It’s been another B-U-S-Y week, as evidenced by the sad lack
of blog posts…but even amid the busyness, there’s a lot of super to be found!
1)
We’ve had so much fun over the past couple of
weeks, keeping tabs on the bunnies in our yard.
One afternoon, we saw two adult bunnies, seeming to play with each
other. One would charge at the other,
and the second bunny would hop straight in the air to avoid the collision. They did this for a good three or four
minutes. All the while, the baby bunny
grazed nearby…so sweet!
2)
My very dear friend – M&C’s mom – had her
precious Baby A on Monday afternoon. I
got to visit her a couple of times in the hospital, and the girls asked after
each visit, “Was A out of Miss Demara’s tummy already?” I can’t begin to imagine how they were
processing everything, but that just made me laugh.
3)
Since Miss A was born, my A&B have been very
attentive to their baby dolls. It’s so
sweet to see, since they’ve been more focused on their furry babies over the
past six months or so. They are
absolutely chomping at the bit to meet Miss A soon!
4)
Baby A called for me a couple of hours after
bedtime one evening, which is rare. I
bounded up the stairs to check on her, and was met with the sweetest, raspy
little voice. “I love you, Mommy,” she
said, and then she hugged and kissed my hand.
She just needed a little reassurance, I guess, to settle back to
sleep. It was definitely one of those I-love-being-a-mommy
moments.
5)
After a particularly busy afternoon, when I
realized there just wasn’t enough time in the day to cook what I’d planned for
supper, I made a quick decision to pick up a pizza on the way home. As we started to drive away, B said, “Mommy,
I saw a sign on the door. It was an
advertisement for a large pizza with two toppings, for 10 bucks.” I probably swerved the car at her deadpan
statement. I didn’t see the
advertisement, and I can’t imagine that was quite right – as it doesn’t sound
like a very good deal – but her “10 bucks” had me rolling! I don’t think of myself as saying “bucks”
very often…but maybe I do? She had to
have heard it somewhere!
6)
On Thursday morning we went out for breakfast…a
rare treat that is almost always reserved for the weekend…and then we headed to
Lost River Cave for an early morning hike.
We hadn’t been since April, and it was so nice to see all the trees in
their beautiful bright greens. It was a
very hot day – even before lunchtime – but it’s so very shady there we were
quite comfortable. I never tire of
enjoying hikes with my sweet babies…and I love how observant they are of some
of the neat little things that I would probably miss along the way.
7)
The girls and I have been working on a
multi-layered art project over the course of the past few days. It never fails that they pause at some point
and say, “This is fun, Mommy!” It makes
the gluey hands and fabric strings so very worth it.
8)
Seeing the girls working on their silly faces!
9)
I’ve let the girls help me unload the dishwasher
the past few days. I know that’s
something that most kids have been doing for a while at their age…but it’s a
chore I REALLY dislike…and I am usually so focused on just getting it done that
I didn’t want to invite any “helpers” into the mix on a regular basis. The girls have taken turns – one doing the
utensils, while the other stacks dishes on the counter for me to put away. So far, they’re having a blast with it…and it’s
actually made it a bit “fun” for me, not quite as dreaded, actually, as it
typically is.
10)
Aunt Alison sent the girls new outfits to mark
their first day of preschool last August.
They were a bit big at the time, but they fit perfectly now. The girls wore them for the first time this
week, and they could not get enough of their “twirl dresses”. I fear they could get used to this!
11)
The girls and I have eaten a couple of times at
a new-to-us bakery close to downtown.
This week we had the opportunity to visit there with Daddy for
lunch. The girls were so cute, showing
Daddy “our” table and telling him what they like there. Fortunately, Daddy liked it to, so we’ll
definitely be going back!
12)
For a long time the girls have been
making up words. “What does 'alla-bob-kich-a'
mean, Mommy?” they’ll ask…and then LAUGH.
Usually their “words” are so conjured it’s almost impossible to
transcribe them, but they threw out an easier one a couple of days ago. I thought I would note it for posterity’s
sake. "'Bop'
is another word for 'pillow'. I just made it up," Baby A told me. That was followed by hysterical giggles, in
stereo.
13)
One morning, the
girls were planning a trip with their babies, and I asked them where they were
going. Baby A stated emphatically, "The Empire State building!" A few
seconds later, B reconsidered, "Or maybe the Leaning Tower of Pisa, I'm
not sure." B proceeded to make
the tallest tower she could manage, and told me it was, in fact, the Leaning
Tower of Pisa.
So thankful for lots of super with my baby girls!!!
2 comments:
I absolutely love the pic of A (that is A, I think?) kissing her babies...so sweet!
I also LOOOOOVEEEE that pic of A kissing the babies - so precious - she's got the twin thing down already.
I also love the SILLY faces and the pic of YOU with your girls :)
And yes, those dresses are DARLING!
Kendra said to me, my favourite season's summer because I like to wear dresses. Didn't want to tell her technically you can wear dresses year-round!
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