Just today

Just thought I would recap a few funny things that my children have said today. Before nap time I always read them a book on the couch. I told them to go sit down and the phone rang. While I was on the phone I heard this argument:

Emerson: "1,2,3,4"
Cullen: "1,2,3,5"
Emerson: *louder* "1,2,3,4"
Cullen: *louder* "1,2,3,5"
Emerson: *even louder* 1,2,3,4"
Cullen: *louder still* "1,2,3,5"
Emerson: *screams* "1,2,3,4"
Cullen: *scream back* "1,2,3,5"
This just shows you how hard headed they really are. Neither one is willing to budge on their version of counting and they are both willing to scream their convictions at the top of their voice in the hopes of breaking the other. I had to stop the scream fest because I was afraid it might end in blood shed. And, by the way, Cullen is convinced that 4 is a nonessential number, he refuses to say it or even repeat it!
Then I put them down for a nap which neither child seemed to be interested in. Cullen jabbered away in his crib for a full 30 minutes before going to sleep and Emerson got up at least a dozen times thinking of new ideas on how to avoid her nap. One of those trips out of her room I told her to go back to bed, lay down and read a book, her reply "Mama, I can't read yet." Duh?! What was I thinking??? haha

And then again tonight as Emerson was avoiding bedtime I told her to go to her room and get her pajamas on. She starts tiptoeing as slowly as possible from the room and says "well, you know I walk very slowly." Oh, what a kid!!!