- Watching the Christmas story told by children
- The girls asking to watch it over and over "Baby yasus! Star!"
- The star: It just makes me grin
- New vocabulary word: "Party"
- Playing at the museum with grandparents
- Bronwyn and Papa riding a stationary bike
- Carrying Aerie in the Ergo while Baba holds the boy
- Yummy food from dad
- watching girls decorate gingerbread cookies
- Aerie loving the art project-ness of the cookies
- Bronwyn spooning frosting in her mouth and sampling all her cookies
- Shared laughs with Papa
- Laughter and raspberry noises at the girls waking up with gift bags filled with elephants in their cribs
- Girls stopping all Christmas unwrapping to play with their Goodnight Moon game
- Playing with the car ramp
- Me collapsing with the flu down for a nap
- Having that freedom
- Derek having Monday off so I could rest some more
- Lots of grace to deal with screaming Sedryn who doesn't approve of me eating ice cream before bed.
- Hearing the girls chant "Lobby lobby lobby!" when I told them we're going to Hobby Lobby
- Treking over to Target to look for how to spend Christmas money from the Maine grandarents
- Stumbling on owl toddler sheets/comforter
- Girls all excited about "bay gel sheets" (big girl)
- Going home with the excitement and spontaneously converting their cribs to toddler beds
- More joy over big girl beds
- When B got tired she informed me "I nap"
- Laughter as B hollared at A "obey obey OBEY!" about staying in her bed
- Only 45 minute struggle to keep them in
- Excitement to tell day about "bagel beds"
- Listening to B tell A "no cry!" every time we closed the door
- Girls sleeping soundly
- Bedtime
- 1 hour of flirt time with a boy who cried every time i stopped talking to him
- Laughing as Sedryn busted out real tears every time Bronwyn yelled "No cry!" at him I think she scared him or hurt his feelings
- Long awaited date night
- Ruthie, Mandy , & Matt enjoying the wiggles
- Hearing about the girls' deltight at Ruthie playing their favorite song on the violin
- Ruthie dealing with the curveball of toddler beds with such grace- even with naked diaperless kiddos running around at almost 9pm
- Just talking with Derek
- Fondue!
- Chatting with Mandy, Ruthie, and Derek
- Going over to paint at Ruthie's new home the next day
- Secret toddler/Sedryn tree art project
- Ruthie's near tears of joy when the girls delivered her artwork
- Library fun
- Derek leaving a hysterical message to Brad about Ruthie's "A Pirate's Night Before Christmas"
- Finding the book on Julia's Pintrest later that day
- IHOP with the family for Derek's birthday
- Girls going to sleep in under 10 minutes both nap times today
- Sedryn's big boy quilt fabic- makes me smile
- Hearing this broadcast on Focus on the Family . A great way to start the epic toddler bed ordeal.
- 4.5 day weekend with Derek
- Moby wrap for unhappy baby
- Finally getting to bake Beef Portobello Turnovers that I've had the filling in the freezer for over a month waiting
- watching and overtired drowsy Bronwyn roll out of her toddler bed after extreme couple of nights of toddler bed drama
- Girls who eat spinach
- A partner who sits with me as we fight the girls over staying in bed
1 comment:
What a fun list! I just love the way young kids pronouce things:) So glad I stopped by today!
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