I've become increasingly lazy about blogging. which is sad because I love to reread entries from months and months ago, remembering all the little things my girls did. But it seems to fall further and further on my to-do list. Maybe its finally hit me too, the novelty wears off and we move onto other projects. But since I don't keep a journal other than this, I hope that's not the case. Really though, I think it's more about our lifestyle. Especially since our move, I think I spend more time juggling schedules, maybe more time cleaning and taking care of our home, more time playing with babies, more time working on learning material for GroupKick classes. And since the big girls don't nap anymore, I think my "lounge around catching up on personal stuff" time has been cut down even more. Not complaining. Because after all, they're pretty cute and fun to play with. But enough excuses, onto the stories...
Butterfly found a quarter with a buffalo on the back. She brought it to her Daddy and gave it to him, excitedly asking if he would go and get a buffalo for us, that this was special money to help him get a buffalo.
I hate folding socks. It's rather impressive how long I can procrastinate folding a basket full of socks.
However, all my girls have an obsession with skirts. They want to wear skirts every day and are increasingly insistent about picking out their own clothes. Ladybug is the worst and I've had to be strict about not changing clothes all day long (otherwise, she would go through 4 outfits each day). They especially love their skirts and I love the warm weather that brings out all the cute summer clothes.
Meanwhile Lovely is especially adorable in little summer sundresses. She went a week or so without a onesie undershirt, wearing sundresses or shorts and tops. And then I put a onesie on under a sundress and soon after, she had a fit! She kept tugging at the shirt crying "tummy!" Once I unsnapped the onesie, she eagerly jabbed at her belly button and with great relief cried, "mommy, my tummy!"
On the other hand, she also loves her "panties", the little bum-covers that go with a short dress to cover her diaper. She's eager to be like her sisters but I refuse to potty train another halfway-ready child.
And I reluctantly put away another batch of clothes for which she has grown too big. :(
Lovely jabbers all day long with ever increasing vocabulary and adorableness. Some phrases are perfectly clear, "Where's sisters?", "Thanks you Daddy", "I like the fish." :) and she has the most adorable cheesy grin and an impishly charming pucker, which coupled with her full cheeks and curly hair reminds me of Shirley Temple. but cuter.
Both Butterfly and Lovely were sporting a black eye for a few days. Butterfly's was from a headfirst dive into the footboard and off the bed. Lovely's was from Butterfly throwing a tantrum and hitting her sister in the face with a toy. Luckily, they both recovered quickly.
Butterfly got a chunk of hair caught in a toy blender and I had to cut it out. It was sad and yet, hard not to laugh.
We made a summer calendar. It's a giant (pink) poster board with calendars for June, July and August, filled with trips and camps we have planned. Then we listed more activities for us to do throughout the summer. As we've begun checking them off the list, the girls mark them with a star sticker, things like the ice cream palor, various city parks, Lagoon, etc. But only my kids would add things like "chili's" or "costco" as favorite special activities. They came up with some great ideas, wanting to find a splashpad, go to a museum, go to the lake, etc.
I love watching the girls play together. Butterfly and Ladybug, classic sisters, fight like worse enemies and play like best friends. They put on talent shows together, singing ballads about "my heart" and "my dreams" and "true love's kiss", and then rock out shaking their hips and bouncing around making up lyrics about "can't stop us now" "no you'll never know" "girls of rock and roll" "you just don't understand, I gotta be me" and other phrases I would have hoped was too old for them. We spend a lot of time coloring, even Ladybug's pictures have become more beautiful, brightly and carefully colored. All of my kids are increasingly obsessed with books. Butterfly is eager to read, she gets so excited when she recognizes words and frequently pretends to be Matilda, curling up with a picture-less book and slowly turning the pages. Ladybug collects mountains of books and carts them around everywhere. She will make up long rambling stories to match the pictures. And even Lovely has grown attached to her books, especially the "look and find" books, leafing through the pages and staring at the pictures.
The construction of our new house is moving fast. The framing is done, windows installed, roof finished and the electrical, plumbing and gas lines are run. We met our construction supervisor for a walk through and he took us on a tour, explaining various things and letting us ask a billion questions. We are really pleased with the quality of the work being done and appreciated some of the little things that he pointed out to us. We identified a few things to be fixed before they continued, mostly missing outlets that we had chosen to add or adjusting the placement of switches and lights. The house is going to be beautiful!
We took Lovely to the walk-through meeting and she was in heaven. Well behaved, she wandered from room to room, giggling as she ducked through the framing and poked at the wires. She tried eating a mouth full of sawdust and came to me running, balking at the taste and texture. She stood with her hands flapping anxiously as I scraped it out of her mouth, amused by her concern and confusion. And then she was off again, collecting the small wood circles left from punching out room for wires in the framing. She collected a pile, building and playing with them as we talked.
The girls love being outside! Especially Lovely and her darling pleas of "outside? peas? outside?" The girls have helping Grandma with the weeding and flowerbeds and helped Grandpa with the vegetable garden. The love to play in Grandpa's hammock and ride their bikes and scooters all over "kid land". They love to take carrots and apples to the horses and even got their first ride on Stormy when their cousins were here to visit. Butterfly was eager, begging for her turn, sitting proudly and happily while she held on carefully. Ladybug (already in a short nightgown) was eager to get on, shining with a huge grin but as soon as we began to move she panicked and wanted to clutch the horse, nearly laying on her belly. And little miss Lovely hopped right on, sat happily for a few steps and abruptly decided that was enough for today.
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