Underwood Farms

Lainey and her friends went to a pumpkin patch last week.

When I asked her to pick her favorite, this is what I found her doing.
"I only want 6 of them, Mom."

Not Very Lady-Like

We were in Utah last weekend to bless Rosey. The whole fam damily came to the cabin for the blessing and some refreshments As we all enjoyed Whitley's white bean chili, Rachel approached me and said, "Do you know what your daughter just told me? She said she has a hole in her bum where poop comes out."

A few days later, we were back in California and Lainey tapped my leg and said, "Dad, I have a hole in my bum where poop comes out." I decided to find out more, so I asked, "Really? How did it get there?" Laine thought for a second and said, "It got there from a storm cloud . . . a sweatshirt . . . and a rope."

From the Garden

Laine: "I ate two-matoes."

Dad: "You ate one tomato?"

Laine: "No. I ate two-matoes."

Dad: "Oh. You at two?"

Laine: "YES! I love matoes."

Alien InvAsian

It scares small children, horrifies all heterosexual males, and sends fashionistas into fits of rage. What am i talking about? Yep you probably guessed it right, The Asian Lady Sun Visor! Laine will forever have nightmares after her first sighting of one today! The girls and I went to Lacy Park this morning and Laine was bouncing away on a toy horse, singing, and yelling "Yee Haw!" when all of a sudden she stopped riding. Her eyes opened as wide as they could go, mouth agape-she completely froze. After a few moments, she was able to mouth, "Mom! There is an alien coming out of that jungle!" I turned to see what had frightened her and saw 'the alien'-an Asian lady in a sun visor! I hadn't laughed that hard in a long time.

Compromise

Mom: "Laine. When Dora ends, you need to close your eyes and take a nap."

Laine: "K. I'll just close one eye and keep one eye open."

She'll never take a nap again will she.

We Love Cousins!

Lainey and Addie became instant buddies when they came to visit (partly over their mutual Sleeping Beauty fixation). We loved having them and can't wait for these two to get together again.

Pinker Stinker

Since Rosey was born, Laine has showed us a new side of herself: her stinker side. She has not acted out towards Rosey, she just has been a bit more whiney, a bit more grumpy, and a bit more . . . of a stinker.

Smith and I were talking about this new phenomenon on the way to dropping him off at a friend's house. Smith shared with me his explanation of Laine's new stinkery ways: "Dad, Laine's favorite color used to be purple. Now that she changed her favorite color to pink, she has become a stinker. Get it? Pinkers are stinkers."