(I've been working on this SUPER post since Monday...but I just haven't managed to finalize it to post. Today is the day! Better late than never, I guess, to jot down a few favorite memories from the week.)
Last week Daddy and the girls were on Spring Break. We enjoyed Easter weekend. AND the weather has finally started to
warm! Super was not hard to come
by.
1)
The first part of the week was still pretty
cool, and the girls asked to go for a ride in our jogging stroller. We hadn’t been out with it in probably six
months, and it was such a fun experience to travel our same “stroller route”
that I did hundreds of times when they were younger. My babies are much older now, but their
delight at some of the same things – like the fountain in one garden, and the
puppy dog statue at another house – has remained blissfully the same.
2)
One day Daddy had some errands to run,
and he ate lunch while he was out. He
came home and the girls asked where he ate.
When he told them (a fast food restaurant), they were horrified. “Daddy, that has
chemicals! Why did you eat chemicals? YUCK!!!" And I loved it.
3)
On Friday we toured the local fire station with
our MoMs group. The girls were beyond excited
when I told them we were going, and they had an absolute blast seeing the fire
trucks. It was so much fun for me to
watch them in a group setting, too. Baby
B was rather outspoken. ;)
4)
After we toured the fire station, we walked
around downtown for a little bit, and then we went to lunch at one of our
favorite restaurants – the girls’ choice.
It gives me so much pleasure to share a nice meal with the
girls…especially when they act like such little ladies in a grown-up setting.
5)
Ahead of our tour on Friday, the girls helped me
make some goodies to take to the fire station.
We made cinnamon-sugar pretzels, and I let them mix the
butter-sugar-cinnamon mixture with the pretzels, using their hands. I told them afterwards that that mixture was
actually a nice exfoliant. A day or so
later, Baby A had some dry skin on her finger.
“Mommy, I need some……….” she started, struggling to find the next word. “Cream?” I asked. “No, that cinnamon-sugar mixture to get the
dry skin off my finger!”
6)
For the first time since last fall, we’ve really
PLAYED outside. It’s been so much fun to
dig out the bubbles, sidewalk chalk, and pinwheels. It truly does the soul good to get some
sunshine and warm air!
7)
On Saturday we took the girls for ice cream…the
perfect way to celebrate a nice nap on a warm spring day. I forgot to ask for their kiddie ‘cream in a
cup, and I was quite surprised to see Hubby bringing two CONES to the
girls. I was so impressed with how they
handled it, though! Those were their
first real cones (not soft-serve), and they managed with only a couple of
drips. It definitely felt like a big
milestone!
8)
I got to enjoy my girls in short-sleeve shirts
for the first time this season. It
always stops me in my tracks…to see those silky soft baby arms in action.
9)
One day, the
unofficial “word of the day” – as apparently determined by the girls – seemed
to be “enormous”. They used it every
chance they got.
10)
The girls have
helped fold laundry a couple of times this week. They aren’t always so eager, but it’s so nice
when they are…and even when they “compete” to see who can fold the most “enormous”
pile. I’ll take it!
11)
One night,
shortly after I put the girls to bed, I got called upstairs, "Fix my
blanket, Mommy!" I was rewarded for my response time with the tiniest,
most precious, sleepy little voice..."Thank you, Mommy.”
12)
I was doing some
cleaning this week and came across a handful of Beanie Babies from 15 or so
years ago. I sorted through and found
two kittens, and I had them waiting on the girls one day after nap. They were ELATED! Baby A ran downstairs with hers and grabbed a
Beanie Baby puppy their granddaddy gave them their first Christmas. She put it facing the dog, and said, “She’s a
tiny baby and she’s drinking from Smarty’s teats.” Um...I think they generally consider Smarty a boy…and he’s a dog…but she was
so concerned about taking care of her new baby kitty...it was really very sweet. The girls have played with Kitten and Callie
(the names they chose) every single day since.
13)
I bought the
girls some very basic kites (meaning, they each cost $1!) a few months
ago. We hadn’t gotten them out until
this past weekend. Of course as soon as
I got one assembled, the wind died down…but it was still so much fun to fly it
a little bit. The girls were in awe, too…even
at it flying a whopping 15’ in the air. “It’s
soaring, Mommy!!!” It's all relative to a four-year old...and that's a really sweet reminder, no matter your age.
I normally wouldn't finish on such a random number, but I'm ready to finally hit the "publish" button! More next week, for sure! :)
2 comments:
Always love hearing the joys in the little things :-)
Please can you mail me your cinnamon sugar pretzels recipe?
Oh and we have no wind in our city - kite flying is always a disappointment
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