these girls are getting so big right before my very eyes!
every day you can find at least one of them (but usually both) in some sort of a princess dress or tutu.
they are so self sufficient. they have had to be since i had the babies.
in the days when i was nursing the babies…they had to learn to fend for themselves a little more. 🙂 dress themselves, find snacks…and that caught on. they grew up a tiny bit when i had cate and lucy.
they don’t need me aaaaaaaaaas much. and honestly i really like that. it’s nice that they will do a bit more for themselves. it gives me a little break and it makes them feel good about themselves.
the funny thing is, it’s usually sadie helping harper find things and do things. HA!
they love to PLAY right now. they play together.
but OH THE FIGHTING!!! can someone please tell me how they can switch from playing nicely to shrieking at a pitch that every dog in the neighborhood can hear?
some days the tattling and the one-upping drives me nuts. sometimes i have to tell them NO MORE TALKING TO EACHOTHER. SILENCE!
they are changing. sadie wants to do everything HERSELF. and when it’s apparent she simply can’t, she sighs and is SO dramatic about asking for help. “ooooookaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay”.
like she’s doing ME a favor by asking for help. hahaha!
she’s feisty and beautiful. she tells the dog next store to BACK OFF!!!! when it barks at her.
she knows what she likes. she is funny as hell. she will say something funny and then try to hold a straight face, but she can’t. she knows she’s funny. it’s dangerous. 🙂
but she still NEEDS me. when she’s scared she climbs in my lap and holds on so tight. every morning when she wakes up she kisses my arm or my head and purrs “gooood morrrrning mama”.
she thinks she doesn’t need a nap anymore, but on the days she talks me in to skipping it, she falls asleep on car rides in 30 seconds flat.
she’s 3. but i forget this. she’s tall. and does everything harper does (and more!). i forget she’s only three.
she loves her daddy so much. she sits and waits for him. it makes my heart ache.
i am too easy on her. she gets away with too much. but she’s sly that one. i have to remind myself to be firm and stay consistent with her. i love her so much.
she’s perpetual motion.
and this one…
oh, she’s gotten so big. and she’s so beautiful. she’s so so beautiful.
she’s grown tall. and there is NO baby fat left on her body. because of her food allergies she is so so thin. the doctors bug me about it a but. but what am i supposed to do? she eats and asks for seconds…she’s just skinny.
and i have to be careful that we don’t tell her that. she picks up on it. and worries about it. she will say something like “do i need to eat more food so my belly gets bigger???”.
oh my. we tell her she is beautiful and smart and just right. we do not use the work fat in this house. we do not compare weights. she’s a sensitive one. (wonder where she got that?? wink)
she so worries about MY feelings.
me: “what do you want for dinner tonight?”
h: hmmmm. what would be easiest for YOU mommy?
when sadie gets hurt she cries harder and louder than sadie does.
she needs a lot of reassurance. very “first child”.
she’s a perfectionist. we work so hard on not getting worked up. on having fun. she needs a lot of positive reinforcement and responds well to it.
she is a total ham. always asking me to take random pictures of her. hahaha!
she is smart. and a hard worker. she loves school. and every day she comes home and writes and illustrates stories.
i need to give her more one on one attention. i feel like i don’t see her much, she’s at school all day and then in the hustle and bustle of the afternoon and homework and supper…then it’s bedtime. and i miss her. so much.
sometimes i’m too hard on her. i expect a lot from her and sometimes i forget she is just FIVE. she is me. so much of me. and because of that we butt heads a lot. i am trying my hardest to love on her and guide her without being so hard on her. i love her so much.
they have been so wonderful the past 10 months. they have helped me so much, loved on me just when i needed it, brought me so many diapers and wipes and given so many kisses.
they have handled the babies and the attention they get so well. we get stopped all the time and no one comments on them, they are just interested in the babies. this has NEVER made them jealous. they just jump right in and say “oh we LOVE our babies”.
they are amazing.
don’t get me wrong. they have meltdowns. a LOT of meltdowns. we have time outs. LOTS of time outs. sometimes i give MYSELF a time out.
but they are amazing.
we must be doing something right. even though most of the time i have NO idea what i’m doing…i must be doing something right.
happy thursday!
xxo
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