"I Wanted to Stay Warm"

Each morning is the same routine in waking up the kids.  I open up my door to my room, gingerly walk past "the boy"'s door. I don't want him up yet, it just causes problems.  I go downstairs and wake up Brooke and Phoebe.  Brooke is usually real good, Phoebe I have to coax out of bed and then it is off to Chloe's room.

This morning I walked into Chloe's room and find her laying face down on her sheets.  All the blankets pushed to the bottom of the bed in a heap.  She is face down in her night gown and her winter coat on.  Fully zipped up and hood on.  All I saw was a pink coat piled on the bed.  I busted up.  I lost it. Where was Ron to see this, where was my camera for a picture. I shared the view with Brooke (she laughed too) and then woke Chloe up.

"Chloe? Chloe? Why do you have your coat on?"

Very sleepily she looks at me through her hair. "I wanted to stay warm Mommy."
"Why didn't you use the blankets on your bed?"
Slightly puzzled, she answered "I don't know."

Chloe is such a funny girl.  Drama, goofiness, lovey, and cute all rolled up into one fantastic girl.

Quote of the Day
 

Chloe -  "Going to Sleep is Boring!"

Dish-Pan Hands


My dishwasher is broken.  I guess I could still use it, but the heating element is broken and it won't heat the water and dry the dishes.  It doesn't clean very well.  I am sad it broke.  I did find the part for it and it didn't cost all that much to get it, but it will take 2-3 weeks to get the part.  I was sad.  Now I had to do dishes by hand. Cringe.  I don't have a drying rack.  So off to Walmart I go to get a drying rack and bottom thingy.  Oh what a sour mood I was in.  I get to Walmart and they had drying racks on clearance in RED.  I was happy.  It would match my kitchen.  So this morning I was set to wash the dishes - bound and determined I would get this nasty chore done.

I forgot how I loved, as a child, watching the bubble grow as the water fills the sink.  I had forgotten how warm the water was and I had forgotten how peaceful it was to stand and do dishes.  Something else I forgot, gloves - for my hands as I now have dish-pan hands. :) 

The Olympics

The quote of the day from Phoebe.
"The luge is better than Ice Skating.  I wouldn't want to spin in the air and have someone drop me."
She is just so cute!