Our Kids

It is no secret (except maybe to Lela) that Lela i s not the most helpful child, it could be that or it could be that Piper is THE most helpful child so it makes Lela appear unhelpful. Anyhoo, Piper is always at the ready to run and get something for you, turn off a light, bring over a dish etc. where Lela just looks at you with a glassy stare.

Today the girls were getting their milk out of the fridge and I asked if one of them could hand Landis her milk since she cannot reach. Lela looked right at me reached in to the fridge, got out her water took a long refreshing gulp, put it back and closed the fridge. Argh! Piper who was not at the fridge walked over opened the fridge and got Landis her milk from behind Lela’s water since she so nicely placed it right in front of Landis’ milk. I tell ya that child.

Then later I asked Lela specifically to go and get Landis’ water, the girls had gone in to get their waters and I asked them to bring out Landis’ when they came but no one did. I was busy tying a skeleton to a tree. Lela would not get it, she didn’t even budge. HA!

Now to make this fair Lela has been going through something lately. She loves to talk about vampires, witches, halloween and such and I think she puts up a really brave front but with all this bravery and big talk I think she has scared herself silly. She has started waking up in the night and calling for us to come get her (instead of her usual walking in to our room) and she is hesitant to go anywhere alone, even to get her panties and her clothes to get dressed. She won’t admit she is afraid, something that Piper routinely does, and I think she is just acting tough since Piper admits that things scare her. It is an interesting twist in their symbiotic twin relationship and we will have to see how it plays out. I think this is one reason she is being less than helpful lately, she doesn’t want to do anything alone.

This Sunday we did a segment on the local Arizona news morning show for the upcoming mothers of multiples rummage sale. Since I can’t say no I was rope a doped in to doing it with another mom (who looked fab on camera I must say) and I got to bring along Lela and Piper. It was fun, they got to be on the set during 45 min of taping. It was fun to watch the action happening all around and then when it was our segment they were right in the front watching it all unfold while riding on a scooter and a plasma car.

Since Lela loves TV I figured she would really get a kick out of the studio with the 100s of TVs going. I called them over to show them the control center and Lela looked for about a half a second before heading right to center stage where the interview happen and making herself comfortable. I guess she would prefer to be in front of the camera versus behind the scenes, lol!

I don’t think the girls realize they were on the news even though we showed it to them. I think they thought it was just another video. Landis was at home watching with dad and got to see us live and she seemed to get that, she was also distressed to see her Dora doll up on stage as a prop, lol!