Out of the mouth of babes...

Paige (22 months)

Molly (4) & Finn (7)

I'm a nanny and my kids crack me up. Here are some of my favorites:

1.) Molly: "How do you itch your lip when you're not supposed to put your fingers in your mouth??"

2.) Molly: "Karlee, why don't you have toys at your house?"

Me: "Because I don't have children yet, so there's no reason to have toys."

Finn: "Well why don't you birth some, you mammal? You're not just gonna lay an egg, ya know!"

3.) Molly: "My mom was really mad last night."

Me: "At you?"

Molly: "No, at my dad. She cut his head off."

Me: "She CUT his head off?"

Molly: "Not for real, Karlee. It's just something you say when a person yells at another person."

Me: "You mean, BIT his head off?"

Molly: "Oh yeah, bit. I'm so silly" :)

Stay tuned...

Compromise.

Maroon 5 said it best; "It's not always rainbows and butterflies, it's compromise that moves us along." I've borrowed that line more than once. I can now honestly admit that compromise does not come easy for me. But, of course, being married has forced me to work on it. And I have. For example, I am a white-Christmas-light-kinda-girl, and Jake is ALL about the colored lights. As far as he's concerned, the more red and green...the better. We argued about how we would decorate our Christmas tree months before it turned December. Being the woman of the house, it just makes sense that I would get my way and have a beautiful green tree, adorned in white lights and coordinating ornaments..right??? Wrong. Our tree is multicolored. We have everything from Michigan football ornaments to hot pink, sparkly ornaments with my name written ALL over them:) And it works. The day Jake started decorating the house I was working late, he called and and said he had purchased garland for the mantle and staircase. I was picturing crisp, green garland, wrapped in white lights and when I got home....I was greeted with bright red and silver garland, wrapped in colored lights. Jake was so pleased with his decorating that I couldn't help but enjoy it as well. Pick your battles right? Arguing over Christmas lights may seem insignificant, but if you start your compromises small, the big ones will come a bit easier. Let this encourage you, especially you married folk, to let the other win once in a while:) I did it. And Lord knows, Jake does his share. Maybe next year I'll get my white lights!!