Mommy's stupid/A little reader

Tonight, Amelia was at Kohl's with me and she wanted to get out of the stroller. I wouldn't let her and she said {nice and loud}, "Mommy, you're stupid!" Sweet. Later in the car, Amelia piped up from the back seat, "Mommy, you're not stupid anymore."

Amelia has been declaring her emotions for a few weeks now. When she cries, she tells me she's sad. Later, when she's done crying, she'll say, "Mommy, I'm not sad anymore. I'm happy!" It's sweet {unless she's telling me I'm stupid!}.
Mira has been learning to read at kindergarten—a task we are helping her with at home with nightly reading sessions and "sight words." It's really clicking with her and she's suddenly understanding that all words are just certain letters in a certain order. She's starting to read signs in stores and on the streets, just sounding out the letters until she comes up with the word. It's so exciting to see!

Chris had his gall bladder out yesterday too. The procedure went well and he didn't have to stay overnight, so it's great to have him home. Hopefully, he'll be feeling better in just a couple days.

And our basement is once again complete! If you didn't know, it flooded in August when our sump pump broke, and again just four weeks later after we had already replaced the carpet! We needed to replace all the carpet again! Needless to say, we have an alarm on the pump now. One good thing to come of it: our dusty pink bedroom {aka "The Pepto-Bismol Room"} was repainted since we lost the carpet anyway. It's now a lovely sage green. And the carpet is officially in and looks great! Now, let's just keep it that way.