Our Kids

EDIT: Grammy and Grampy Haslup gave them chips first (it was their idea before it was someone elses) but they were afraid the girls would choke. I obviously have no such fear as I let them put them in their mouths:)

Jason read on some blog that poker chips provided endless entertainment for toddlers. Since we have tons of poker chips, the heavy duty Vegas kind, I pulled them out for some endless entertainment. The blog in question said that their toddler played for over an hour with the chips, since mine play with things for about 5 min. I was game. Anyhoo, it did provide Lela about 20 min of good fun, with mommy not alone. As for Piper she was less interested in the chips than she was at closing herself in the office with the lights off. Since that seemed like her thing for now I moved closer to the door so I could open it if she got upset. I decided to push a poker chip under the door to her and that resulted in squeals of laughter, so I pushed another and another. Each chip was followed with laughter from behind the door. Then little fingers stuck out from under the door and gave me back the chips. By now Lela was interested and came over to look under the door at Piper which caused her to go into giggle fits. We went back and forth with the chips over and over resulting in two very amused toddlers. Lela even went into the office a few times but the dark office wasn’t much fun for her and she quickly returned to the light. Ahhh…….poker chips.

Where did Daddy’s hair go? I like how the book that you can buy with that one on Amazon is about crazy hair and has a girl with a very large curly mane on it. Sounds like the perfect books for our family since mommy has crazy hair, Lela has crazy hair and Piper has crazy hair (when she gets out of the bath). So apropos (I watched a spelling bee today, hence the large word).

The girls are doing great, finally back from the land of unmentionable horrors that we visited last week. I chatted with a dear friend who has a son a little younger than the girls and she too has made several visits to the land of unmentionable horrors during this nap transition thingie. We are trying to have two naps per day this week and so far the afternoon’s have been alone time in our cribs versus naps but it seems to work out okay. They spend about an hour downtime in their cribs chattering away and then turn in early around 6PM. They slept until 630AM this morning so that was a good nights rest. Other than the sleep thing I think all is normal around here. They are eating good, playing well, trying to talk, walking, running and being downright adorable:)

I wonder if the girls are just being a bit cranky because of the one big question that’s in their head… maybe it’s just so frustrating not knowing the answer. The question? Where Did Daddy’s Hair Go?

Thanks to Uncle JJ for forwarding that to me. I’m sure there’s a companion book, “Where Did Uncle JJ’s Hair Go?”, and if there isn’t, I’ll write it. By the way, I’m playing around with Amazon links so the link above is actually one from our Amazon Associate account which means if anyone buys that book from that click, we get a few pennies. Full disclosure!

Wow, the girls have been a lot of… fun lately. Yep. Fun. Little sweeties, though… last night I got home from work and Lela actually signed “daddy play please.” That’s three words (signs) in a row. Cutest thing ever. I broke down and started sobbing like a fool at which point Piper signed, “Daddy be a man.” Smart little cookies.

Kudos to Mystique, though… she’s been weathering the storm of uncertainty every day. Sometimes being a parent is the most humbling experience ever. Just when you think you’ve got things under control, your little ones throw you a curve ball and you’re back to square one. I love it.