A Conversation

So yesterday my kids were tyrants. I know, it's a strong word, not normally associated with children under the age of four, but I think it's appropriate. And applicable to Bekah and Jacob right after naptime, a time that always has to be handled delicately because they are highly sensitive people when they wake up. Ugg. So yesterday the three of us were sitting on the couch and here is the conversation that went on:
Bekah: Mommy, Jacob's touching me! (Remember, I am right there. Only inches away. I can see what is going on, but Bekah still feels the need to wail at every injustice.)
Jacob: Poke, Poke, poking Bekah in the back.
Mommy: Well, tell him that you don't like it.
B: I can't! You have to do it!
J: Poke, laugh, poke
B: He's still touching me!
Mommy: Tell him!!
B: Jacob! Stop!
Jacob laughs, rolls onto his back, and proceeds to kick Bekah with his feet.
B: AAAaaahhHH!
Mommy: OKAY. Jacob! Stop bugging Bekah!
Silence for 17 seconds.
J: Bekah? Do you like green or purple?
B: Hmph
J: You like green?
B: NO!!
J: Yeah, you green.
B: No I'm NOT! Mommy, Jacob is telling me I'm green but I'm not!
Mommy: Bekah, Stop getting mad! Sometimes he doesn't make sense! You know that!
Bekah then climbs on my lap and hugs me, still sniffling here and there so I don't forget that she has been pestered beyond repair. Then Jacob climbs on top of her, she bucks him off, he does it again, she cries...remember I am under them through all of this...finally I yell ENOUGH and stand up and they both topple to the couch. Then...
Bekah: Mommy I need a snack. I really need a snack right now. If I don't have a snack right now the alligators in my tummy will eat me all up! Please!
So then we had snacks, the alligators were tamed, Bekah and Jacob started playing happily together, Beau woke up, and life chugged along just as well as it could.
And now some pictures just for fun:

Try this...take a tortilla, fold it in quarters, cut it like you would a paper snowflake, and then fry it and dust with powdered sugar. Yummy, easy, fun and festive! Here is Bekah with her snowflake.

Beau can sit up on his own now!!! Hooray! He's so happy to finally greet the world vertically!

Here I am showing off Beau's cute Christmas outfit. The word on the bum is naughty and the outfit is made like a pair of longjohns.

Till next time! Merry Christmassing!