Being woken up by a 2 year old girl in the middle of the night……..-10 minutes of sleep
2 year old girl insisting upon sleeping with you and that you “nuggle” her……..-30 minutes of sleep
Waking up the next morning to a 2 year old girl trying to spoon you……..priceless
Priceless!
November 20, 2008
Conversations with Arwyn
October 8, 2008
Conversation #1
Arwyn: Shhhh. Mommy, be quiet. The pee-pee is coming. (she says this when she is sitting on the potty)
Conversation #2
Arwyn: No no puma!
Me: Arwyn, the puma is not going to get you. (Thanks to Diego, she is afraid of pumas)
Arwyn: Mommy, the puma eat my popcorn all gone.
Conversation [...]
A Typical Moment in the Life of Jennifer Bentch
October 7, 2008
This morning the kids and I were walking Bosley. Breckin and Arwyn were sitting in the double stroller and Bosley was dutifully walking next to us. I usually walk about 1-1.5 miles, depending on my mood and the moods of my children. So we were enjoying a nice morning stroll. About halfway [...]
Mommy, potty!
August 6, 2008
Last post today, I promise. Wouldn’t want to give the impression this is all I do all day. Definitely not true. Anyway, I started potty training Arwyn about a week ago. She is almost completely potty trained now and doing so well. It all started last week when she told [...]
Conversations with Arwyn
July 15, 2008
I went to get Arwyn up after her nap yesterday, only to find her in her birthday suit. This is our conversation involving her lack of diaper.
Me: Arwyn, where is your diaper?
Arwyn: Dare diz! (There it is)
Me: Why did you take your diaper off?
Arwyn: I don’t know.
Busy Weekend
June 24, 2008
Our family had a great weekend. On Saturday morning, we went to Deanna Rose Farmstead. The kids got to pet cows, feed baby goats a bottle of milk, see chickens, and play on the playground. I love taking the kids on Deanna Rose because it is free and a lot of fun for [...]
Assault by Goldfish
June 15, 2008
Last night, we arrived home around 10:30pm after a 2 1/2 hour trip in the car. Our kids were exhausted beyond belief. Arwyn missed her afternoon nap and didn’t sleep well in the car on the way home. And Breckin didn’t sleep at all on the way home and it was late. [...]
Bentch Happenings
June 7, 2008
Arwyn has learned how to bake.
I planted my garden. The plants have already grown so much, thanks to the enormous amount of rain we have received lately.
We had visitors. My dad and stepmom came to see us over Memorial Day. My dad did a lot of yard work for me. Let’s [...]
Conversations with Arwyn
May 23, 2008
Conv #1
Today we were driving home and I had given Arwyn a sucker as a bribe. When she was done and the following conversation took place.
Arwyn: Gicky! Gicky! Gicky!
Me: What?
Awryn: Gicky!
I turned around (at a red light) to see that she was referring to her “sticky” fingers. She wanted me to wash her hands [...]
Chocolate nightmare
May 14, 2008
When Jer was in San Francisco last week, he bought some candy for the kids. He brought home some See’s candy suckers. Delicious! Well, when I took Bosley on a walk yesterday, I put the kids in the stroller and gave them each a chocolate sucker. When I would meet other [...]
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