What made this week so fabulous???
1)
Listening to my baby girls sing anything (and
almost always out of tune). Baby A was
naming the colors of the text in a particular book, and she started singing…”Turquoise,
purple, blue, green…” ending with a soulful “…exclamation point!” Love it!
2)
A fantastic family day on Tuesday. The girls and the hubby were out of school
for election day, and we had such a great day together. We went out for breakfast – a huge treat! –
and then the girls played so well with me at home. We then did an encore performance by going
out to lunch (almost unheard of to go out twice in one day, these days!). Tuesday afternoon Daddy had some “baby girl
time” while I sneaked a little time away.
And for supper, the girls were ecstatic to see me serving shrimp
scampi. “We had this on my birthday!” B
exclaimed.
3)
Hearing the girls play hide-and-seek with Daddy
while I was making supper one night.
They struggle to play by the rules by themselves…the one who is supposed
to be hiding can rarely resist jumping out with a big “Ta-da!”…but Daddy hid
with one of the girls. It was dark already,
so they had an extra element of surprise.
The giggles (from the girls AND Daddy) were nothing short of awesome.
4)
Seeing the girls play “president”. After we watched Obama’s speech from Tuesday
night, the girls set up chairs. They took
turns being the president, giving a speech.
What I got the biggest kick out of was that their speech was always the
Pledge of Allegiance. I was impressed
they connected that with the president!
5)
The girls had just finished cutting out their
letter “J” pictures for school, and they were writing their names on their
envelopes. I was concentrating on B,
while A drew a very recognizable pig on her envelope. And then – if I weren’t already impressed
enough – she asked, “Mommy, how do you spell ‘pig’?” and she added the letters
to her drawing.
6)
A good, old-fashioned cold and rainy day at home
on Wednesday. The girls played so well
on Wednesday morning, looking for pictures in magazines, cutting out pictures,
and then drawing. Wednesday afternoon
they threatened to be a little restless, until I suggested we get out our
blocks. Baby A wanted to build a
stroller – “a double one, like we have in the car,” she told me. We fashioned a pretty decent “stroller”, if I
do say so, and the girls spent close to two hours “driving it” through a maze I
made from blankets and pillows.
7)
The girls’ amazement at the fog. Thursday morning was incredibly foggy, and I
knew the girls would be so excited to see it.
Sure enough, they pulled chairs to the patio doors and sat there for
about 20 minutes, just gazing outside.
8)
Having such a successful trip to the mall on
Thursday afternoon. We needed dressy
shoes for the girls’ Christmas pictures, and I was so proud how well they
behaved. They stood patiently and had
their feet measured, and then followed directions exactly as I shopped for what
we needed. They each carried a bag, and
they did well at the second store when we went to buy our tights. Of course that stellar performance earned a
ride on the escalator, and that made their day!
9)
The girls’ obsession with a new book we bought
at Sam’s on Monday, “5 Minute Christmas Stories”. I hadn’t really planned to start
Christmas-ing this early, but they are already so excited. We have read the 10 stories in that book
countless times in the past four days, literally probably six times, cover to
cover. I just love seeing them so
enthralled with a book…and I sure am enjoying the snuggle time on the couch.
10)
And the quotes of the week…
A, listening to her sister talk nonsense in bed one morning: “Sissy! That’s not a word!” over and over.
B:
“Get me out of time-out! I’m ready to
make better decisions!”
So thankful for my sweet baby girls!
1 comment:
My kids love Hide-n-seek and this is funny - they LOVE to get scared (jumped out at!). The other day, Jacob ASKED me to scare him as he came out of the bathroom after his bath. I told him no, but still went and hid behind the door and jumped out as he walked by. The scream and giggles are hilarious! ha!
I remember the first time last year that Adam saw fog and I said it was "foggy" and he kept saying "ribbit, ribbit!?" ha!
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