We have been battling stomach bugs, stuffy noses, and morning croup here this week but we've still been having fun. Today, not so much. But earlier this week, yes.
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| Dance Party! Every night this week and last, there has been an intense dance party where E sings every song on the Frozen soundtrack and T spins until she falls down. Hilarious. There are typically several costume changes during the dance party. |
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| Bead baby! Totally a good idea .... |
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| Not every night is Kodak-worthy. This night ... was hysterical. Talie has learned how to tickle. |
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| Tarzan's sister who sings the Frozen songs. |
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| Stomp stomp stomping in her SHOOOOOOZ. We think Talie's first official word (other than the variety of D words like DaDa, Dee Dee, Dow Dow, etc), is shoe. |
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| E did my hair for me. |
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| This is an old one but before I tossed it (making room for new hilarious art on the walls), I wanted to document E's imagination. She named all of these girls herself. |
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| She has the spoon in her hand ... I just can't get her to USE it. |
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| Movie night! |
It has been a while since I shared some Elliott-isms here (some of these might be repeats?) and we are about to enter a whole new world of Talie-isms! These girls are TALKERS. Anyone surprised? Yeah, me neither.
- I am an online shopper. I just don't enjoy going to stores. Consequently, the mailman brings Elliott "presents" every so often. She wanted to send him a thank you note for her new clothes. I've started to explain the concept of online shopping -- the other day at the grocery store, Jas couldn't find an ingredient and she suggested he "just buy it online."
- Coming in from the cold a while ago, E asked me if Talie was too little for hot chocolate. When I told her yes, hot chocolate was only for big kids and grownups, she suggested I give Talie some "warm vanilla from my boobs."
- In the checkout line at the grocery store, there was a magazine cover with a scantily Lady Gaga or Miley Cyrus or someone and E commented: "Look! That girl is wearing glitter for clothes!"
- Brown Language, Elliott's imaginary friend, is with us as always. I get in trouble a lot for putting my bag on his head. He also causes us to be late because he is always in the way and makes it difficult for Elliott to get into the car in a timely manner. Grr Brown Language! Grr!
- I've been teaching E that it is OK to make a mess (OMG you should see the arts n crafts area -- she really listened when I told her it was OK) because part of playing and having fun is making a mess -- but we have to be sure to clean up our mess when we are all done playing. She came home from school the other day and I had been cooking while she was gone. Her jaw dropped and she said, "Whoa Mommy, this kitchen is a MESS. [beat] You must have had a LOT of fun today!"
And now Talie! It is astonishing how much she understands now. Toddlers are SPONGES. She will immediately drop everything if I tell her it is time to go upstairs to take a bath. She does a ton of sign language (all done, more, milk, bath, help, hungry) and she says both SHOOOOO and HOT. She's more of a parrot when it comes to words, but she's close. We might have another chatterbox on our hands ...
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