We officially kicked off the holiday season at our house
this week. We’ve been reading Christmas
books, singing Christmas songs, and making Christmas goodies. In addition to all the goodwill, here are a
few more things that made my week super-fabulous!
1)
Baby A asking me how to spell words as I was
making supper one night. She made a huge
list…some of her friends’ names, and anything she could see, including kitchen,
computer, and sleigh. I was so impressed
at her determination!
2)
The girls coordinating to sing me a song when I
get in the car. On several occasions, the
moment I’ve shut the door, the girls have burst into song. It’s usually the “ABC Song”, and then they
discuss what’s to come next. It’s
adorable how they “perform” for me!
3)
Silly Day at the girls’ preschool. The girls were tickled pink to put their
shirts on backwards and their hair in dog-ears.
And they liked their dog-ears so much, they’ve wanted to wear their hair
that way several times this week. The
cuteness is OK by me!
4)
Flipping through radio stations in the car, I
paused on the news. The report talked
about Romney meeting with Obama. “They’re
talking about the election!” B said. How
do you know? “I just heard Mitt Romney!” I love her eagle ears and her elephant-like memory.
5)
The girls love to hear me tell them “stories
from when they were tiny.” A couple of
times this week, they’ve pretended that with their baby dolls. B was asking A, “Tell me a story from when
Abby was a baby,” and A was happy to oblige.
6)
The girls guessing at words I was calling out
the spelling…both their names, my name, Hubby’s name, our cats’ names, “Mommy”,
“Daddy”, “Alabama”, “New York”…I was impressed!
7)
The girls have been really interested in letters
and spelling lately. I remarked that
they’d be reading in no time. “Do you
want to learn to read?” I asked them. B
responded with a resounding yes, but A said, “NO! I want you to read to me!” HA!
8)
After a blissful nap for BOTH GIRLS, we took
them to Panera for a special treat…a Christmas tree sugar cookie. I got them set up at the table, while I
waited for the hot chocolate and coffee I’d ordered for the hubs and me. I got to watch my three loves from afar…Daddy
conversing with his baby girls as they enjoyed their cookie. It was a perfect picture out of a magazine, at least
in my book.
9)
At Panera, the girls wanted to try Daddy’s hot
chocolate. Once it cooled, I held the
oversized mug for them each to have a sip.
How sweet it was to see the light in their eyes at that honor, and how
cute they looked with whipped cream mustaches!
10)
We attended our local “Dowtown Lights Up” ceremony on
Friday night. The girls remember going
last year, and I love that this is becoming an awesome family tradition for us.
11)
We put up our Christmas tree on Saturday. The girls watched relatively contentedly as
Daddy and I strung the lights, and they did a surprisingly good job of hanging
the ornaments. Their favorite is a music
box bell that my grandparents gave me in 1977.
They’re old enough to wind it themselves now, and I’ve heard its tinkle-y
“Jingle Bells” countless times in the past couple of days…the sweet sound of my
childhood.
12)
While the girls went for a ride with Daddy on
Sunday morning, I got out my nutcracker collection to decorate our mantle. The girls were so excited when they came
home. “Make them bite my finger!” Baby A
kept begging, a memory from last holiday.
13)
In Advent calendar events, we put up our
Christmas tree and our outside lights (thanks to the crazy-warm weather on
Saturday!), and we made our annual batch of Chex mix on Sunday. The girls would have loved that anyway, but
seeing it written on a card (even though they can’t read…HA!) seemed to make it
even more special.
14)
I’ve been amazed the details – and scripts! –
the girls remember from our Christmas books…it’s been a full year since we last
read them, but right away they were correcting any word I missed.
15)
And…because I don’t wanna forget a thing…here
are some of my favorite quotes of the week:
Playing
"school", B said: "Sissy,
what do you want to learn about?"
A: "About being nice to each other." B: "I don't know anything about
that."
Playing “racing”: "Let's stay together, Sissy," B
suggested, and A agreed. I think that kind of misses the point of
"racing"...but I love that they're looking out for each other.
A,
pretending: "OK...we're to
Mongolia! Let's get out of the car!"
B,
pretending: "Sissy! Let's have a
party today! You get the treat bags ready!" Something about that being
their first thought about party planning just cracks me up.
"Sissy,
you're so conciliatory." It was out of context, but I'll still give Baby B
an "A" for effort.
B did
something, and I heard A say, "No, Sissy. Mommy and Daddy would not
appreciate that." HA! Right, she is!
So thankful for my super-fabulous girls!!!
4 comments:
I am loving this weather! It was 74 today! Had I had a free moment I would have love to have brought out the Christmas decor in shorts!! Yay for another super week.
Awwwww, your girls are so sweet.
Their sayings had me in stitches.... Mongolia? Do they even have any idea where that is....
look at this long list - remember when it used to be 5 things long?
I love when kids boss each other around and how they know what you will and will not appreciate!
Sounds like a great week full of good memory making and sweetness. :-)
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