I left work on my lunch hour today to go run and passed the gardener, who likes to talk. The condensed version was that he was happy he was working and was feeling good and useful. He commented that it's really nice when God works with you, things are then ok. I smiled and nodded, but thought to myself that I think he has it backwards. It's nice when we work with God, then things are ok. God is always working with us, it's only a matter of us being receptive, open, and willing to follow Him. Then we're a team and we're following His plan.
Green eggs and milk for St. Patty's Day
The kids have been up to so much these days, let me see if I can get it all down. Miles is growing by leaps and bounds. He's begun playing more and more by himself, inventing little games and playing with his toys. It isn't until he catches me watching him that he solicits me to play with him. He's into making up games, and loves to play "Friends". For example, in the bath, he'll ask me if I want to play Dolphin Friends. To play Dolphin Friends, you each have a washcloth and pretend to be dolphin friends (tricky, right?!). He also plays Motorcycle Friends, Car Friends, and any other kind of friend that fits into the situation. He's also into pretending he's a kitty again. He used to do this when he was a bit younger, but now it's back. He likes to say "Mommy, I'm a very sweet, soft, nice baby kitty. And I can stand and walk and talk." He likes for me to be the teacher and he's the kitty in the classroom. We often play show-and-tell for a minute. Miles' vocabulary is also picking up little boy terms. Not sure how I feel about that! First, he tries to incorporate "booty" and "coo-coo" whenever he can. We highly discourage them both, especially the booty talk. He has also added "that's not fair!", "nana-nana-boo-boo" and "uuuhhh" (as in a sarcastic little boy version of "ewww").
Cousin Emmett sent Miles goodies from his bday party!
I decided to try to sell some of my too-big clothes on Craig's List, just to see if I could get anything. If not, no biggie, I'll just donate them somewhere. Well, I had some interest and a lady and her 6-year old son came over on Saturday to look at some things. She ended up trying on almost everything I had and the boys were playing nicely. I even gave her son a Popsicle! (she ended up being here over an hour!) Well, at one point, her son was trying to play with a car set Miles as and Hailey was very interested in it. Hailey was trying to take a car or a sign or something and the boy kept making comments about her leaving things alone. Miles wasn't there at that moment, but when he came back over, the boy asked Miles if he could make her go away. Miles simply said, "She's ok, she can play". I was so proud. I told him later that I was proud of him sticking up for his sister and that's what big brothers do. I'm not sure he got it completely, but that's ok.
Playing bad guys with Nana
Hailey. Hailey, Hailey, Hailey. She is something else and cracks me up on a daily basis. She is just so stinking cute! She has gotten 2 new teeth since I last posted and may be working on more (suspected by her restlessness at night lately). She clearly says "dog-dog" in reference to a dog (or a cat, or a squirrel) and will sometimes "woof" at it. She has also started saying "no-no" although she's just saying it right now, not actually to say "No" to something. She's saying "Bubble" and I've heard "bye-bye" a few times. Now, my mom swears she heard all types of words when we last visited (such as "bad guy" and "siren"), but I'm not so sure! (Sorry mom!) She has moved up to the 1-year old room at daycare and is now napping only once a day there and is also napping on a cot. I can't even imagine my little baby on a cot! They say she does wonderfully though. I bet she does, by 12:30, I'm sure she's beat! She completed her first paper from school, managing to get a few different colored scribbles and dots on a coloring page. It's proudly displayed on the frig along with all Miles' wonderful papers.
Hailey doesn't miss out!
We are working diligently on weaning as well. I've been kinda working on it, but discovered that we weren't making much progress. She had dropped her morning nursing pretty easily and I'd been happy with that. But after dress shopping for my cousin's upcoming wedding, I realized that my dress had no access, so that meant no nursing! I decided it was time to step it up. Last week and then again today, we've managed to skip the nursing session when she gets home from school. So, we are just down to before bed and when she wakes during the night. Even over the weekend, she didn't really ask and only nursed once or twice. We are getting there. It's very bitter sweet.
Batter's up!
We had a great time the other weekend visiting my parents, but were disappointed we didn't really have time to visit any of our friends. Maybe next time! We even went on a date. Yup, our 4th in 4 years (and 3 of those have been within the last year!). We had dinner at Tumbleweed, an awesome Tex-Mex place. They don't have one in Indy, but they do in Terre Haute, where we went to college and met. We used to hit up 99 cent margarita nights (I think Wednesdays) pretty regularly and always had a blast. Even though I couldn't get one, Ahmad got one big enough for the both of us! It was nice. Of course mom and dad had fun keeping the kids. I think that's the first time we let them. Dad even made it into the basement to play balls on the pool table with Miles. Miles loved it! And mom played outside with both the kids and I think Hailey had her first ketchup experience. I'm sure it was all very entertaining!
Miles and Grampie played "Big Monkey/Little Monkey"
I have to admit, I did feel a bit like a bad mom for a minute. My mom and I were giving the kids a bath in their ginormous tub. Hailey peed as soon as I took off her diaper, but it went on the floor, no problem. Later in the bath, she had a little diarrhea. We drained the water and refilled the huge tub. As soon as she got in, she peed again. I remember the doctor telling us that pee was sterile and pee in the tub was ok. I know it's not the most desirable, but at this point, all I wanted to do was finish the bath. I got Hailey done, but Miles wouldn't get in. I kept trying to talk him into it until he said "Mommy, I don't want to take a bath in pee pee". What could I say? I didn't either! So, we drained it again and filled it a tiny bit for him to finish. 3 baths in 1!
I see lots of dress up days in our future!
The spring weather has been wonderful this past week or so. We've loved being outside again in the evenings and Hailey has just a blast. Both kids bolted through the door and garage tonight after dinner with the kids-like excitement of being released from a long winter inside. They were both full of giggles. We've enjoyed playing with Elliott and Meredith again and Miles has been riding is new Spiderman bike. Hailey is riding a little 3-wheel bike of Merediths and loves to play in the dirt. Miles, not so much. He doesn't like getting too dirty, but I think Hailey's going to love it! And tonight, she played Ring Around the Rosie for the first time. She loved it! It was so cute. She also tried chasing down the neighbor's cat, clapping her hands and trying to make kissing noises to lure them closer. Of course it didn't work, but that's ok. She's got all summer to perfect it! We also enjoyed our old neighbor's daughter (Robyn) 3rd birthday party yesterday. It was a ton of fun, but interesting because outside of a 7-8 year old boy, they were all little girls. For the first time, Miles stood out and played with the dads. It was interesting to see this new development in him. He did play catch with one of the girls for a while and joined in the bike parade led by Ahmad, but in general, he kind of kept to himself.
Sporting their new bike helmets!
I am so excited for this spring and summer! I can't wait. And I can't wait to see what my little ones do next. They are so exciting and full of surprises, I just don't know. I love every minute of it though and I wouldn't trade it for the world!
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