Taking care of Providence

I recorded Daniel talking to Providence one night when he didn't know I was there. Note the sound effect when he goes to get "lotion" for Providence's owie.

The stepstool bridge

Over the last 6 months I have noticed the kids playing together more, I love to sneak up on them when they don't know I am there and listen in on their conversations and just watch them interact. I love it when I see them working together to make up a game or building something together, like this stepstool bridge they made in the basement. I got an organizer a few months back for their playroom with a bunch of bins to hold toys, the kids dumped all of the toys out of the bins and made a bridge. I cringed because of the mess but loved that they thought of this and did it together.

The tutu - who wore it best?

When my mom came she brought a tutu and a headband for Elizabeth, it was adorable and of course, we put it on her right away. Then a little while later we looked into the living room and saw Daniel putting on the headband, we all thought, " oh how cute, he's wearing her headband" then he comes running out from behind the chair and he was also wearing the tutu! We laughed so hard, it was hilarious! He thinks it is funny to put on sissy's dresses and angel wings and twirl around in them, I keep assuring Chris it is completely normal, he is just having fun and he is all boy. Here is my sweet boy modeling his sissy's tutu and then the tutu how it was intended to be worn.

Bedtime with Elizabeth

Elizabeth is crazy about her baby dolls and stuffed animals, sometimes I can't even find her in her bed, she is surrounded by her animals, she insists on having them all in her bed before she goes to sleep. I went in the to check on her the other night a few minutes after I put them down and this is what I saw.

She had put her baby doll and Oklahoma bear to bed on her pillow and put a blankie on them. I can't even get over how adorable she is!

Bedtime with Daniel

I guess it has been a couple of months now since we broke Daniel of the pacifier, he has done really well, he only asked for it a couple of times and seemed to forget about it pretty quickly. The problem is that it obviously relaxed him and helped him get to sleep at night and now he just can't seem to wind down. He doesn't cry, he just bounces around his bed, talking, singing, keeping Elizabeth up, etc. I stood outside their door and captured this the other night.

Cheers!

The kids love to do Cheers while they eating, with us and with each other - how cute is that? Their tables manners have gotten considerably better in recent months and much less food is finding it's way to the ground, much to Providence's dismay. They really are getting too big for their high chairs but I am waiting for the MOMS Sale on March 13th to get another booster seat and then it's "bye bye high chairs!" I can't even tell you how much I won't miss washing those humongous trays!

"Look at my blue tongue!"

I had to post this pic of Elizabeth and her blue tongue that she got from a lollipop at church. We switched them to the 2 year old class in December and they absolutely love it! They were in the toddler room before which is basically just a room full of a bunch of toys where they just play for an hour. But now they are in more of a classroom where they sing songs, have a lesson and do a craft. One night they even came out with a piece of paper that they had glued things to, I was like, "you gave my kids glue?!" Well I didn't really say that but I thought it. It's just so great to see them socializing with other kids and really enjoying being somewhere like that and the best part - no tears! They are learning too, Elizabeth was going around the house saying "God gave us Jesus" over and over again. My babies are getting so big and grown up!