Our Kids

Okay so Lela has been so incredibly cute lately.  More often than not you will find her sitting and singing quietly to herself itsy bitsy spider or the alphabet with a few words and letters correct and the rest in Lela speak.  The girls have never really sung to themselves so this is a new thing.  I think Piper likes it because she has started to mimic Lela when she is singing.  When you point it out or address Lela, she stops.  The girls have also been quite chatty with each other but in a more direct way.  They are talking quietly discussing the color of their balloons, shoes or other things that catch their fancy.  I looked up today to see them in their fort on their swingset just hugging and trying to pick each other up and saying “heavy”.

As for the band aid, Piper has the tiniest knick in her finger from Otto.  She has insisted on a band aid for over a week now and she tells us over and over how Otto did it.  Jason tries to get her to say I did it but she tells him in no uncertain terms it was Otto.   At least we know she is not ready to throw me to the wolves just yet, maybe in her teen years.

Today we went shopping for some odds and ends and the girls walked around the entire store, stayed by my side, and did not touch anything that they should not.  They were very good, we don’t usually let them wander about the stores but they are getting to be big girls and I want them to learn how to do it.  I was impressed.