Tiny Talk Tuesday

**The 2011 featured Tiny Talk Family schedule is beginning to fill! If you would like to be featured, please let me know! I'd love to have a chance to have everyone who participates to have a week.

Tiny Talk Tuesday helps parents focus on one of the many joys of parenting - the funny things that our little ones (and sometimes big ones) have to say.

Join in the fun and record the Tiny Talk overheard in your house! Publish a post on your blog and link us to the laughs. Then be sure to link to the blog carnival on this post so more bloggers can join in the fun.

The guidelines can be found here if you need them.
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My little D (age 3) is the sleeper in the house. He is in bed by 7 PM and usually sleeps till 8:30/9 AM. When he does wake up, he plays happily in his room until I come get him, usually after everyone else is up, dressed, and downstairs.

He woke up at 8:22 the other day and I went in to get him at 8:50 AM. T had just woken up and was resting in my room. C and K were both still sleeping (which is WEIRD).

I told D to be quiet because K and C were sleeping and he said, "I got up early today!" (uh...yeah...at 8:50 AM)

*My sleepy alarm clocks made me quite late for church. I might need to rely on that actual alarm clock more as a back up these days!
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I took the girls roller skating this week. T (age 6) was like a floppy fish and so funny to watch. She kept scaring me though when she got close to the half wall at the end of the rink. She would dive forward and flop into the wall, almost hitting her face EVERY.TIME!

The third time she pulled this maneuver, I said, "T. Stop doing that. You are going to slam your mouth into the wall and knock out a tooth."

She responded, "But mom. I WANT to lose a tooth."

*sigh. She is DYING for the tooth fairy to visit her.
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Speaking of T's DESPERATION for the tooth fairy to visit...

K lost another tooth when the dentist pulled it out for us. She wrote a note to the tooth fairy and put it under the pillow.

T (who has NOT lost a tooth yet) decided she wanted in on the game too. She wrote a note to the tooth fairy as well, "Dear Tooth Fairy. I love you. I want a stuffed animal."

The tooth fairy left K a gift for her tooth and left T a note that said, "Dear T. I love you too. I want your tooth. When I have it, then you can get a stuffed animal."

Of course, the sweetest part was that in the AM, K saw that there wasn't a gift for T, so she ran downstairs and got a book off the shelf and put it under T's pillow for her. She came and told me and made me promise not to tell. She said, "I don't want T to be sad that she didn't get anything."

**And of course, I didn't get her anything (as sweet as that note was) cause I thought it wouldn't be fair to the child who actually lost a tooth. Just goes to show ya...
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And I just have to add with this story a little note of my own (though it isn't a tiny talk)

The note to the toothfairy CRACKED me up because when we were young, my sister wrote notes to the toothfairy. Her most famous note was, "Dear Daddy. I love you. I think this tooth was worth $20. I love you."

And of course, she actually got the $20 from my father, so it became a classic story because my brother and I never thought to write a note to try and get big bucks from the toothfairy.

Now, we often see a lot of genetic similarity in my sister's personality and my little T's personality. So when this happened, I had to call my parents and tell them that T TRUMPED her Aunt V. She wrote a note to the toothfairy too, requesting a "big gift" and she even had the gall to do it without a tooth in exchange :)

*just a little family history saved for my girls here...
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Our Featured Tiny Talk Family today is Lindsay at Bytes of Memory. I have always thought she had such a creative blog name! I never could have come up with that.

Lindsay and I both have sons who are about the same age. Her Sammy is about the same age as my D. She just posted the cutest set of Christmas pictures so you can see Sammy growing up! Or there is another recent photo shoot here so you can see Lindsey's photography and her adorable son!

I love folks who participate in Menu Plan Monday and admire their incredible skill at planning ahead. I have yet to accomplish this goal! And anyone serving Bananas Foster French Toast for breakfast has some cooking skills! YUM!

Now a little bit from Lindsay:

Tell us about yourself and your family.

My name is Lindsay. I am 27 years old and married to my best friend, Tim. We have an energetic 3-1/2 year old boy named Sammy. Tim and I have been married for 5-1/2 years.

Tell us about your blog. What do you tend to write about? What are some of your favorite posts/topics?

I write about our lives; the big things, the little things and most of the stuff in-between :-). My favorite topics are homeschooling, technology, and various events in our lives.

What is the one thing about you that we might not find on your blog?

Probably not much as I am pretty open about my likes and dislikes and various interests. I am a technology oriented Christian mother who loves her husband and likes to sew, do crafts, and teach my son.

So go say hi to Lindsey this week!
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