Not much happened this week. I went and help Alison pack on Thursday night. Saturday Steve took the girls to Kangaroo Zoo--a bounce house place. It makes me all sorts of happy to say that Mira is asleep in her bed in Pinkie Pie panties right now.
She is such a contradiction for me. She makes me angrier than anyone on this planet has ever made me. EVER. But she also melts my heart. all. the. time. And she is SO stinkin' cute!
She says "Thank you, Momma!" so sincerely over the funniest things. Like when she gives me her binkie in the mornings. She doesn't like having to give it up, but we only let her have it when she sleeps. But she knows she's got to, and when I take it she says, "Thank you, Momma!" Most of the facebook funnies below are from her. And she just has her own unique way of pronouncing things. Which you can see in the video that I linked to at the bottom.
9/28/13
Cecily
wouldn't take a bottle this morning while I was gone garage sale-ing.
When I got home Emilia told me, "I made up a song I was singing to her.
It went, 'Be normal. Drink your milk--from a bottle without crying.'"
I'm sure that was very comforting to Cecily.
9/24/13
[Some
background info: noses make noises in our house (My nose says
"Ah-woo-gah"); Emilia has called Mira "the peachy squeeze" for over a
year now.]
Cecily was sitting in her bumbo the other day and
Emilia was talking to her. Emilia likes to squeeze Cecily's arm and say
"Hello, Beep Beep!" But she took it a little further. "You know how a
little girl grows up, Cecily? First they're a beep beep. Then they
become a peachy squeech. Then they grow up to a honk honk, then an
ooga."
11/8/13
Also,
it's totally adorable that Mira's fill-in for the word "small" is
cute--in any situation. She was putting away the clean silverware today
from the dishwasher and pulls out a soup spoon.
Mira: Mommy, this a big one, right?
Me: Yes, Sweetie. That's a big one.
Mira (pulling out a regular-sized spoon): This a cute one, Mommy?
Me: Yes, that's a small one. Good job.
12/12/13
I
crocheted a nativity for my kids so they would have one to play with
this Christmas. The best part is, Mira calls them her "ginger mans."
12/17/13
Mira is being really cute today. Perhaps to make up for her shenanigans yesterday. A couple tidbits:
Mira (putting on sunglasses in the living room at 9am): Mommy! It's dark in here! I can't see.
Me: The sunglasses make it dark, huh?
Mira: Yes! We fix it. We need....assessories! (she runs off to find some)
A moment later...
Emilia (also in sunglasses): We look like you mommy. We're wearing glasses!
Mira: Yes! We need decide what's for dinner.
(Apparently that's what we serious mom-types do.)
At the lunch table, Mira is eating a granola bar.
Mira: Momma, pretend this is a bad guy.
CHOMP! She takes a loud big bite.
Mira: I bite his head off.
In the car on the way to my parents house...
Mira: Mom! a speedamint!
Me: Really? Where?
Mira: There! There's another one. Daddy! There's a speedamint!
Me aside to Steve: She's saying "speed limit."
Steve: Oh, I see. So, Mira, what's *your* speedamint?
Mira: A girl! (said with both the 'r' and the 'l' as a 'w')
On the way to grandma and grandpa's today, we were playing "I spy with my little eye..."
Mira: I spy...little eye...something a house!
Video of:
Mira telling me the name of a hair elastic.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Big steps
This last week we did nothing.
At least it felt a lot like nothing. I started potty training Mira on Tuesday, and honestly, I am THRILLED at how well it's going, I just had to stay in my house for 5 straight days. And I don't do well with being cooped up indoors. Especially in the winter.
I am happy to say Mira is taking to it very quickly. I think the key this time was that I prepared her for it. I let her pick the day of the week she wanted to start and we marked off the calendar every day until it was the day she picked. Each day we would mark it off and say only ___ more days until you get to use the potty! It helped that Emilia was excited for her to start using the potty, too. If Emilia thinks its cool, then Mira is all over it. She went to church today wearing a pull up and we had an accident, but it was the only one of the day. She did awesome. I'm very proud of her.
