on our couch to watch a movie. It started raining, which we all agree is a wonderful thing, and so we went out in the back and ran around in it for about ten minutes, yelling and laughing and most likely scaring the neighbors, who are probably already convinced we are crazy and needed no further evidence of that fact!

We came in wet and happy, and had to change into more comfy clothes. Thank goodness we all have an ample supply of such things, it would be terribly inconvenient if we had to wear something uncomfortable! We then decided that chocolate chip cookies are the thing to have after a good romp in the rain, and so we dug out loads of bowls and supplies and went about making two batches of deliciously delightful cookies that were eaten as soon as they emerged from the oven! We did save most of them however, it being before dinner and all. That for those of you that were just shaking your heads and sighing at the shameful practice of cookie consumption pre-meal.

We all took a vote and settled on tomato soup and grilled cheese for dinner, and set about it quickly so that we could of course get back to the cookies :) After dinner we ALL did the dishes while dancing to Michael Jackson tunes, and then Chad and the kids threw a ball around in the living room( Payton is always the monkey in the middle, poor thing) while I made hot tea for everyone. I carried a tray of tea and cookies triumphantly into the living room, and we all enjoyed the fruits of our labor while we talked about our lessons from church today.

I have to say, before I go and tuck my girls in for the night;

I LOVE MY LIFE!!

Thank you Lord for all you have blessed me with. Your Grace is truly never ending! :)

Good night friends :)

Counting Closets!

This morning on the way to Sydney's school, Payton said, " I wish we could go to Zoe's today, I would really like to see how many closets they have."
WHAT?!? What kind of a four year old thinks about closets in other people's houses, let alone COUNTS them? Oh, my precious Payton, you are so delightfully quirky! I love you love you love you!! :)
I hope everyone has a great weekend, don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour this Saturday before you go to bed :)

Tenacious Tendancies!

My precious Payton has become quite obsessed with Zumba. She talks about it incessantly, tries to show Brooklyn the "moves", and tells any stranger that makes eye contact with her that it is her "new workout I do with my Mom, that's her." (pointing at me) (This is in addition to her name, her sisters name, and the fact that they are twins and that Brookie likes kitties. She is my social butterfly!) Brooklyn prefers to sit and watch us, so she is daily bombarded with helpful and exuberant suggestions from Payton. They are of mostly this nature; "Brooklyn, you should move your shoulders like this(shrugs shoulders) while you step like this( steps back and forth), or else you're doing it wrong! Here, watch me!" Brooklyn is normally in the next room by now, walking away shortly after Payton started talking!

Today Marianne is coming over with the girls for Zumba. Payton has been excited all day, cleaning and moving things from room to room in anticipation of their arrival. I found her at one point trying to push the couch back!! You would really have to see how tiny she is in proportion to the huge leather couch to understand the depth of my amusement. She is pretty ferocious for one so vertically challenged!

Payton has a pretty bad cough this week, and she was hacking away while wiping down their little table in the kitchen. Right in the middle of rearranging the vase of flowers sitting on said table she all of the sudden runs to the trashcan and gets violently ill! I held her hair back and then wiped her little face and asked her if she was Ok. Brooklyn was having a full blown freak out behind me, worried over her sister, but I knew it was coming because her cough is from choking on the stuff draining down her throat. She turned her little face up to mine and wiped her brow and said to me, "Mom, I can still Zumba, don't worry."

Oh, thank goodness!! That was TOTALLY what I was worried about Payton!

Watch out world, this child is fierce and deadly determined, once she gets her mind set on a goal!


On a side note, how much does it rock that my four year old sprite had the presence of mind to run to the trashcan!? I can't say the same for my nine year old, who actually changed the color of the carpet in the hallway last time she was sick :{

Sorry for the TMI!!

From the Mouths of Babes!

Just a quick share; Marianne came over today, and we Zumba'd(a Latin dance aerobic workout) our butts off in the living room. Our gym closed this Monday, so we are home-Zumba-ing for now! Payton did the workout with us today, and I must say she is dedicated, if not very skilled :) She muttered at one time, "I wish this was over...." or something to that effect, but she never took more than a 30 second break! We visited for awhile after the workout over our sugar-free Cinnamon Dulce Chai Latte's, and then the other Hiester ladies departed so we could all get to our busy days.
I took the twins in to put their hair up, and as Payton was following me into my bathroom she exclaimed,
"WOO!! There is no WAY Daddy is going to be able to do that Mommy, that was some HARD moves!" She then wiped her brow in mock exhaustion and rolled her eyes!! I love love love my kids :))

Cafe de la Mommy!

About a week ago, I was having some trouble with the twins. Now, nothing major, like the two of them forming a gang and skulking along the streets of Quail Lakes at night with their other tiny hoodlum friends; rather mundane and unimaginative trouble. They have been scoffing at my insistence that they pick up their room every night before bed, and have even gone so far as to stage little mini picket lines along their train table with My Little Ponies and other small toys of questionable character! Can you imagine? Well, we sat down with them and had a talk about doing the things that are asked of them in a "timely manner", so that everyone (meaning mommy) can go to bed happy and start the day fresh. They seemed to absorb the idea, with Payton actually stroking her chin in contemplation of the whole thing. Wonderful, thoughtful children. :)
The next day around 10 or so, they asked for a snack. Brooklyn came into the kitchen and said they wanted cheese and crackers, and so I obliged and cut up cracker-sized cheddar to accompany said crackers onto a small platter. I handed the tray to Brookie, and she smiled pleasantly and said, "Thank you". Then the little Diva carried the tray into the dining room where Payton was waiting and said, "Here is the food we ordered Payton." ORDERED? To which Payton replied, " Nice and timely!"
Genius! using my own words against me in the proper context the very next day! I honestly don't know whether to be proud of their quick minds, or insulted by the insinuation!