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Emma Said: Hot Sandwich

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While I was in NYC Emma and Shuggie had a lunchtime miscommunication of O’Bryant proportions…
Emma: Can I hab a peanut butta and jeddy sandlich?
Shuggie: Sure.
Shuggie started making the sandwich and Emma interrupted.
Emma: I want a hot sandlich Shuggie.
Shuggie: A hot peanut butter and jelly sandwich? I KNOW your Momma doesn’t cook a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
Emma: NO! A HOT ONE!
Shuggie: I don’t know what your saying baby, you’re going to have to show me.
Emma started marching into the laundry room towards her play-doh supplies.
Shuggie: We’re not doing play-doh right now, honey. It’s time to eat and I don’t know what you mean by a “hot sandwich” but I KNOW you’ve never had a hot peanut butter and jelly.
Emma spun around on her heels, balled her fists and through gritted teeth, GROWLED: I NOT TALKING ABOUT A HOT SANDLICH! I WANT A HOT SANDLICH!
Emma reached into the play-doh bucket and pulled out a giant heart-shaped cookie cutter, that I sometimes use to cut her sandwiches.
Shuggie: OOHHHHH! You want a HEART sandwich!
Emma sighed a big sigh of relief and said with a smile, “YEAH! A hot sandlich!”

Aubrey Meets the Teacher

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I took my baby to real school this afternoon, to meet her kindergarten teacher. I left Emma and Sadie at home with Shuggie and made a big deal about going to Aubrey’s school, with just Aubrey.

We met her teacher Mrs. Wood and Aubrey got to pick out a stuffed animal out of a basket to bring back with her on her first day for a safari, which she is VERY excited about. Her first conversation with her teacher went something like this:

MW: What’s your name?
Aubrey: It starts wif an A. (Not sure if she wanted to show off her mad alphabet skillz or was trying to be a smart aleck by making the teacher guess what her name was.)
Me: Her name is Aubrey, and she is so excited about school. Aren’t you Aubrey?
Aubrey: Yeah, I got a kindergarten mat and everything. AND my sthisther got one, but hers not coming wif me. (Emma did indeed ask for a nap time mat and her Shuggie got her one, I am afraid she is going to be heartbroken when Aubrey leaves for school and she isn’t able to go “wif” her.)

We were leaving the school and saw Shuggie, Emma and Sadie rolling up in the double stroller. Shuggie: Aubrey, did you meet your teacher? Is she so nice?
Aubrey: YEAH! She gave me this stuffed animal and her name is Mrs. Log.
Me: Wood…her name is Mrs WOOD.
Aubrey: Huh?

Emma & Sadie

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Emma had Sadie cracking up tonight so I grabbed the camera to record them. So sweet and precious, right up until the end, when Emma…well you’ll see. I’ll just say I turned the camera off and tried to have a serious conversation with Emma without laughing.

The Moultrie News

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Click HERE to read today’s article in The Moultrie News!
(The Joy of Baby Monitors: Who is Watching Who?)

Agent Update

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OK, so er’body wants to know how it went with my agent in NYC and here’s the deal. She had a family emergency that is not my bidniss to discuss, but it was a for real emergency that she had no control over and she needed to be with her family. She was very apologetic and we are working on a Plan B for getting revisions underway. I wouldn’t want to work with someone who thought work was more important than her family, and I respect her for putting them first!

I firmly believe that nothing is a surprise to God, and that all things work together for the good of those that love HIM. Which means bad things happen, God doesn’t MAKE them happen but He will cause good things to happen in spite of bad situations. I believe I have the best agent on the planet, and plan on sticking to her like white on rice!

I’m Baaaaaaa-aaaaack!

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We had a great time even though I wasn’t able to meet with my agent due to a family emergency. Zeb and I went and saw Rock of Ages (with Constantine from American Idol- not of fan of his from Idol but I am now!) and Wicked which was AMAZING!

We did a lot of subway riding and walking and really enjoyed being together and in the city. I was ready to get back to my kids by the time we left! And I’m fairly certain Shuggie was ready for me to be back, as well!

Aubrey and Emma rode with me to a chiropractor appointment yesterday afternoon, Sadie stayed home with Shuggie and while we were waiting to be seen, Aubrey wrung her hands and said, “Poooooor Shuggie!”
Me: Why poor Shuggie?
Aubrey: Her doesn’t have one more kid…
Me: I’m pretty sure she’s OK.

I called my mom to tell her what Aubrey said, and she said, “Tell her not to worry. I have one sleeping baby and I am FINE!”

Leaving for NYC

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So I got dressed all cute this morning and put all my makeup and jewelry on, and finished packing my bags for New York. While I was getting ready Aubrey came in to help me and asked if she could have some of “your-scara“, also known as, “my-scara.” I coated her long blond lashes and even blessed her with some lip gloss since I was getting ready to leave.

I wanted to look really cute just in case somebody recognized me…from, um…preschool or something. Which doesn’t really make any sense because if I wanted to be recognized then I shouldn’t have washed my hair, put on makeup or a dress. But I digress, I was excited about my trip and wanted to look very writerly in case someone wanted to ask me WHY in the world I was going to New York City.

I was feeling quite sassy and cute in my brown dress, with real jewelry and my new leopard print ballet flats, when Aubrey up and decided to break every rule I had ever made. I was trying to put her in time out, answer my mother’s question about household things, kiss Emma, hold my baby and keep from flashing my underwear to my sweet neighbor who had volunteered to take my husband and I to the airport.

I was trying to discipline Aubrey so I wouldn’t leave the house with her acting like a wild woman, but also didn’t want to discipline her and leave for four days with her hysterical. Emma was sitting at the computer playing Dora the Explorer and minding her own business, while Aubrey’s “my-scara” ran all over her face a la Tammy Faye Baker.

I finally got it all together- I had consoled Aubrey, kissed Emma, snuggled Sadie and all of my bags, including my manuscript and my laptop were in the car. I had time for a quick potty break before we left for the airport. I went to my bathroom to find that someone (read: Emma) had put an entire roll of toilet paper in my toilet.

I grabbed a plastic grocery bag and fished it out of the potty. I left for the airport with a full bladder and feeling much more like the preschool mommy I really am, than the writerly person I had dressed up to be!