Our Kids

Lest you think our farts smell like roses here I will give you the skinny on the girls interpersonal relationship. You have all seen the smoochie pictures on the flickr site. I just want you to know that most of the smooching goes on after mommy says, no poking in the eye, kisses only, then the kisses come.

The girls are in a very clingy mommy state (and yes I know I should be grateful and relish every moment) which makes it difficult to get much done (and yes I know the dirty dishes will be there tomorrow and their youth will be gone). So most days I abandon all my domestic duties to sit on the floor and play with the girls. The only thing is that lately one wants to do what the other wants to do, one wants to have what the other wants to have and one in particular is very good at pulling hair, poking someone in the eye, and scratching at a moments notice. The hair pulling, poking and scratching is coming from sweet Lela. Now Piper went through this phase a bit ago so it is not like she is totally innocent.

So here is a typical scenario, mom comes in to play with girls because Lela is crying and following her around while she is trying to do the dishes from breakfast, Lela sits on moms lap and gets a book, then Piper who was playing well all by herself gets up and shoves Lela to get on mom’s lap and give mom a big doe eyed hug. Meanwhile Lela has gotten up and gotten into position to pull Piper back by the hair, grab her cheeks and pinch as hard as she can, then mom struggles to move Lela away and console Piper who is now screaming at the top of her lungs and Lela joins in with her cries of protest for being moved away. Now that is just one scenario and I know it seems like it would be easy to stop if you are sitting right there but it happens so fast. But amidst the toy stealing, shoving and screaming there is a TON of laughing, kissing, rolling, jumping and dancing that goes on everyday.