A Broken Record

I was just thinking how our house must sound if an audio recorder was in our house and it must sound the same every day (lately).

I swear I must say the following over and over - my poor kids:

1. "Aidan, go potty." He holds and holds until he seriously is doing the potty dance. I just see him do a little jig and it's "Aidan, go potty." I say this several times before he actually goes.

2. "Fingers, Aidan, fingers!" Aidan has a really bad habit (it has gotten worse the last 2 weeks) of biting his nails. He actually had his thumb infected a few weeks ago. I've tried everything from Thumb nail polish which is supposed to taste bitter, to a sticker chart for every 10 minutes he goes without biting, to mittens, to bandaids - ARGH and help!!

3. "Nope!" When Ella asks for something sweet which is everyday. Not that I don't give in. I have this "healthy" dark chocolate (unprocessed/non-alkallized cacao powder) with tons of antioxidants and an ORAC value of 3,120 AND 3g of sugar. We're trying to keep our sugar grams down to 7 per serving. So, often times the kids ask, "Can we have a healthy chocolate?" I know. It sounds like an oxymoron.

4. "Honeyboy!" and I say it with enthusiasm. It's what I call Aidan. I just like to say it out loud sometimes because I like hearing it.

5. "Did you do your homework?" asked to Nicholas everyday; not that I have to ask because he always does but I feel like a better mom for asking.

By the way, speaking of Nicholas, he got asked to the Winter Formal at Timpview by 5 different girls. Of course, he said yes to the first girl that asked him. I just think it's pretty funny that he has been on two dates and they have been girls asking him.

6. "Leave the cat alone." Seriously, Aidan treats our kitten like a puppy. Luckily, he's pretty mellow.