Here sishy sishy sishy....

"I want to hold the sishie!!"

Ok, seriously, my daughter is a fish murdering frog napper! Should I be worried? Yesterday Konner came and got me upstairs telling me that Kaylin got his "srogs". I asked him what frogs. And he said "My srogs, mom! Kaylin got them! Come here, I'll show you." I followed him, and sure enough one of my little aquarium frogs was on the floor in the corner behind a cabinet. Konner then said "And she has the ozzer one in her room! I'll go get it." And off he ran. He came back seconds later with my second frog! I took both frogs and put them back in the water. I then turned to my little doll, who was standing there watching Konner and I with her right hand fisted, not saying a word. Konner then says "And she has my sish too, mom!" What???!!!!!!

I asked her what she did with the fish. She said "In the sishie tank. So I looked and found one of my orange mollies floating dead, and only 2 live fish huddled in a corner looking traumatized. I asked her where my fish were and she says (totally irritated) "In the sishie tank!!". I looked at her hand and asked what was in her hand, and she just looked at me. I pried her hand open and found my black molly DEAD in her hand! I asked again "Where are my fish Kaylin???" "In the sishie tank!!! I then looked at her and noticed the scratches on her chest and tummy and I asked her where they came from. She grinned and said "The sishie tank." That's when I noticed that her face and hair were wet! What did she do???? Go bobbing for fish??? She got her bottom swatted and sent to her room. I searched for the other fish and found them hiding in the decorations. But two were dead. My 2 year old seriously killed 2 of my fish. Again, should I be worried? She fell asleep in her room and after she woke up I decided to have a talk with her. It went something like this.......

Me - Kaylin, you CANNOT take the fish and the frogs out of the water. They'll die.
Kaylin - I want to hold them.
Me - I know, but they have to stay in the water or they will die.
Kaylin - I want to hold them.
Me - Kaylin, fish have to live in the water. People breathe air, but fish breathe water. If you take fish out of the water they will die because they can't breathe.
Kaylin - I want to play with them and hold them and pet them and kiss them.
Ewe
Me - You can play with the dog and cat. You can pet the dog and cat, but you can't play with the fish.
Kaylin - I want to hold them!!
Me - KAYLIN!!! YOU CANNOT TAKE THE FISH OUT OF THE WATER! THEY WILL DIE! TWO FISH ALREADY DIED BECAUSE YOU TOOK THEM OUT OF THE WATER, DO NOT TAKE ANYMORE FISH OUT OF THE WATER! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
Kaylin - I WANT TO HOLD THEM!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Me - Do not take the fish out of water, Kaylin Elizabeth or I will take them away!

I went into the kitchen, and after a few minutes Konner was back telling me that Kaylin was after the fish again. I go and check and sure enough, she is on the table at the tank again.

Me - Kaylin!!!! I said do not take the fish out of the water!
Kaylin - I want to hold them!

Today....
We were gone most of the day and when we came home she went straight for the fish tank.

Me - Kaylin, do you not understand me? I said you cannot hold the fish or play with them.
Kaylin - I want to hold them!
Me - Ok, if you touch the tank at all, even just touch it with your finger, you will get a bottom
swap and you will go to bed for the rest of the night.
Kaylin - I just want to hold them, mommy

Is she kidding me?! And again, should I be worried???

Growing Up

Look at this face.....

Don't you just love that face? I do!!

I can't believe my baby is growing up. It seems like only yesterday a nurse handed him to me in the hospital.

He was such a sweet baby. The best baby really. He was so calm and so easy and so cuddly.

He is growing up so fast! He's such a big boy.

His first day of pre-school is Monday. We went to orientation today and met his teachers, got a tour, and learned the schedule. He is so excited. After orientation we went to Target, and Konner got to pick out a new back pack, lunch box/bag, a folder, and new "school shoes" (tennis shoes). The new shoes are because my son lives in flip flops and no flips flops allowed at school! I can't believe my baby is growing up!

I just love that face!

My big girl!!!

Mike and I do not have the same idea of when it is a good time to get our daughter's ears pierced. He feels that when she turns 8 is a good time. I feel when she asks is a good time. Well that time (my time) has come! Last week Kaylin asked me if she can wear earrings like mommy does. So I asked her if she wanted to get her ears pierced, and she said yes. I explained to her that it will only hurt when her ears are being pierced, but then the pain goes away. And I gave her ear lobe a little pinch. I also told her that it will hurt more when she is older than it will now. And I promised her a prize if she made it through getting them pierced. And she still said she wanted them done.

So I took her to the mall today and got them done! I made sure that I went when 2 girls would be there to do both ears at the same time. The girls were great with Kay. They told her what they were going to do before they did it. And they talked to her about her. After they were done, Kay smiled and giggled and looked at her new earrings. No meltdown, no crying, no whining, no complaining, nothing. She never once mentioned that it hurt. As soon as we got home she showed Papa her new earrings. As soon as daddy walked in the door she showed him her new earrings. She loves them!

Before

And after

A Typical Dinner in this Rigby Household!

Just watch the videos.

Do I need to say more?

Knott's Berry Farm

Saturday was my nephew's birthday. So we went to Knott's to celebrate. It was such a hot day, but we had fun anyway.

This truck ride right here was the only ride Konner liked and went on willingly. Kylie even enjoyed this ride!

Kaylin having one of her meltdowns. I borrowed MY water sprayer from her. Made her mad.

Kylie would not go to sleep! Dee gave her a wet cloth and Lee Lees latched and went to sleep!

Getting ready to watch the bike, skateboard, dancing show. Awesome show!! The kids loved it.

Kaylin got to meet the cast!

Has it reallybeen that long?!

I can hardly believe that it has been 7 months since I had this little doll. She is the sweetest baby. She smiles when I walk into a room. She cries when I leave a room. She says "mamamamamamamamamamama". She coos when I cuddle her. She smiles when I look at her. She smiles when she sees herself in the mirror. She snuggles. She's just so perfect! I love her so!

She really likes her cookies. She also likes to wear them....

Just chillin

Jumping in her jumper. She loves this thing!

On his way......

Konner has longed to be on a soccer team like his dad. I have been searching for a year for some soccer class or club or something to get him into. Finally, I found something! Whittier's chapter of AYSO starts at age 4. Konner made the cut off by 4 days. He had been 4 for 2 weeks when we finally started practices.

Here's his team in their end of practice huddle. So cute!!

The next two are videos of Konner dribbling the ball in a drill and then of a little scrimage.

It's so funny to look at my life now. I'm something I never thought I would EVER be! A mini van driving soccer mom! And I have to say I love it!!