Our Kids

Mornings are always fun in the bustling Haslup house… Mystique and I will roll out of bed usually around the time the girls wake up, grab some milk and head on over to the girls’ wing. There we’ll get some good cuddle time from the girls after we change their diapers.

Then we’ll head back to our bedroom so Mystique and I can get ready. This morning I was done getting ready before Mystique so I said “Let’s go play!” to the girls. That really fired up Lela. She squeeked, turned right around and started waddling to our bedroom door. Every few steps she would just squeal in delight, and keep heading for their playroom. Once she got to the room she was all smiles, found her favorite toy and fired it up. Cutest thing ever.

Piper, on the other hand, handled it differently. The minute I said “Let’s go play” she stopped in her tracks, turned right to me and stuck up her arms and did her “pick me up” grunt. I, of course, complied, so we walked to the playroom together.

Playing is always a good time with the girls. Lela enjoys bringing things to you… books, toys, balls, etc… whatever catches her eye. If she likes it, she’ll bring it to you. Most of the time it’s a book, so I’ll start reading it to her. She really only likes to turn the pages, so I’ll usually only get a few words out per page which makes for an awfully confusing story. The girls don’t seem to mind.

When the book happens to be a picture book of animals, Piper is on top of things and pretty much signing each page correctly. Sometimes she’ll call a goat a cow, but that’s alright, she’s close enough. I love it when she does ‘fish’… it was my favorite sign until I saw her do ‘baby’ the other day. Mystique said that yesterday Piper actually signed a sort-of sentence… she saw Tess or Buster sleeping in the backyard and actually put together the ‘dog’ and ‘sleep’ signs. Pretty cool.

The best part of all the signing is that we’ve got both the girls saying “get!” and pointing their fingers at Rupert, our golden retriever. He’s really enjoying things these days .