We had an all-around fantastic trip to Alabama over Labor
Day weekend. It’s been a short week here
at home, and Baby A has been a bit on the snuffle-y side, but I’m thankful to
report it’s been a pretty super week overall!
1) On Monday night, when we got home from Alabama,
B asked what we were doing the next day.
I reminded her the following day was Tuesday, and the way her eyes lit
up when she said, “I have school!!!” was priceless.
2) On Wednesday night we enjoyed one last dinner
with Miss Rachel and her family, who are moving back to Australia. A&B were so excited when I told them we
were going to see E&L. I loved
seeing them so at home there, and it’s so sweet to see their appreciation for
Miss Rachel’s amazing culinary skills.
3) The girls love to pretend all sorts of
things. Their most common themes seem to
be birthday parties, trips to the zoo, staying in a hotel, and shopping at the
grocery store or the bookstore. Baby A
was making a list of some sort as part of one of her scenarios. She wrote 'A, L, A, B' on her drawing pad…for
Abby and Lily (their dolls), and A&B.
I thought that was pretty neat…and I love her seemingly innate
list-making skills!
4) On Friday afternoon, despite the HEAT, I just
felt like the girls needed some outside time.
I asked if they’d like to play with chalk – a rare treat – on the driveway in the shade
beside the house. They had a blast! They drew some “figures” on their own, and
they loved filling in the details on what I drew, like the spots on a butterfly
and the windows on a car. It was such a
nice mid-afternoon break.
5) In the bathtub on Friday, the girls were playing
with a couple of toy turtles. They were
pretending they were cameras (???), and they were showing me the “pictures”
they’d taken. “Here’s one of Abby…here’s
one of Lily…here we all are…here they are at the zoo…” So sweet to see how they were recording their
babies’ adventures! (Hmmm…perhaps they
also have a blog???)
6) This isn’t super-fabulous by some standards, but
it still makes my heart smile to hear some of the baby-isms my girls still
use. Both of them still say “mines”
instead of “mine” most of the time. And
Baby A is famous for saying, “This is more better than XYZ.” Their vocabulary is generally pretty amazing,
but hearing things like this remind me they’re still my little babies.
7) If you’re friends with me on Facebook, you may
have seen some of these quotes, but they’re too sweet / funny not to include in
my weekly sum-it-up…
· B fell down a couple of steps [because she was
playing around]. I asked her what
happened, meaning to imply that she shouldn’t have been playing. “I just wasn’t balancing myself,” she
explained. HA!
· One morning B was working on a puzzle in a very
linear fashion. (She sometimes likes to
complete a puzzle in “lines”, side to side.)
Baby A came along and messed up her system. “Sissy, you can help me by not messing my
things up,” she said ever-so-calmly.
At the table one day, B said at random, “Sissy
is kind of like a mommy to me.” Be still
my heart!
8) The girls are having fun
with the Alabama elephants that Grandma Linda gave them last week. They are mostly pretending one is the mommy and
one is the baby. B made a phone call one
morning, along these lines…"Hey, Mommy Elephant. Yes, we're fine, but the
baby elephants are crying. Can you come help them? See you in a little bit. Bye-bye." I think she covered all her bases!
Stay tuned next week for the continued super-fabulous adventures of A&B!
3 comments:
Seriously, if there are any little girls on the face of the earth that are as cute as mine, it would have to be yours. ; )
I love hearing about their adventures! And wow can they pretend - that's awesome!!!!
Hello old friend! Trying to catch up on blogs tonight!! So glad you had such a wonderful week again - as always - love all the highlights of the week!
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