Anna

Anna's hair on Wednesday morning before school. I found this magical stuff you rub into your hair overnight. It is from Loreal, and I bought it for myself, but it works wonders on Anna's hair. She woke up and her hair was smooth. I just brushed through it quickly, and pinned the front back. The stuff was sort of expensive, but her hair only takes a pea sized amount and at this point, it is like peace at any cost.
OK, so the stuff isn't that magical... She still looks pretty grumpy here. It doesn't help that I neglected to fix the red eye before uploading this picture. She was mad about her "parkly and cratchy" (sparkly and scratchy) shirt. I guess the threads in the silver stripes are itchy? She is very sensitive about her clothing. Both of our kids have some sensory issues. They get it from DADDY.
Anna got this paper doll set from my brother and his wife. She is supposed to put the clothes on the paper dolls, but she likes to draw her own people instead and tape the clothing onto her artwork. She is holding it upside down in this picture. Now, what I would like to know, is why do these picture people get clothes, but Flat Stanley that we mailed to Grandma Jane in Kentucky gets NO clothes? Instead he got a penis drawn on him. She decorated him, and I made the mistake of pointing in between his legs, and saying, "What's that?" She rolled her eyes, and said, "That is Flat Stanley's PENIS, Mama!" I think Grandma Jane would have figured out that Stanley was a boy, by his name. I don't think she needed him to be anatomically correct.

I just went in to check on Anna, and I noticed she had something in her mouth. I reached and pulled it out, and was mildly horrified when I kept pulling and pulling out this long strip of paper towel she had wadded up in her mouth. I said, "Anna! Why in the world would you put paper towels in your mouth? You aren't a baby anymore!" She said, "But Mama! My mouth was too minty!" It has been Dental Health week at Jonathan's school so he keeps bringing toothpaste and toothbrushes home. Both of them are really into brushing their teeth now. Like, seven times a day. Strangely, the toothpaste they send home is not kiddy flavor.... it is real mint Crest. So I guess she was using the paper towel to wipe her mouth out and absorb the minty.

Jonathan is playing his old Gameboy Advance that Jacob gave to him. Jonathan is going through a Mario/Luigi obsession. I am not looking forward to the first time he falls "in love" with a girl. Whenever Jonathan likes something, he becomes consumed by it. That is all he can talk about, think about. His entire wall in his room is covered with huge depictions of different Mario maps and levels. Anyways, he is playing his old Gameboy, which has a really dim screen. I was trying to help him out by wiping it off because it was all smudgy. He saw that I was using Anna's blanket, and he said, "Mama! That's Anna's blanket!" I said, "Oh don't worry, she won't mind." But his concern was not for the blanket but for his Gameboy: "Oh, gross! You got her nakedness all over my Gameboy!" I guess he considers her blanket contaminated by Anna germs.