"I am the greatest winner!"

After the lights are turned out and the girls are in bed, they often ask Nate to take a nap with them. A long time ago, this meant that he'd lie down next to them for a few minutes, but now it's kind of evolved into him just spending a few minutes one-on-one with each of them. Usually they count or sing a song. Tonight it was my turn to stay with them, and Nate put Sean to bed. Bethany wanted to sing the "Letters Song". I don't know the real name or even the tune, but it goes throught the whole alphabet like this: A is for apple, ah ah ah. B is for bounce, buh, buh, buh....you get the idea. She loves that song. While I was singing it with her, Meagan was singing the ABC's to herself, and then I got to sing it with her again when it was her turn. When we were done, she said, "I am the greatest winner!" I'm glad she's so confident in herself.

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I swear Meagan's hit the terrible two's a couple years late. She's been awfully cranky lately. The other day, I threatened her with a spanking for some misbehavior or other, and when she didn't stop, I yelled, "Do you like spanks?!" She looked at me totally seriously and said, "No, I like horsies and elephants and helicopters."

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Meagan heard me referred to as Mrs. Terry the other day. She objected to that. She informed me that my name was Mommy Dawn Terry.

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Meagan is so excited to go to school. A few weeks ago, as Bethany's school bus pulled up, she decided she was going to school with her. She ran up the stairs--barefoot--and grabbed a jacket, ready to head out the door with Bethany. When I wouldn't let her go, she was so sad, and cried and cried. I explained to her that she needed to be a little bit older before she went to school. So now she runs around saying that when she gets a little bit older, she will go to school. Well, she put a twist on that one for me. Today she said, "I will get a little bit bigger and go to school and ride the bus and get a time out!" Nice to know she's planning to misbehave already!