More play!

The girls loved having cousin Sophia over to celebrate Grandmama's birthday. What a wonderful afternoon-evening! Outside play with bubbles, Dinner, story time, dessert, card game, coloring, and lots of chatting :)

Living room camp out

Sweet Guinny

So big sis has had a treat for the last few nights :) She got to set up her 'nest' and sleep in the living room. This was prompted by Adelaide's rough nights. Though G is a heavy sleeper, Adelaide's constant air-raid siren one night woke her. So we decided to let G have a few nights out of the room while Adelaide re-adjusted to sleeping thru the night.

 

Last night was a SUCCESS! Both girls went down without too much trouble and slept soundly thru the night. Not waking until after 8am! 

With everyone rested, watch out world. Lol :D

Milk

This week Adelaide was introduced to cow's milk. This was to help her along in weaning from 'mama milk'. She started weaning on her own but upon plateau-ing I decided to nudge us along (after working thru a bit of guilt). 

To elaborate, G and I had a different nursing relationship. Though I joked about being a milk machine back then that nick name is more fitting now. I think this is in part to me being a working mom (outside the home) while G was a baby. And now I have the opportunity to stay at home with the girls. Then, I missed G so much while I was away at the office; I cherished our cuddle time. Now, With Adelaide, I'm lucky to see/share in the little moments every day. I cherish our bath times, tickles, and play. And at this point nursing has become more of a chore than a bonding or nutritional need. Again this pains me to articulate because I'm still a bit conflicted. She's a great eater, both quality/variety and quantity. She's growing and alert. I know we're ready to move on. I think deciding this vs being forced along is new (with G I broke my foot and needed pain meds so we had an abrupt end). 

Wish us luck during this time! Once adjusted, I hope to return to our smooth sleeping routine.

Playing Pretend

Our G likes dress up/and make believe, Her common characters are spiderman, a lady at tea, a pirate, princess jasmine, a ball player, a gymnast, a chef, teen Titan people... A variety. 

Recently, A has become interested too. Though she seems to focus on crowns. So much so she sometimes sleeps with one on her head or cuddles it. Lol, so funny - so cute. She seems like the rough and tumble type but she's the one that's fascinated with the crowns and headbands (not so much with hats). 

*I'll try to capture a few pics to share :)

Field Trip!

Our first homeschool field trip was to Lego Discovery Center, yesterday. We were lucky to be able to coordinate with a friend which is another homeschool family. :)

We played with letters, numbers, and shapes, we made bricks (guided tour), we saved the princess (ride), toured mini DFW, built and raced cars, and generally enjoyed the slide, huge bricks, duplos, Legos, karaoke stage... 

Now that Guinny (and I) know the lay of the land little sis' will come along next time!

A few cute snap shots from earlier this year

Fancy hair

Living room camp out with my girls

Ride at the mall with Aunt Katie

Climbing/hiding in empty closet at grandmama's apt (during move)

Cuddles!

I was looking thru my phone's pics and thought I'd share a few I was particularly fond of :)

Eeeeeeww!

GROSS! This is what was left... after Adelaide took her diaper off wandered in the kitchen and pooped. Huh, where's the poop - you may ask. Frankie (dog) ate it! Well, I guess it's easier to clean up now. Can't think about it much more. Yuck, makes my stomach turn .