around christmas time we got keyzia a doll that will pee on the potty....  we were hopeful that it would kind of help her get the idea of it. 

anyways, she gave the baby to her daddy and he was holding it for her....  this is what transpired....

ja:  what's your baby's name, keyzia?

keyzia:  potty.

ja:  patty?

keyzia:  pOtty.
followed by a look of disgust at her father.  apparently, he should have known that the baby's name is potty!!

so, i'm sitting here, checking my email this morning while keyzia watches clifford and looks at a book, and ephraim is rolling around on the floor....  when everything seems a little too quiet...  i look over, and keyzia is using her brother as a stool to sit on while she uses the couch as a table for her book!! 

ephraim was up early this morning...  earlier than usual, but i should be thankful because he went to bed shortly after keyzia last night.  got him up at ten or so to feed him, and i think he slept until 4!  or was it 5?  i don't know...  it's kind of all a blur!

so, first i wake up to ephraim saying, "buh, buh, buh...  aaaaaaaeeeeeee!!"  which is his new favourite word.

then, in i go to get keyzia who has been making noises of her own, and the first thing she does is sing, "bob the builder..."

and, of course, i have to respond, "CAN WE FIX IT?" with far less enthusiasm than is usual considering the fact that i just woke up and stumbled out of bed....

then she replies with, "Bob the Builder!!" and expectantly waits for, "Yes we Can!" on my part.

good morning to me, hunh?

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later that morning, the breakfast debate continues....

momma:  keyzia, would you like cereal or porrige for breakfast?

keyzia:  goldfish

momma:  silly girl, we can't have goldfish for breakfast!  we have cereal or porrige, which would you like?

keyzia:  i don like cereal.  (we are vey much intrigued by the fact that we can NOT like something....  in fact, we didn't like daddy last night when it was bedtime....)

ephraim:  buh buh buh buh aaaaaaeeeeeee!!  (of course, he has to get his two cents in too...)

ephraim has also learned to say "momma" which is very cute...  except that he only says it when he's in distress of some kind.  "mmmm  mmmm  mmmm  mumm  mmmm  mummm."

sadly, first thing in the morning, i think that ephraim is starting to make more sense than keyzia.

maybe i should take up drinking coffee?