Sunday Fit Bit

Eden looks at dad's fit bit to see how many steps he's taken today...

Eden: "Dad, that's way too many steps for a Sunday."
Dad: "What are we? Jewish?"

Apparently, we need to all wear fit bits on Sunday to make sure we keep the Sabbath Day holy and don't take too many steps...

Eden's Song

Eden got on top of the kid's table...I mean, "stage" and sang a song.

"It is not easy.  It is very complicated.  And now my cabbage is soggy."

Oh...what a performance.  Encore!  Encore!

Tears of Joy

We drove up to Taylorsville for the first time since being back from St. George.  On the way off the freeway Eden saw the hospital where Molly was born...

Eden:  "Mom!  That's the hospital were Molly was born!"
Mom:  "Yep!  That's it!"
Eden:  "I remember when Molly was born.  It makes me so happy I want to cry!"
(Eden BURSTS into tears...like SOBBING buckets of tears.)
Mom:  "Are you OK?  Are you crying because you are happy?"
(Continues to sob.)
Eden:  "Yes. I remember seeing Molly for the first time and her little eyes opened!  She was so cute!"

It took her a few minutes to compose herself again.  She is one tender-hearted soul.

Raising Drama

Eden can be such a drama queen.

But I figure that it comes with being a girl....I know that I was the same way when I was little.

The other day, we took a trip to Target and I ended up buying a dollar gift for each of the girls.  Eden wanted these princess rings.  She had ballet later that night and I told her that she shouldn't wear them because they could fall off (they were quite loose on her fingers).  But she INSISTED on wearing one.  I told her, "OK, but if you notice that it gets hard to hold on to the ring then give it to the teacher so you don't lose it."  She agreed.

She ended up giving it to the teacher.

And we forgot the ring and left after ballet class.

After all sorts of drama in the car, there was a little silence...and then....

(Eden starts crying a little)

Eden:  "I'm trying not to cry but I left my ring with my teacher   

The only think with me are my hot candies, 

my blankie, and my tiny little tears!"

Movie Time with Eden

Eden and I had a late night mommy/daughter movie night.

Eden chose out Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

It was quite entertaining to hear what Eden had to say...

(Snow White first comes to the dwarfs house and nobody is home)

"Snow White just walked into their house

cause she's a princess and can do that. 

I can't just walk into people's houses."

(Snow White is cleaning the cottage)

"Everything there is made of wood. 

There is no carpet. 

If they walk around barefoot, they will get slivers."

(The dwarves sneak up the stairs to see Snow White upstairs)

"Look at their stairs! 

They need to be careful cause they have no railing. 

They may fall!"



Edenish

Eden has developed a new language (both written and spoken) which she has come to call "Edenish".  She often tells me how to say and write things in Edenish.  She also says that she wants to go door to door teaching people her language.

Nighttime Noises

At library story time, they talked about bedtime.

The librarian posed a question...

"What keeps you up at night?"

Eden's response for all to hear...

"When mommy does the dishes in the night and I'm trying to sleep."

Even When You're Pregnant

When Eden talks to me, she will sometimes add a little phrase at the end of her sentence...

"....even when you're pregnant."

The ones I can remember off the top of my head are...

"Mom...I love you so much....even when you're pregnant."

and after she dressed me up all pretty and did my hair she said,

"Dad is going to think you are so pretty.

He'll want to be with your forever!

...Even when you're pregnant."

How sweet...kind of.

Post Check Up

Eden was so excited to go back to all her doctor's appointments after the whole osteomyelitis experience.

Before we went she told me,

"Everyone is going to be so excited to see me back again!"

Whenever she saw someone walking around the hospital that looked like a doctor or nurse she would smile and say,

"Hi!  I'm back!"

"I stayed here cause I had an IV!"

Officially Four

After turning four....Eden had quite a few episodes where she was in denial of having turned four.

"I'm only THREE!  I know it!"
"I know because I still can't reach things on the top shelf!"
"I'm NOT four!"

But officially now after a month of being four, she'll say that she's four and not three.  Apparently something changed her mind and she is now OK being four.

Dr. Eden

There were a few days where I had really bad morning sickness.  Eden was a very good doctor.

