Most often used words or phrases:

Clara -
Thank God for small miracles.
Everything happens for a reason.
This too shall pass.
I want...

Jeff -
You're killing me (when I ask him to buy something).
You said leave it in (I said this once, now he won't let me forget it, hahaha).

Jess -
Mama (this word is repeated 1000 times a day as is the rest of these words/phrases).
Help Me.
No help me.
Thank you.
What's that?
What's next?
Ohhh no... missing.
Ahhh, boo boo (kiss) all better.
Where Ga (garfield) go?
No.

Jessica shocked me today. She built a walkway of foam blocks and then walked on it and counted to 15. I thought she could only count to 8. But if I were to ask her to count for me she won't. Just like colors, if I ask her what color something is, she'll get it wrong on purpose and then I think she doesn't know her colors. But if I say bring me the blue block she gives me the right one. Or plays a game with me, and hands me the wrong one, and laughs and says Nooo, hahaha.

I was on babycenter. Why I go on there I don't know, because I shouldn't really compare kids, everyone develops differently but anyhow. I was shocked when they had a poll on who knows all their letters and numbers. And many many 2 1/2 year olds out there can recognize all 26 numbers and 10+ numbers. I was shocked. I don't think Jess knows any of them. I never thought of teaching a 2 year old these things. Then today I went on there and these kids are doing floor puzzles. 26 & 48 pieces. I got her the chunky piece puzzles long ago, and she does great with those. I never thought of these puzzles. The box says 3 and up. I usually don't follow the age requirements on things, but I never thought she was ready for those kind of puzzles, but who knows? If you listen to all these people on babycenter, they have little geniuses and what are these geniuses going to learn in kindergarten? Or are they teaching algebra and sentence structure in kindergarten now a days?

I was on this one blog site and I love what the lady writes about, anyhow. She did her own little poll. The questions were:

1. When you fill the dishwasher do you put the silverware handles up or down?

I never even thought about this. But I usually put all the silverware handles down. I'm not sure why, I think it cleans it better maybe, maybe I don't want the fork to get stuck in the holes in the bottom, who knows why I do, but that's what I do.

This lady answered that she puts them handles up, for safety reasons (knifes) and for sanitary reasons so she isn't touching the part where people eat out of. I never in a million years thought of it, your hands are clean when you put away dishes. I guess I'm not that anal. I never worried about knifes, I never got poked. It was interesting to see other people's comments. Some worried that the spoons with "spoon" and they won't get clean. I say if a utensil is still dirty put it in there again to be washed, no big deal. Some worried about kids safety. Well, when Jess helps, she puts them in there any way she wants. And I save the knives until the end, when I put them in there. And when she helps empty it, I take the silverware tray out, so she doesn't even touch any of them. I once knew a lady that washed the dishes with HOT HOT HOT water, so hot she had to put these rubber gloves on. I never seen that before. But she was an anal person. I guess everyone does things different.

2. When you put clothes in the washing machine, do you put the water and soap in first and then the clothes or visa versa?

I never really thought twice about this. Nobody really taught me to do clothes. I just started doing them at an early age, maybe 13 or so. My parents used powder, which I hate. I only use liquid now. I put in the clothes, as many as I can fit, then throw on the liquid and push the button. And (gasp) I sometimes don't separate, oh my! Where's the clothes police?

This lady answered that she does it the same way. But most people had the opposite view, especially if you are using powder. Some people had the front loading machines, so they had no choice but to put the clothes in first.

3. Do you put the toilet paper roll over or under?

Again, I never really thought twice about this. I'm just happy when the roll is changed, but I'm usually the one who changes it, since I'm the one who goes through 100 rolls a week, hahaha. I prefer it over. I think it is easier to get off that way, but I guess it doesn't matter.

This lady answered over, like many of the people who commented in her blog. Some people didn't care either way. Some were very anal and said that when they go to other people's house and it was the "wrong way" they switched it. Which I thought was strange. Who cares how other people have it in their house, you are usually only using their bathroom once when you are there. Leave their TP alone.