...let me think of good things, stuff that brings a smile to the frown or furrowed brow.
how adeline was so excited to go to school yesterday waving & shouting 'HI HI HI HI' to her classmates sitting on the inside steps that she didn't notice the crack in the sidewalk & fell smack on her front. instead of getting upset, she hopped up & started to laugh hysterically, then continued running to her teacher (who was coming down the steps quickly saying 'oh addy, are you okay?!'). she turned & waved 'buh bye mommy' with a huge grin.
amelia, who is now walking behind the toy walker...she walks a bit, does an odd imitation of galloping, then runs into something. she has gone from standing there stuck & frustrated, flailing her arms around with a very pissed off look on her face to learning the technique of moving the toy walker away from her stuckedness. the ornery & goofy grin she gives me as she walks by is both heart warming & a bit scary (per the ornery look).
oh adeline. she came out of her bedroom tuesday morning with 3 pairs of pajama shorts on & then FOUR pajama pants on her legs. she could barely walk, so she just plopped down in the hallway. when i asked her why she had on 7 pajama bottoms she just gave me the sign for cold. so apparently she woke up in the middle of the night & instead of pulling her blanket back on herself she went into her dresser & just kept layering on bottoms. i still wonder how she managed to climb back into her bed with all those clothes on, i mean, she could barely walk!
amelia loves to suck on her lips & tongue, especially when she's crawling around. so not only do we hear the pat-pat-plunk-pat of her crawling body, but we also get this high pitched slurp-suck-slurp as well.
last night adeline *asked to do her homework*. asked! as in, got wes' attention, said something resembling "addy home work please". her joy when we said 'you want to do your homework?!' & she was all YES YES YES HOMEWORK! she has a packet that's just enough to do a page a night of simple coloring, cutting, letters, size or object comparison. simple things. but she gets to cut with kid scissors & color & play with us all the while. wes & i are taking turns doing homework with her b/c *it's that fun* (well, most of the time, except when she jokes with us that a little c is a little s & then laughs when we're like 'no, that's a little c' & she's all yea i know stupid, it was a *joke*!
& i have two girls who love to wrestle. the pick ups & smack downs & tickles thrown in there for extra laughs. but they wrestle constantly throughout the day with each other. & if they happen to spy an adult laying on the floor--look out. you are about to be body slammed. by a cute little one, of course, but still, body slammed.
there are good things going on here, in this house of bad luck or whatever you may call this series of unfortunate events that has been the past year.
how adeline was so excited to go to school yesterday waving & shouting 'HI HI HI HI' to her classmates sitting on the inside steps that she didn't notice the crack in the sidewalk & fell smack on her front. instead of getting upset, she hopped up & started to laugh hysterically, then continued running to her teacher (who was coming down the steps quickly saying 'oh addy, are you okay?!'). she turned & waved 'buh bye mommy' with a huge grin.
amelia, who is now walking behind the toy walker...she walks a bit, does an odd imitation of galloping, then runs into something. she has gone from standing there stuck & frustrated, flailing her arms around with a very pissed off look on her face to learning the technique of moving the toy walker away from her stuckedness. the ornery & goofy grin she gives me as she walks by is both heart warming & a bit scary (per the ornery look).
oh adeline. she came out of her bedroom tuesday morning with 3 pairs of pajama shorts on & then FOUR pajama pants on her legs. she could barely walk, so she just plopped down in the hallway. when i asked her why she had on 7 pajama bottoms she just gave me the sign for cold. so apparently she woke up in the middle of the night & instead of pulling her blanket back on herself she went into her dresser & just kept layering on bottoms. i still wonder how she managed to climb back into her bed with all those clothes on, i mean, she could barely walk!
amelia loves to suck on her lips & tongue, especially when she's crawling around. so not only do we hear the pat-pat-plunk-pat of her crawling body, but we also get this high pitched slurp-suck-slurp as well.
last night adeline *asked to do her homework*. asked! as in, got wes' attention, said something resembling "addy home work please". her joy when we said 'you want to do your homework?!' & she was all YES YES YES HOMEWORK! she has a packet that's just enough to do a page a night of simple coloring, cutting, letters, size or object comparison. simple things. but she gets to cut with kid scissors & color & play with us all the while. wes & i are taking turns doing homework with her b/c *it's that fun* (well, most of the time, except when she jokes with us that a little c is a little s & then laughs when we're like 'no, that's a little c' & she's all yea i know stupid, it was a *joke*!
& i have two girls who love to wrestle. the pick ups & smack downs & tickles thrown in there for extra laughs. but they wrestle constantly throughout the day with each other. & if they happen to spy an adult laying on the floor--look out. you are about to be body slammed. by a cute little one, of course, but still, body slammed.
there are good things going on here, in this house of bad luck or whatever you may call this series of unfortunate events that has been the past year.
as usual, reading your blog is such a joy. :) i'm so sorry to hear about the car accident though - glad you're all ok. i can't wait to talk to adeline about preschool. loved the pic of her and millie together on the first day. (heart melting)
ReplyDeleteYes, there are many, many things to smile about.
ReplyDeleteI love the detail about the slurp-slurp sound of Amelia crawling. Rhys kind of pants when he's really excited, so in our house the slap-slap-slap of barefeet on tile is accompanied by heavy breathing. It always makes me smile.
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