Just had some random thoughts about what the girls have been doing
lately that I wanted to share…
Hard to believe our little girls are 18 months already… a year and a
half old! Amazing. They’re literally getting more and more fun each
week, sometimes each day. I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but
we’ve got a pretty cute morning routine now. Some of the times I’ll
get up and get the girls started in the morning. Once we’ve had
diaper changes (the girls, not me), we’ll usually wander out to the
kitchen where the three of us will put the dishes away.
This is a lot of fun, and pretty darn cute. Depending on their moods,
either one or both will “help” me. I’ll open up the door and the
girls will start handing me items from the bottom rack one-by-one.
(This is, of course, after I’ve taken out anything pointy from the
silverware tray!)
About a week or so ago Piper’s added a nice little twist. She’ll pick
something up, hold it high above her head and squeel “DA!” I can only
assume she means “Here you go daddy!” and isn’t actually speaking
Russian saying “Yes!”
Lela’s trick every now and then is when she wants to reach across the
dishwasher… instead of walking around the door, she’ll somehow
maneuver herself so she’s standing on the door,
grabbing for a plate. I’ve tried to discourage this, but you gotta
give her some credit for trying so hard.
The girls are still a little too short to be helping with the top
shelf of the dishwasher, though. Unless I’m quick about it, they’ll
have started to close the door up before I’ve got everything out of
it. The door’s a little heavy so it’s cute seeing them help each
other or ask me for help with their signs. Such helpful little
babies.
After that Mom might be out in the kitchen already getting some toast
ready, so I’ll wander off and get my shower and start getting
dressed. Sometimes Piper will come into our bedroom, though, and help
me with my shoes. She knows I put them on everyday, so she’ll go into
our closet and pick them up to bring them out for me.
This past Saturday, I had actually gotten dressed and had sandals on,
not my normal work-shoes (tennis shoes, nothing fancy). I was in the
kitchen making coffee and out came Piper holding my shoes. She looked
so proud of herself, I couldn’t not put them on.
Last week Lela actually got a hold of one of my shoes before Piper
could pick them up. Wow. That really got Piper stirred up. This is
where Lela’s evil-grin comes into play… she knew
why Piper was upset. What did she do? Put on her little grin and
tucked the shoe under her arm and started Lela-running out the
bathroom. Woohee, that really got Piper mad. Once my shoes were on,
though, they were back to being best friends.
Other fun stuff… Lela’s “car” sign is one of the best to
see… right up there with “frog” for both Piper and Lela. They’re
both getting really good at scooting around on either of their
“cars”. They love to brush their teeth, too… we brush every night
and once you say “let’s brush our teeth” they’re up and walking to the
bathroom. They’ll sit down nicely and do some brush-chewing. Every
now and then we’ll see a good back-and-forth motion, but I think it
tickles a bit so we’ll also see some funny expressions.
Speaking of funny expressions… Piper loves lemons. She’ll bit into
a lemon slice and get an expression on her face that’s classic. Then
she’ll bite into it again. Face-scrunch. Bite. Face-scrunch.
Bite. You get the idea.
Ok, that’s all I can think of right now… just some fun stuff that I
want to remember, and that’s partly why we have this blog. Come to
think of it… next month will be two years for this blog. Like I
said before… Amazing.