The dreaded "F" word

For those of you that know me, you also know that I have a tendency to have quite a trucker's mouth. Well appearently is seems that the vernacular in my house needs some altering as Caitlyn has become somewhat fond of this word. The first couple times that she spoke it, I paid no attention to it hoping that she would forget about the word......no such luck.

Her latest sentence including this word was...
"I don't want to play this f*cking game anymore. The game that she is referencing is Hi Ho Cherry-O brought to her by Santa.

The reason that this latest statement has me so up in arms is because not only is she using the word appropriately in the proper context, but she is now managing to conjugate it! Yes, I am thankful that my child has learned how to conjugate verbs....but could she use words like jump and play and add the -ing to those? Nope, she has to stand out of course.

We have now had the discussion of what words are nice to say and what words that little girls are not supposed to say.

She is going to have a little sister named Baby Meghan

Caitlyn would love for this to be true. Her newest endeavor is telling people that I am having a baby. It is going to be a girl and she is going to name it Baby Meghan. She is actually convinving people that she has gone to the doctor with me as well.

So as we visit people during this holiday season, I have to forwarn those in the room that if she mentions it, it is not true. I have already had people congratulating me on the big news!

She hasn't spoken a funny word since October???

Not true. Of course Caitlyn has said numerous silly things. However, her mother is not very on top of things these days. So maybe I should get my butt in gear and start typing some of the things she has said. Easier said than done as now they are escaping my memory...of course.

There are a few that I can seem to recall and I will post those.

If she's the Princess, does that mean that I am the wicked Stepmother?

We all know that Caitlyn loves the Disney Princesses now. She wants anything and everything that has them on it. So she has this DVD that has some of the love songs turned into pop songs with children dancing to them. She watches this a hundred times a day and knows the majority of the songs by heart.
So tonight Caitlyn is dancing and singing to the songs as usualy...wearing her snow White crown and holding her wand. She comes over to me to ask for some chocolate (a woman after my own heart) . I tell her that she needs to bring me her bowl from the table so that I can put it in there. When she brings it to me, I say ever so politely, "Thank you." It is then that Caitlyn corrects me and helps me to see the error of my ways.

"Mommy you need to say 'Thank you Princess Caitlyn.'" Hmmmmm...didn't realize that we were royalty in this house.

Poop happens.....or does it?

As many of you may know, Caitlyn has been a very difficult child to potty train. Some time back, approximately a year or so, Caitlyn was gung ho and ready to pee on the potty. She did so beautifully. Then for some unknown reason known to man, she decided that she no longer liked the idea of it. Oh well you say, no big deal as she was only 2ish. Well, here we are at over 3ish and there is still no peeing in the potty. Although we do love to sit on it and watch TV.....

Last night Caitlyn tells me that she wants to wear her Freabella (Cinderella for those English speaking folks) panties and poop on the potty. Now, normally, pooping on that thing is something that chidren typically do not accomplish until they have mastered the art of peeing into that thing. But if my child wants to poop in it first, it would not surprise me as she has not chosen the normal path for anything in her life!

I proceed to take off the diaper, put on the panties, and help her sit on the potty. It is then that she begins to push and grunt and moan. After about 15 minutes, and no poop, I kindly say to her that maybe she should just wait a little bit and maybe it will happen then. Caitlyn, being her power hungry self, insists on sitting there until something, anything, happens.

I go about my business while she continues her deeds. Then Caitlyn says to herself, quielty as though no one is supposed to hear...
"Awwww, this is never gonna work. I can't poop here."

And there you have it....back into the diaper we went.

Can the sky be painted?

As we were leaving the house on Friday to go to school, Caitlyn looked at the sky and was very saddened by the fact that it was overcast and grey. She looked at me with sad eyes and said:
"Mommy, the sky is not blue today. Maybe Gramma Rita will paint it for me!"
What a logical little thing she is.....if it's not right, just fix it right?

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Since Caitlyn has started talking, the things that come out of her mouth often amaze me, make me laugh until my stomach hurts, or bring tears to my eyes. Because of Caitlyn's rough start in life, the things that she says often make me realize what a miracle she truely is.
I have created this blog because some of the things that Caitlyn says and does will be forgotten over time. I would love to be able to write them all down, but who really has time for that? So I figured if I could just type them in as they come out of her, it would be a magnificent record for her to look back on when she is older.....and for all of us to get a good laugh at every now and again.