Our Kids

I’m sure every parent feels this way, but it seems like every day I think to myself, “I hope I never forget this moment in life.” Inevitably I get this feeling after one of the girls does something so insanely cute or sweet that I literally walk over to them and give them a hug or a kiss.

So, even though I know I can’t save exactly how I feel at each moment, I wanted to write down some of the times when I thought this, hoping that in a year, two years, or ten, it would be fun to read them and remember how much fun this is.

Lately the girls have been a lot of fun when I come home. I love asking about their day. It used to be that they just ignored my questions — probably because they couldn’t understand them. But now when I ask, “Piper — what did you do today?” I can usually get a fairly good response. It’s funny, though… Piper’s answers always start with “ummm”. She’ll say “umm… played with mommy.”

Lela’s answer are more to the point and quick. When asked the same question, she’ll immediately blurt out “played.”

I still get plenty of non-responses to those questions, so if it seems like one of those days I quickly switch to yes/no questions. “Did you play today?” “Umm…. yeah.” “Did you read books?” “Lela read books with mommy.”

One night, and I explicitly remember this because we were outside swinging in August which is quite rare, I managed to get an extremely detailed schedule of Lela’s day. It was hilarious. She went through the entire day of going to the library with mommy, coming back, eating, going to sleep, going swimming with Erin, and Noa, and Corbin (our neighbors), and even our current activity of swinging. And she wasn’t just rattling it off to me… she was enunciating clearly, emphasizing some points, nodding her head, and even using hand gestures when called for. I couldn’t stop laughing it was so darn cute.

Just last night when I got home from work, Piper immediately came up to me and pointed out the fact that she had a band-aid on the bottom of her foot. She said she stepped on something. I asked her, “Is it getting better?” thinking that I get the standard response of, “Yeah.” Instead, I got what I swear sounded like an impatient answer of, “no, not yet” as she walked away. Throwing a bit of attitude my way!

Some of the other times I get that feeling is when I watch the girls interact. I get a kick out of watching them play with each other, help each other, and sometimes just walk together.  Hearing Piper say, “is that ok, Lela?” in a quizzical tone just makes me smile.

That’s all for now… I better post this since it’s been sitting in my drafts folder for about three weeks now.  Lots has changed since then!