Girls Are Gross!

I have plenty of friends and family members that have at least one boy, so I had plenty of warnings about just how gross, nasty, dirty and disgusting boys are while I was pregnant with Devin. But I gotta tell you, girls can be pretty gross also.

Abbie is at that great age right now where her imagination can really take over. She brings us empty toy cups and warns us to blow on the coffee before drinking it.  She cooks up all sorts of invisible goodies in her kitchen.  And lately she will asks us to take something from her hand and since there is nothing there, we have to ask her "what is it?" in order to play along.

Well, yesterday Abbie's school called because she was running a fever of 101.  She was in great spirits all evening, but just had a nagging cough. Of course, when it was time to lay down, the cough got much worse, so I went in her room and laid down with her for a little while to help soothe her to sleep.  We only had a night light on, so when she offered me her hand I reached out and accepted the invisible goodie. Or so I thought it was invisible.  I asked her what it was and she replied, "A booger".

Without even thinking, I threw the treat clear across the room and squealed.  Of course, then I had to explain to my impressionable 3-year-old that we do not throw boogers across the room, and then I had to spend the next 5 minutes searching for the little gem.

See, girls are gross too.

Dueces and Naked Chicks

My parents have told me on more than one occasion that I took great delight as a child in undressing my Barbie dolls...but rarely bothering to put their clothes back on.  I'm not sure why that was such a fun game, but my daughter has also discovered, all on her own, that this is a super fun game!  Michael and I frequently find ourselves stepping on naked dolls.  And if you are my "friend" on Facebook you will recall that I uploaded a picture of Devin's first bath where Abbie brought him a naked Ariel doll in an effort to console her cold, teary brother.

Well, a couple weeks ago she again brought her brother a naked doll when he was crying.  She also brought him a pacifier, but Michael seems to think it was really the naked doll that cheered him up.  It wasn't until after I had snapped this picture that we noticed the peace sign Devin also seemed to be throwing up at us.  Hope you enjoy the picture. Dueces!!