The Girls

Here is a picture of the girls this evening. They both LOVE the Cedermont Kids DVD's, and this is a picture of them sitting next to each other watching one of the DVD's.

This was a fun evening for Ryan and me. For the first time, the girls actually played together for over an hour. They were in Lily's room making a party (Lily's way of putting all their stuffed animals and miscellaneous toys together) and making fingerpaint cards (with Color Wonder paints of course); we could hear them both laughing which was a great sound. They typically play together for a few minutes, but then Mia gets pushed over and cries or fed up with being bossed around and leaves. It was awesome to watch for a couple of reasons. First and most important, it was so cool to see them having fun together and seeing that they love each other and can cooperate, share and play nicely together. I always hope that they will grow up to be best of friends, and this encouraged me. Second, it was nice for Ryan and me to have something of a break. I am engrossed in a book right now (Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol) so I was able to read while Ryan played on the internet. Of course, we could hear everything they were doing and they were running between the two rooms, so we saw them every couple of minutes, but it was more relaxing than most nights. It gave me a glimpse of a calmer future!
Total change of subject, but Lily talks often about getting bigger. It's probably because I tell her Mia can only do something when she gets bigger (drink juice, swim, etc). Lily likes to tell me all the things she will do when she gets bigger. Here's a sample..."Mommy when I get bigger, I will..."
"buy things for my own house."
"drive a car."
"have a 4 year old party."
"go to school all day."
and my personal favorite that I can't wait for "go poppy in the potty and have a party." Here's hoping this one comes much sooner than the other ones!