Overheard

The girls' vocabulary is exploding and they recently started conversing more with each other. I love to hear their little conversations, especially when they think we're not listening! We still use a baby monitor in their room since we're usually downstairs and they are upstairs so we listen in, of course! The other night, Amanda was having a little melt down about me leaving the room after saying good night. She wanted me to come back so she proceeded to scream at the top of her lungs for about 5 minutes straight. We listened for a sign that something was really wrong. Hearing none, we stayed away. Then, magically, during one her breaks for air, Natalie started talking to Amanda. Like a nice sister, she said: "Na-Nee (they still call each other that more often than not, although they now do say their real names, as well, on occasion) you get time out." In response, Amanda in her best whiny voice said "my mommy come back." Natalie: "no, Na-Nee, she not come back. You get time out." Amanda: [still whining] "But my mommy come back." Natalie: "No." Amanda, about 100 more times, but getting more quiet and less whiny each time: "My mommy come back." After all that it was quiet! I LOVE that Natalie talked Amanda off the melt down ledge. I hope there is a lot more of that to come in the future!

There was another funny one today at nap time. All three kids went down fine but after 5 minutes, Natalie starts screaming for her "fwoggy," saying over and over, "I need my fwoggy." Froggy is a small plastic frog that she got in her Easter basket, which she must have in order to fall asleep. Of course, she had the froggy when she went to bed so somehow she managed to "lose" the froggy after we left. Daddy went up and got Natalie her froggy. It was outside her crib on the floor. Later, we heard Amanda ask Natalie, "Na-Nee, why? Why you throw fwoggy? Why? Daddy nice; daddy come get fwoggy for you." BUSTED!

Here are some completely unrelated, but cute, pictures from today of the girls walking on a "balance beam" at the park. They had great fun!