Story Check

*Girlie1 wore a "Jesus loves me" snowman necklace to school. When she told her friends what it said, and they replied, "Who's Jesus?" She exlaimed: "Don't you know Jesus you lives in heaven and loves you? Christmas IS his birthay.", as she pointed up high in the sky.
Way to testify girl. Preach it to them!
*Baby Boy is now walking holding out his hands, as if he's driving a car, to balance. As with all things, there's no tentative steps, he just goes out of the gates like a thorough bred in the Kentucky derby.
*Girlie2 is as usual, salt and light, sweet as can be and stubborn as ever. She currently has a bad case of antsinthepants, and cannot sit without bouncing, or simply walk accross a room - she must skip or hop.

Forever and A Day

And the months go by! Yes, I'm still here and have horribly neglected this little blog.

All the happenings of Girlie 1 and Girlie 2 that I've neglected to document here these past months.

It all started with an audit at work that wouldn't stop. Well this week I was finally able to put it to bed. There were some rough moments in there, but thanks be to God, I can see the light of day again.

Toward the end, hubby, girlies and I were able to escape to a lovely resort and the girls went ga-ga over the massive indoor and outdoor waterparks.

Girlie 1 practically turned into a fish, we could not pull her away from the pool and the high slides she managed to muster up the bravery to slide down on her own.

It is unbelievable how much she's stretched over the past few months. Gone is all the toddler chubbiness, and the preschool fits. She is officially the WHY-girl and ready for Kindergarden. We can't ride to the grocery store without an endless attack of the WHY this and WHY that. And apparently I don't know enough answers to satisfy her. Yes, she told me so. "Mom, you need to know ALL the answers." So much for being honest with this one, but surely the girl stumps me sometimes. I truly have no answers for the why's of some of the practices of humanity. I mean, that's just the way it is.

Of course her first concern was that she needed money to go to school (mind you, she has no idea about the concept of money- or so I thought??). I asked her why she thought she needed money to go to school, and she tells me ' "Mom, I need to get a backpack! So I can carry my books, and necklaces, my lipstick and bracelets." Oh boy!

Girlie 2, on the other hand has become extremely sensitve, clingly - oh, at a hearty 40 minus 2 lbs wants dear daddy to carry her everywhere. (My daddy tells me that I was the same - OF COURSE!) Poor daddy's arms are sore, but he's developing some big muscles! :) But we'll take it. Soon enough she'll be off and we'll long for those moments when she needs to hold mommy's hand, just because.

Girlie 2 came along to Girlie 1's kindergarden orientation. I think it was tough on Girlie 2, first being separated from Girlie 1, while she spent time with her new teacher and class - all on her own. And basically because this is the first time Girlie 1 is doing something that's all her own.

Poor Girlie 2, the tragedy of being so close in age to your dear sister and experiencing the change as Girlie 1 steps out without Girlie 2 at her side.

GOOD NEWS! They've agreed to let me cut back on work hours. So next week officially begins more time at home with the girlies to enjoy the summer. And once Fall comes around, I'll be able to drop off and pick up Girlie 1 from school, be there for the homework help - and YES!! actually have a homecooked dinner for my little pixies each night (hubby is exited about that one too ) - should be a nice relief to the pocketbook.

Exciting times. Glad to be back ! :)

Sopito

Grandma gave Girlie 2 a toy dog for her b-day. She named him sopito. It's either because her grandma always feeds her sopa (soup) when she goes over or it's Dora related. I think one of the characters is name Pepito.

Either way, it's creative. Hubby and I think it's adorable.

Sunday Snow

Sunday was Girlie 2's B-day. It was the day of our biggest snowstorm this year. It was beautiful. We spent the day together, relaxed and happy. Girlies played outside and we made a snowman, had a snowball fight and played princess of the mountain.

All the neighbors were out, shoveling and snowblowing and catching up after what's been a very cold, nearly snowless winter.

We bought Girlie 2 a cookie cake with snowmen. She loved it.

Jesus watch over us through the night as we sleep

"Jesus watch over us through the night as we sleep.." is part of our nighttime prayers. You never know how the little ones interpret what you say each night until they just lay it out.

Conversation between Girlie 1 and Girlie 2 overhead:

Girlie 1: Jesus sleeps with us at night.
Girlie 2: Yeah, God takes care of us when we sleep.
Girlie 1: God doesn't sleep. He stays up all night. Jesus sleeps all the time.
Girlie 2: Jesus is a sleepy head.

!!

We did have a conversation after that to discuss what that line really means to us.

Pictures!

Today the girls had school pictures taken. So you of course know what happened? Yes. My dear Girlie 2, ran right into a doorknob last night and has a dent and bruise on her forehead. We went ahead and took them for pictures, although not as originally planned. It was a much more casual event.

So, the scary part? About 15 -20 minutes after the collision and subsequent icing of the goose egg on the forehead, Girlie 2 started throwing up - yep, a sign of a concussion. This morning she wasn't looking too good and threw up again, so we took her into the ER. Yessir, my 2 year old has a concussion.

These are the times I really want to be a SAHM again. Between cleaning up messes, comforting a little one that isn't feeling well, and trying to get WORK done - well, I'm just pooped!

Adorable Parlour Trick

Two year olds get such a bad rep sometimes, but they're so often great for parlour tricks. Like Girlie 2's latest - she'll count to ten in spanish if you start her off, every other number.

I start off with UNO, and she'll say DOS (DOEsh actually), I'll say TRES, she'll say CUATRO (or, er CUATO) etc, etc until we get to Ten.

Too cute!