Merry Christmas sayings:

Cindy has been saying some pretty cute things this Christmas, my favorites have been:  calling Santa "Santa-ta" I have no idea where she picked that up but it has stuck around all season, and my mom got her some jammies with Cindy Lou on them which she loves because they have her name on them.  When she wears them she calls herself Cindy Kay Lou Who and it sounds like "Cindy Tay Woo hoo".  Christmas rocks

New Baby Girl

We just had a new baby girl and Cindy has had some pretty funny things to say about her...She was really surprised the first time she saw the baby's umbilical cord.  Grammy explained that that was where the baby's belly button was and Cindy turned and said, "that's not a belly button, that is poop". She then told Grammy that she needed to clean it off.

She also has a pretty cute name for our new baby Chandel, she calls her "shambell" and says that the baby is Bell and she is Cinderella.

Big brothers are important

Yesterday morning Cyrus woke up and looked outside.  He got very excited when he saw frost on the mountains and ran to tell his dad that "it must be Christmas over there!"

Then a few minutes later he was finding a toy and concerned that Cindy Kay didn't have one too.  His Dad told him that she was just out of luck, and he replied..."She's not out of luck, she has a big brother!"

Cyrus takes being a big brother very seriously, he tries to be a good example and helps to take care of his sister when she is sad or sick.  Lately it has been fun to watch Cindy Kay returning the hugs and comforting him when he is upset too.  Adding a third baby into the mix will be exciting :)

Super Sweet and Sassy

So Cindy Kay has always been very sweet and very sassy.  She knows what she wants, that is for sure.  Today Cyrus needed a stool so I sent him down into our basement to get one and I told Cindy Kay that she needed to stay upstairs with me.  This was not what she wanted.  My sweet little two-year-old turned to me and said, "I am not going to play with you any more...I am going to go up to my bedroom and cry".  Whoa - and I was really fighting mixed emotions (trying not to laugh, being proud of her for putting together such a long phrase, and trying to decide if I should let her get away with talking back like that...).

Names for our new baby

Cyrus has been working hard to pick a name for our baby (which he is convinced will be a boy).  A few days ago at the breakfast table he told us he had picked the perfect name..."Housebreaker".  Eric and I burst out laughing and then of course I felt terrible for laughing right in my poor son's face but, come on, who wouldn't have?

What Cyrus thinks is funny.

I started posting on our blog and Cyrus told me something funny he says is "Cyrus Eugene Silly Neff" because it has a funny word in it. Cindy Kay has been pretty funny lately because all she wants to wear are her princess padamies. She is also way into pointing out, which things are for "big girls", which things are for "big boys" and which things are for babies. She has finally realized that we are going to have a new baby, but she is confused as to whether the baby is in Mommy's tummy or her own. 

Tonight at dinner, Cyrus told us he was the King of the Planet whose favorite food is Tuna Casserole. Cindy Kay claimed she was the King, I told her only boys could be Kings and that she should be a Queen, and she quickly changed to the Princess of the Planet whose favorite food is Tuna Casserole.

 

Daddy's jokes

During lunch today Cyrus turned to me and yelled "who's at the door?" I had not heard anyone at the door and I told him so.  He told me Daddy had taught him to say, "who's at the door?" and then say "banana".  It was at that point everything clicked.  Cyrus and Eric must have been practicing "Knock knock" jokes.

Pets

Last month we got a new dog and yesterday in the car Cyrus was ready for an upgrade.  He told me "a kangaroo would make a good pet, better than a giraffe because it is not so big".

Cindy Kay is now using two word phrases, like: hat on, hat off, shoes on, shoes off, momma pretty (describing my jewelry), where is he/she, sammy bone, ect.  She loves to chat and says hello to people in the store and then tells them goodbye.  It is pretty cute.