So THAT'S what they're for!

I was tired of the horrible noise that my dining chairs made when sliding across the floor, and the marks they left behind on my beautiful, stained, peeling, truly horrendous vinyl flooring, so I decided to finally go and pick up some of those little felt circles to put on the bottoms of the chair legs (would those be chair feet?). Emma and Katherine decided to pitch in and help with sticking them on, and I noticed after we flipped the first chair upright and tried it out that Katherine seemed to be noticeably more enthusiastic about putting them on the rest of the chairs. And then she told me why she was so enthusiastic: "Now we can sneak into things quietly!" Hmmm. I'm rethinking the little felt circles.

AKA Geode

While we were in the minerals area of the Natural History Museum, Sariah and Emma would occasionally read the labels of the different minerals and such to Katherine. After a few labels, she started making up her own names for the minerals. I wish I could remember more of them, but the one that I thought was funny was her name for the enormous geode that they had on display. After examining it, she matter-of-factly informed us that it was called "The Mystery of the Rock".

Life plan

After being told it was time to change out of her dress-up clothes and put on some real clothes to go to the store: (with attitude, of course)"I'm going to be a princess for the rest of my life!"

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

A little background information on this one: There has been a little bit of drama - a love triangle of sorts - among the preschoolers in our neighborhood, with Katherine at the center of it. First, Katherine has been in love with the little boy down the street, Jacob, forever, and he is always just a little gentleman with her. She will tell you without hesitation that she is going to marry him. Then, another little boy the same age, Harrison, moved in next door to Jacob, and he insists and tells anyone and everyone that will listen that Katherine is his girlfriend. On Sundays, there was always a little (and sometimes more than a little) competition over who would sit next to Katherine in Primary. It would usually end with her sitting between them, and one or both of them with their arm around her. Yes, folks, we are talking about four-year-olds here. Well, a few months ago, Harrison moved out of the ward (but still in the same city. As a matter of fact, Chris ran into Harrison's mom recently and she told him that Harrison's new Primary teacher had asked her who this Katherine was that Harrison was always talking about.). And that brings us to the Katherine-ism of the day. :) She was coloring, when she suddenly stopped, heaved an enormous sigh and said, "Well, I guess I got dumped by Harrison." I didn't know she had any clue what that was!

Let Me Make Myself Clear...

I was going to watch Stacy's kids while she went to an appointment. Katherine was really excited to play with Tanner, so she started to get antsy when they hadn't arrived at the appointed time. K: "Maybe they aren't coming." Me: "They're coming. Do you want me to read a story to you while we wait?" K: "No....Maybe Aunt Stacy forgot." Me: "She didn't forget. She's just running late." K: (With her usual exasperated "Oh, come on, Mommy" look) "She's driving."

What Goes Around Comes Around

From the time-out corner: "Mom, you are GROUNDED from getting me in trouble!"

If You Can't Say Something Nice....

K: "Mommy, you're fat."
Me: "Katherine, that isn't a nice thing to say."
K: (After a moment, with a lightbulb appearing above her head) You're not OLD.....is that nice?"