I also noticed this week that Emilia is getting really good at sounding out words. She picks up library books and sounds out the first few words on the page. She picks words off signs, boxes, advertisements, buildings, and reads them. She is doing amazing.
Cecily will not be outdone either. She is rolling around like a pro. So much so that she has knocked over plants and pulled stuff off shelves even though she started out at the other side of the room. She is also pushing up on her hands and knees and trying to go. She's successful, only in the wrong direction. She goes backwards a lot.
Friday Emilia didn't have school for SEP, so Haylee and Dylan and Lincoln came to visit.
Saturday was Steve's work "Christmas" party. We got sitters (yes, plural) and got dressed up in our best inexpensive version of 1930's nightclub garb. We then set off for "The Underground" in Provo where they had a "mini" casino set up. They were full-size tables, but not very many of them. Five blackjack tables, three craps tables, one roulette table and one texas hold em table. They gave everybody $350 in chips which we could gamble with at the tables, and then at the end of the night, you turned in your winnings for entries to a raffle that will be held Monday at work.
Inside Sales where Steve works has grown a lot over the last year (probably quadrupled the number of employees) and I think this party was a product of some growing pains. It was a terrible venue for 300+ employees and the fun stuff was under-staffed and over-crowded. It was the same thing they did last year, and I would be happy to have them do it again next year if they get a larger venue and more tables.
Tonight we had the whole family at my parents house for celebrating January birthdays.
Although I had a lot of frustrations this week, I think overall, I can count it as a pretty blessed week.
At least it felt a lot like nothing. I started potty training Mira on Tuesday, and honestly, I am THRILLED at how well it's going, I just had to stay in my house for 5 straight days. And I don't do well with being cooped up indoors. Especially in the winter.
I am happy to say Mira is taking to it very quickly. I think the key this time was that I prepared her for it. I let her pick the day of the week she wanted to start and we marked off the calendar every day until it was the day she picked. Each day we would mark it off and say only ___ more days until you get to use the potty! It helped that Emilia was excited for her to start using the potty, too. If Emilia thinks its cool, then Mira is all over it. She went to church today wearing a pull up and we had an accident, but it was the only one of the day. She did awesome. I'm very proud of her.
I also noticed this week that Emilia is getting really good at sounding out words. She picks up library books and sounds out the first few words on the page. She picks words off signs, boxes, advertisements, buildings, and reads them. She is doing amazing.
Cecily will not be outdone either. She is rolling around like a pro. So much so that she has knocked over plants and pulled stuff off shelves even though she started out at the other side of the room. She is also pushing up on her hands and knees and trying to go. She's successful, only in the wrong direction. She goes backwards a lot.
Friday Emilia didn't have school for SEP, so Haylee and Dylan and Lincoln came to visit.
Saturday was Steve's work "Christmas" party. We got sitters (yes, plural) and got dressed up in our best inexpensive version of 1930's nightclub garb. We then set off for "The Underground" in Provo where they had a "mini" casino set up. They were full-size tables, but not very many of them. Five blackjack tables, three craps tables, one roulette table and one texas hold em table. They gave everybody $350 in chips which we could gamble with at the tables, and then at the end of the night, you turned in your winnings for entries to a raffle that will be held Monday at work.
Inside Sales where Steve works has grown a lot over the last year (probably quadrupled the number of employees) and I think this party was a product of some growing pains. It was a terrible venue for 300+ employees and the fun stuff was under-staffed and over-crowded. It was the same thing they did last year, and I would be happy to have them do it again next year if they get a larger venue and more tables.
Tonight we had the whole family at my parents house for celebrating January birthdays.
Although I had a lot of frustrations this week, I think overall, I can count it as a pretty blessed week.
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