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!"