The Crazies and the Fun

Now that the girls are no longer babies, they have started palling around a lot more and the synergy between them is taking off. Just recently they have started to encourage, cajole, snicker, and rial each other up. Sometimes it gets a little crazy for example:

Today a little while after putting them down for naps I started hearing laughing, talking and pitter- patters in the girls room. I went in to see what was going on and I found Anna in Elise's crib with dolls and stuffed animals piled around her, and Elise carrying the dolls to Anna. What! How did Elise get out of her crib and how did Anna get in it? They have never before left their beds, once put down.  

Yesterday, I heard them playing nicely in the bedroom and when I went to check on them, there was water covering their bedroom floor and coming into the hall, and they were dancing in it, with their empty sippy cups in their hands.

And later in the afternoon I found them sitting on the bathroom floor, surrounded by pads, unwrapping my sanitary supplies as if they were opening presents on Christmas morning.

They keep us on our toes.

On the other hand they girls can be quite helpful. For example I hate bugs and when Kent is not here and I  find one in our house and I kill it, Anna will get a napkin and pick it up for me and put it in the trash. Thank you so much Anna. She also puts clean trash bags in all the trashes by herself once we take the trash out; very helpful. When I don't know what to make for dinner she will sing the, "What should we make for din din?" song with me. She always asks daddy for a dance when their is dancing music going. When we are tired she will sing us a song. She always lets me know when there is a stop sign and makes sure I stop all the way even when we are out on a jog. When I went to the lab to get my blood drawn and they poked me with that ginormous needle she was there to say, "oh, poor mama!" I really appreciated the sympathy, as the lab tech had none.

Elise is quite helpful too. She will bust out biggest smile whenever the day is rough. Oh and she is a cuddle bug and loves to snuggle and makes me feel loved. She runs with her arms behind her and makes me think of a little bird. She will make me laugh with her little sense of humor. She even helps us load the dryer and unload the dishwasher. And she will point out all the planes that fly by in case we did not notice them.  

These are our girls, crazy and fun as ever.