our eccentricities

- continues to kiss us on the lips and begs us to tuck her in every night.  in fact, her nightly bedtime stalling tactics are professional grade!

- shows caring in a creative, craftsy way.

-has recently endured her 7th pulled tooth- with the help of valium.

- devours his entire daily water intake after 8 pm.  can't seem to be bothered by a drink at any other time but lies in his bed at night sipping multiple bottles full of water.

- recently picked holes through 4 shirts in a matter of 1 week.  worried he'd get in trouble when bored at school, he picked at his shirts to stay out of trouble.  remember shaun white? (http://stoverstreetfam.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-shaun-white-collection.html)  i pulled out the big guns to eradicate this behavior- all beloved shaun white articles were taken away until he stopped.

- came to me devastated and in tears one day.  without precipitation, he broke down and expressed his frustrations about getting married. "mom, i don't want to have to buy a wedding ring.  it's no fair that boys have to use all their money to pay for stupid sparkly things."

- is obsessed with strawberry shortcake.  she knows every single character and their animal!  hardly able to be convinced to watch anything else, she has also memorized the theme song.

- has cleverly learned the art of getting what she wants.  with a very gracious approach, she says, 'i need to ask you something.  you can say yes or no but...'