Haley gets spanked and Aunt Rin got engaged!

Last night there was a huge thunderstorm.  I thought for sure that Haley would wake up from the thunder because it was so loud but she didn't end up getting up until 8.  That was still a little early for us so David brought her back to bed where Emily had already been since 7 or so.  I left everyone just after 8:30 to take a shower and then David got up and we all started getting ready for church.  Haley did not get to eat breakfast because she was too busy eating candy from using the potty.  We started giving her leftover Halloween candy when she went potty because I wanted to get rid of it.  She is finally down to the last couple pieces and the one she was eating this morning was a jolly rancher so it took her forever to eat.  At one point I was doing my make-up and David was in the shower and Haley was sucking on her candy and she left the bathroom.  Usually that is no big deal but after a couple minutes I went to go find her because it was pretty quiet and that usually means she is getting into trouble.  I found her laying on David's side of the bed.  Emily was laying on my side of the bed and Haley just climbed up into bed and laid on David's side.  She was quietly sucking her candy.  It was cute but kind of gross because her hands were sticky from playing with her candy.  At least she was on David's side.

We kept Haley's panties on for church and she did really well.  She went potty maybe three time while we were there.  David and I also calculated and realized that we think Haley ate 2 entire donuts at church, I guess we should feed her breakfast next week.  Emily took a nice nap during the sermon and just woke up during the last song.  After the sermon David went to pick up Haley from her class and they were walking up to the front where we were sitting and Haley yelled out, "Mommy, pooh pooh potty!"  It wouldn't have been too bad except Pastor Kelly was praying at that point so everyone was quiet and everyone heard her.  David rushed her off to the bathroom where she went potty.  

After church we came home and ate lunch and then we put the girls to bed.  David took a short nap as well and then he headed out to visit our neighbor Ray who is in Hospice.  The girls each slept about two hours.  When Haley woke up I was laying on the couch and feeding Emily.  She played nicely in her kitchen and then went to the living room where I could hear her banging something on the coffee table.  I figured it was the candle that she usually messes with.  I found out I was very wrong when she came into the den carrying a thing of finger nail polish.  She had the brush in one hand and the bottle in the other and it was obvious that she had been trying to paint her nails and toes.  I stopped and prayed that whatever it was that she had done that I would not get too mad and have some patience.  It was good I did because she got teal nail polish on our rug in the living room.  It didn't look like any of it was really dumped out straight from the bottle but it did look like a 2 year old was trying to paint her own toes.  I made her sit on time out for as long as it took me to clean it up which was kind of a while.  I used a toothbrush and finger nail polish remover and got most of it up.  David couldn't tell where it had happened so I figured it was good enough.

After the finger nail polish incident, Haley decided to be naughty again by hitting Emily on the head.  I spanked her with my hand and put her on timeout and she was really sad.  Apparently not sad enough because about thirty minutes later she hit Emily on the head with a toy.  Emily cried really hard, she was so sad and she even had a mark on her head.  I put Haley on time out until Emily was calmed down and then I got out the stick.  The stick is the tool that my parents used to spank us.  They gave it to me last year sometime when I asked them for it.  Sorry to any of my siblings that may have wanted it.  I figured I should have it since apparently I knew it the best growing up.  After Emily had stopped crying I took Haley to the bathroom and made her lean over and spanked her three times.  It was her first time getting spanked with the stick and she was stunned to say the least.  I felt bad when I was leading her to the bathroom because she had no idea what I was going to do.  It probably doesn't help that she doesn't have her diaper anymore either.  She was really crying and I talked to her for a while afterwards and hugged her and told her I loved her over and over.  I also told her that if she ever hit Emily again then she will be spanked again.  It was pretty hard to spank her, not going to lie but I really think it was what she needed because time out was obviously not doing the trick, and neither was hand spanking apparently.

David came home shortly after the spanking, she was still hiccuping a little.  We packed up right away and headed to Target to pick up a couple things.  Target was having a good deal on diapers and I had printed out a bunch of coupons so I could get them cheaper.  I also had some coupons that made 2 bags of frozen french fries free so I wanted to get those before they sold out.  Actually, the real reason why we needed to go was because I had to pick up plastic forks and cups to take to the Caldwells for dinner.  The Caldwells had invited all of our church LeTourneau students over for dinner along with a couple families.  We got there just as a carload of students was pulling up.  Haley was excited to see Evelyn and Lucy, maybe more excited to see their toys actually.  I helped Amanda finish getting food together and than talked with the Masons and Freemans who were there.  Dr. Mason asked to hold Emily and ended up having her for a long time, at least thirty minutes.  Haley went to the potty three times while we were there.  We stayed after dinner and talked for a while and then headed home around 7:30.  When we got home I fed Emily a bunch of applesauce and Haley colored and played and then we put them to bed.  Both girls were pretty tired because they went right to sleep without any fussing.

SPECIAL NOTE:  David wrote the blog yesterday and he forgot to mention that yesterday, sometime in the morning, Aunt Rin got engaged!  Daniel Iya, Corinne's boyfriend of over a year (not sure how long exactly) popped the question while they were in Uganda with my parents.  Those are about all of the details I know but we are now telling Haley to say Uncle Daniel instead of just Daniel!

Haleyism:

Haley loves to sing.  Some of her favorite songs include:  Haley and Mommy (a song I made up), Happy Birthday (to anybody or anything she happens to see.  ex: lotion, the potty, Emily, the piano, toys, etc.) and Come Thou Fount (she does not know all of the words but she inserts random syllables). 

Emilyism:

Emily may know her name now.  At the Caldwell's house a student was calling to her from across the room and she looked over at him.  I'm not sure if she looked over because she knows her name or if it was because he was saying it loudly...

Haley pretending that she is a baby

Emily playing with her toy

Actually, this is the very toy that Haley bonked her on the head with.  This was before the incident.

Haley is saying 'cheese' with a paci in

She still hasn't rolled over, little stinker

She was pretending to be a baby.  That's why she has Emily's paci in, she also has her blanket there

Emily loves to spit