Eden:  "Mom, you can come to my doctor's office."

(points to the bathroom)

Eden:  "It even has a place for you to sit in case you need to throw up."

(points to the floor next to the toilet)

(mom gladly sits with her head by the toilet)

Eden:  "Now let me look inside of you."

(takes a mirror and looks down at me)

Eden:  "I think I see the problem...you're pregnant."

Mom:  "Ohhh..."

Eden:  "I don't see anything accept your baby in there."

Mom:  "Can you tell if its a boy or a girl."

Eden:  "No cause it doesn't have any hair yet."

(since girls obviously have long hair and boys have short hair)

Then the next day I was taking a bath and she came inside.

Eden:  "Mom.  Sorry you're not feeling very good."

Mom:  "Thanks Eden."

Eden:  "I think you need some tubby toys."

Mom:  "That's a good idea.  Do you want to get me some?"

Eden:  "Yeah.  I'll go get your my two FAVORITE ones."

(She comes back with two tubby toys)

I must say, Eden's really good with people who are sick and older people.

Baby Name

Eden decided on a name if the new baby is a girl...

Ilon Ice Finlinson

(said eye-lon)

Let's hope this baby's a boy...

Singing and Dancing

Should I be worried that my kids favorite dance moves are YMCA and the Robot?

Not to mention that today, randomly, both Eden and Leila started singing, "Ice Ice Baby"....

(p.s. I don't listen to YMCA, Mr. Roboto, and Ice Ice Baby...the dance and song came from my ward talent show act.)

Stylin'

We were going to the park.

Eden said she had to get ready and came out wearing a crown and sunglasses. She looked at her reflection on the car and struck a pose.

Mom: "Man, you're a superstar!"

Eden: "No, I'm just a princess that's stylin'."

Well said.

Feeding Tube

We got slushies during happy hour at Sonic.

Eden was drinking through a straw, when she stopped and said,

"Mom. Its kind of like a feeding tube. Except it goes in your mouth."

Only my child would compare straws to feeding tubes.

Ebola and Malaria

Eden's back to wanting to learn all about diseases and parasites.

A few weeks ago she learned about the Ebola virus and loved it.

The week after we started reading about malaria and it scared her to death.

Ebola: Eats all your internal organs, through your skin, makes you bleed out your mouth and eyeballs, eats through your brain until you can't remember anything and go crazy, you need to be put into solitary confinement because it is highly contagious and kills you after 2 weeks.

Malaria: You get it from mosquitoes. That's as far as we got through that book before she was too scared to read further.

Eden's Valentine

I was teaching preschool for Valentines.

Me: "Who knows what today is?"

Eden: "Valentines Day!"

Me: "Right! Why do we celebrate Valentines Day?"

(Blank stares from kids)

Me: "Its a day to remember to show people that we love them."

Me: "Who are some people we love?"

Roman: "Our family!"

Eden: "Roman!"

Me: "Our family and friends. Exactly."

Me: "So, how do we show that we love them?"

(Quiet)

Me: "We can do nice things for them....give hugs and kisses."

(Eden runs over and kisses Roman)

Later that day....

Me: "Eden. Do you like Roman?"

Eden: "Yeah. He's a good boyfriend."

But in her defense I do think she meant "a boy that's a friend". She also named others boys that were friends.

Love Letters

Eden was "writing letters" on Nana's iPhone.

(pushing random keys)

"Dear Nana,

I love you.

I know because I feel it

deep within my heart.

I also love mermaids.

Love, Eden"

Classical Music

Eden and I listened to some classical music the other day and I was talking to her about the different instruments and composers. A few days later we drew some pictures of instruments (we looked them up online). She was really into learning the few instruments we talked about.

A week or so later Eden and I went to a neighbor's house to return something. I talked while she played with toys.

Eden: "Mom! Look what I found?!"

(I look over and she's holding a recorder)

Eden: "Its an OBOE!"

She was thrilled.

When I Grow Up

Eden's been really into pedestrian signs lately. She always looks out for them and tells me that I need to watch for pedestrians and stop for them.

The other day she told me...

"Mom, when I grow up, I want to be a pedestrian."

I had to explain that she's already a pedestrian.