A pleasure!

"Mommy, I'm sorry for saying a bad word when we were on the way to Nana's yesterday. ("Shut up Lochlan!" - he was crying and being fussy.) This comment was from early November.

Yesterday, I gave Abby the job of putting Lochlan's books back on his shelf. (A never ending battle since he likes to pull them all out.  Abby would tell me that she did something and I would say good job. She then came out with: "It's a pleasure!" Hilarious!

Wednesday morning we woke up to the first snowfall of the season. Abby was in still in her jammies but put on her coat, hat, boots, my gloves and was out the door in an instant!  She came back in and said" "Mom, it's all snowy and crunchy! You've got to try this!"

sweet sweet love

As Lochlan was going to bed, Abby gave him a kiss, said goodnight, then:
"Thanks for playing with me Loch."

: )

The calculator

One day last week, Abby and I went to the mall to get a few things. She said, "Oh mom, I really want to ride the calculator!" I said, "the calculator?"

[giggle giggle]

"Oh, you mean the escalator!"  That comment made the girl working laugh.

She has been playing a lot more on her own this week. She'll disappear into her room and close the door. She'll say something like,"I'm doing a very important job." This morning, she was in her room, again with the door closed, and I went to check on her. She was a little reluctant to let me in at first but when she finally did she said "I'm decorating my room for Christmas!" She was putting the new Christmas stickers I got her on her walls. Thankfully, they are not that sticky and should be fine! (She knows though that she's not to put stickers on the wall! Hence the hesitancy to let me in!) I did tell her it was okay, but she should make sure it's okay next time.

taking care of babies

Abby has been playing a lot with her babies lately. She's taken to getting them ready for bed and dressing them for the day and playing with them. I'm looking forward to her learning how to dress them on her own! (I know Rob is too!) 8 babies plus Dora, is a bit much! Oh, and she KNOWS when one is missing! Not only does she count them, but she can tell you which one is not there!

Last night:
"Loch, is it alright if I borrow your jammies?" She then proceeded to take pretty much all of Lochlan's jammies from his drawer to take down to the toy room and dress her babies - with daddy's help! Oh yes, then they were lined up for show, then stories on the couch, then got carried up to her room for bedtime. Abby was washing her hands and I told her that she didn't have to wash her hands until after she went to the potty and she said, "I have to rinse them because I was touching the babies poop!"

"Mom! I have to go! I'm going to a tent out. Yeah, it's going to be long! Come on huns!" (to her babies) She then put them all on her floor in her room and covered them with a blanket and gave them each a lovey. One got a teddy bear, another a horse, one got to sleep with a watering can and another a piece of paper! But she was thoughtful!!!

 

This morning she was up at 5am! Yes, 5am!! Even with the time change, 5am is early for her! Like at least an hour and a half early! (She was getting up at 6:30/7 o'clock prior to setting the clocks back) So a 5:30 wake up call wouldn't have been that bad. But when I looked at the clock there was a definite groan! The best part was that my groan was short lived because she came in our room, said something like "mom, I'm just playing with my babies but I wanted to say good morning." So how can you be irritated by that! It was just too darn cute! She closed her bedroom door even. She came in a few times for help with an outfit for the baby or to tell me something but otherwise she was content playing on her own! Marvelous! I even had to go put the TV on for the "babies!" Too cute!

Getting ready to come home from Nana's today, (my mom's) I told Abby to put on her socks and shoes. I overheard her saying to Lochlan: "Lochlan, can you do me a favour? Can you carry my socks?"

And another smile maker happened tonight in the car. "Mom! The moon is coming home with us! I wish I could touch the moon...but I can't!"