Ava (tonight at dinner)

"Yeah, I like turds. I had a turd at Grandma Patsy's once, it was yuuuuumy...it is stinky, yeah."

Quinn has arrived

I turned my back for 2 minutes... arrrggghhhh.... I don't know if Mr. Magic Eraser can save this one. I think it's going to pull the paint off. Crayon is not my friend. This picture doesn't do it justice, but Quinn was looking pretty proud of herself. The crayon goes all the way up the wall, up the stairs. I also found some later on our fireplace.

Zoe tried to help me clean it up. The whole time she kept making comments like, "Quinn is a naughty cat, huh, Mommy?" "Quinn is a stinker, I can't believe she did this." and my favorite, "Quinn really needs a time out for this." She was glad it wasn't her in trouble, for once.

Filling up the tank

Last Saturday I went out to the garage to find Luke like this. He smiled up at me and said "Mom, pee, car!" He had dropped his drawers and was filling up the tank of his little car. He was pretty happy about it, I might add. I guess Ryan and I are to blame for creating this little monster. I tried to explain to him that we only pee in the potty but it was pretty hard to stifle my laughter. 

Partners in Crime

Mia and Luke have really become a dynamic duo lately. I really think they are my twins just born 21 months apart. They are always together, always playing, and lately, always up to something naughty. Saturday night we asked Mia to go get her pj's on. A few minutes had gone by and I thought maybe I should check on her. Luke was with her, of course. I came in her room to find Luke pulling up his pj pants in her closet while she was getting dressed and then I saw it...the puddle in the closet. Luke had peed on the carpet. I asked Luke why he peed in the closet and he just pointed to Mia and said "Eea" (his word for Mia) and smiled. I asked Mia if she had told him to pee in the closet and, after much coaxing, she admitted she had. Ryan and I were soooo mad. We quickly threw both culprits in their own beds as they were crying for each other (Luke had been hoping he could sleep in the girls' room that night--request denied). When I went to clean up the mess a few minutes later, I noticed there were TWO distinct places. I asked Mia if she had also peed in the closet and she admitted she had. Boy, was I mad! I don't know what we are going to do with these two. 

Stinkin' it Up - Kusch Style

Zoe: it looks a little forced to me.


Quinn: She's channeling jack black from Nacho Libre


Quinn: I thought the crazy hair complimented the look.


Sorry it took so long to get these posted.

Zoe's back

It's been awhile since Zoe's made the brava awards. Mostly becuase I haven't documented anything. She is still a little stinker. Today I actually had a camera around.

Zoe sprayed 1/2 a bottle of perfume when I wasn't looking, and then after being sent to her room for timeout, I let her use my bathroom to go potty, she decided to color with my eyeliner. Not fun.

Mia's Stinkeye

Mia loves to do the combo stinkeye/roll your eyes. It's her favorite.