Is she 1 or 4?

Somedays I just want to pull my hair out because the stress of being a single mother of 3 is just way too much! Almost as if the kids know I've hit my breaking point, they do something to make me realize that its all worth it.

Yesterday, we were laying on a sheet in the grass watching cars go by and enjoying the beautiful weather. Maya decided that she was going to fix all of my "boo boos", (any kind of mark on my legs), so she took leaves and used them as band aids and used flowers to "treat" the boo boos. She kept telling me to "Be a lax" and at first I had NO clue what she was saying, then it hit me, she's telling me to 'Relax', lol!!

To beat the heat yesterday we filled a plastic storage bin with water to let the girls play in, it was just big enough so that they could both fit in there and sit. Jokingly, I asked Maya if I could get in too and she said, "No mommy, your butts too bigger.". She says these things so easily, she doesn't realize how blunt she really is. I really don't know where she got that edge from, I'm not like that. I'm blunt when I need to be, mainly when it comes to the kids, but its not an easy thing for me.

Today she has been whining about everything, I told her she sounds like a 1 year old and she started crying because she doesn't want to be 1, she wants to be 2. I sat her in time out for a minute and she sat there crying, saying "I don't want to be 1 anymore, I will be pour (four) now, I stop crying, peas (please)!!"

I try so hard to remember all of these things that she says, I want to tell her when she is older. Maya has always been so dramatic, since the day she was born. Everything about this child has been a production! If she is giving me this much of a hard time at 4, I can't imagine what she will have in store for me when she is 13. Pray for me.

The mouth of Maya

As most of you know, I have the wittiest 4 year old in the world. I never go a day without laughing later on about something she said earlier in the day, all I want to do is share the humor because I know so many others that have kids that are almost at this age and I want to give them a little taste of what they can expect...and the others because I know that they could use a good laugh:) This past year has been really hard on all of us and one of the biggest things that's kept us going is laughter. I try so hard to instill in my girls the importance of laughter, because Lord knows I do ALOT of it!!

When Maya was first born she was the most complicated baby and I honestly thought I was going to go crazy! Through the years she has grown into this little drama queen, I know she could have her own show if I let her. She is not afraid to tell you that you're fat, look pregnant, your hair is messed up, or that she farted. When she is about to poop in her pants she will tell you shes 'prairie doggin' and that's when you run. When we're in public bathrooms she will look under the stalls and talk to strangers. She will not hesitate to tell you when she doesn't like something or if she doesn't want it. I'm not sure where she gets this personality from, I'm not quite that out-spoken. Here are a few of her most recent quotes, I will try my best to keep it a regular thing. Enjoy!

From the mouth of a 4 year old:
"Mommy, why dat (that) man hab (have) toobies?"
"Mommy, why you hab a bigger butt?"
"Mommy, why your tummy wook (look) like dat?"
"Mommy, can I brush my teep (teeth) with some jack?" (Thanks Ke$ha)
One day at Wal-Mart an elderly man rode by us in one of the electric wheel chairs and he had some crazy hair but you could tell he just wasn't in a good mood, Maya looked right at him then looked at me and said, "Mommy, he wook (look) so mean!"

Last month when I was taking care of some paperwork for housing at the office Maya noticed that the man that was helping us had a mole on his face. I noticed her looking and I tried my best to distract her from staring at it because knowing her she was going to say something. She looked at me and said, "Mommy, what on him pace(face)?" , I hoped he didnt understand her and I said, "Yea, he has a real moustache. You know when you get a milk moustache? He has a real one." The man kind of looked at me like I was crazy and I looked at Maya and she said, "No mommy, what on him pace, right here!" and pointed to her face. I was dying because I wanted to laugh so hard but the poor man wasn't finding any humor in it, I leaned down and acted like I was getting something out of the diaper bag because I couldnt hold it in anymore. She saw my laughing and she said, "What mom, why you lapping(laughing)?"....lets just say it was very awkward.

Anytime we go into a public bathroom and anyone in any other stall passes gas, Maya always feels the need to call them out on it. Hearing her say "Ew mommy, she parted(farted)!" is pretty normal anytime we go anywhere with a public bathroom.

The more I do this, the more ideas I will get to make it a little easier to read. I will never run out of things to blog on here, that's for sure! Hope you enjoy!

"I'm a proud mom, I gave them life and they give me a reason to live."-Annonymous