So many funny comments as of late! I had a very bad tooth infection two weeks ago and had to take antibiotics and also do warm-water salt rinses a few times a day. Carolyn apparently found it fascinating, and one morning, announced at breakfast "I'm going to be a Mommy and have coffee and take medicines!" like it was some great exotic luxury she was missing out on. So funny.
The girls have been enjoying the snow, the resultant ice from freezing rain and also rain on top of snow, and the fact that snow melts in sunshine creating lots and lots of muddy puddles. Yesterday, one of our neighbors was returning home from his afternoon walk while Carolyn and Helen were playing on the driveway with sticks, leaves, pebbles, and some mud. He yelled "What are they doing?" Carolyn proudly replied "We're making a MESS!" She was delighted with herself. I was finding it somewhat amusing until the mud started getting thrown around, at which point, we made a hasty dash to another activity.
Hasty is a misnomer, these days. Nothing is hasty. If I want to change diapers, I am usually required to play a 10 minute game of chase around the house and then am subject to loud complaining when the changee is caught. Getting ready in the morning is generally a 40minute event while we figure out what color we are interested in wearing and whether the clothing item in question must be a dress. We've just been in a major dress/tights-only phase and I think we are just rounding the corner now of wearing pants again. We've had a little potty action, but nothing too significant just yet, tho we are talking about big-girl underpants and big-girl beds. Hard to believe in just a mere matter of 2.5months, the girls will be a whopping 3yrs old.
Helen and Carolyn are proficient counters now, getting all the way from 1-10 and sometimes to 12 or 13, in sequence, and perfectly pronounced. They seem to be flourishing in preschool. Carolyn ran to the front door of school and excitedly yelled "I love Preschool, Mama!" Helen is a little more shy around the children and either prefers playing with her sister or playing by herself. Carolyn is starting to branch out and play with other children now for a few minutes here and there. We've had some playdates too, which have been fun for everyone.
The girls are able to put on their shoes by themselves (if they are velcro), sometimes put on their jackets using Debbie's patented process (!) called the "Flippy-Dee-Do-Dah". It involves laying the coat before the child upsidedown (hood towards the feet) and letting the kids put them hands in the sleeve and then flipping it overhead. It has a high success rate, at least in this household, and the girls love it.
We hope to get to a park later today, assuming it is not all mudbaths. I got published in FORBES magazine! I was amazed--there is my name, right along major CEOs and prominant businesspeople or politicians. I'm saving my copy for posterity.
The girls have been enjoying the snow, the resultant ice from freezing rain and also rain on top of snow, and the fact that snow melts in sunshine creating lots and lots of muddy puddles. Yesterday, one of our neighbors was returning home from his afternoon walk while Carolyn and Helen were playing on the driveway with sticks, leaves, pebbles, and some mud. He yelled "What are they doing?" Carolyn proudly replied "We're making a MESS!" She was delighted with herself. I was finding it somewhat amusing until the mud started getting thrown around, at which point, we made a hasty dash to another activity.
Hasty is a misnomer, these days. Nothing is hasty. If I want to change diapers, I am usually required to play a 10 minute game of chase around the house and then am subject to loud complaining when the changee is caught. Getting ready in the morning is generally a 40minute event while we figure out what color we are interested in wearing and whether the clothing item in question must be a dress. We've just been in a major dress/tights-only phase and I think we are just rounding the corner now of wearing pants again. We've had a little potty action, but nothing too significant just yet, tho we are talking about big-girl underpants and big-girl beds. Hard to believe in just a mere matter of 2.5months, the girls will be a whopping 3yrs old.
Helen and Carolyn are proficient counters now, getting all the way from 1-10 and sometimes to 12 or 13, in sequence, and perfectly pronounced. They seem to be flourishing in preschool. Carolyn ran to the front door of school and excitedly yelled "I love Preschool, Mama!" Helen is a little more shy around the children and either prefers playing with her sister or playing by herself. Carolyn is starting to branch out and play with other children now for a few minutes here and there. We've had some playdates too, which have been fun for everyone.
The girls are able to put on their shoes by themselves (if they are velcro), sometimes put on their jackets using Debbie's patented process (!) called the "Flippy-Dee-Do-Dah". It involves laying the coat before the child upsidedown (hood towards the feet) and letting the kids put them hands in the sleeve and then flipping it overhead. It has a high success rate, at least in this household, and the girls love it.
We hope to get to a park later today, assuming it is not all mudbaths. I got published in FORBES magazine! I was amazed--there is my name, right along major CEOs and prominant businesspeople or politicians. I'm saving my copy for posterity.
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