Star Features

Its interesting how each of our girls, so similar, has their distinguishing traits. Kayla-at top-has the trademark curls at this age and unique blue eyes which light up her whole face that get comments. Abri has beautiful, long, blond hair with perfect curls just at the end that people frequently comment on. (She would have been a perfect Aurora for Halloween if we had gone that route.) Emma has these insanely long eyelashes that she inherited from Todd--sorry, no pic.

Abri's hair in particular is a bit of a thorn in Emma's side. She's told me before--"will you please cut Abri's hair? Everyone says how beautiful it is and no one talks about mine." (Sadly hers doesn't loog as good long, so I had it cut when Emma was about 3 and I've kept it on the shorter side ever since).

I'm just hoping there isn't too much sibling rivalry when they get older, i.e. teenagers.

How a 7 yr old shows off to her 4 yr old sister

Emma to Abri: Abri, what’s 100 + 100?
Abri: um [long pause], a lot
Emma [laughing]: yeah, that's true too.

but then the 4 yr old still manages a surprising answer. . .

More Tales from the Twos

Mom: Kayla, put down the marker.
Kayla [looks up at me, looks back down]: Shh
Mom: Kayla, put it down.
Kayla: Shh [puts finger to her lips]
Mom: Kayla, last chance or you go in time out.
Kayla [points to the next room]: GO! [looking at me]
[Putting a toddler in time-out—not so funny]

Boo Activities

We had lots of fun for Halloween. For the church Halloween Party on the 23rd, we went as a Fairytale Family-unicorn, evil queen, Princess and the Pea, Fairy, and Prince Charming. On the 31st, we finally made it to the Pumpkin Patch, had a spooky dinner of mummy dogs and ghost fries, and then trick-or-treated on our street.

Don't you just love babies?

Camilla at almost 4 months--just too cute :) I can't pick her up without giving her a kiss or two, or three. She loves standing, being tickled, held up in the air horizontally, watching any lit computer screen, chewing on her fingers, and being in new places. She has rolled over before but only by accident.

In Need of a Vacation

Surprisingly enough, the title doesn't describe me, it describes Abri. But the reason might surprise you. In September, she informed us: "I want to go to a hotel." Me: "Why is that?" Abri: "Because their beds are so soft and comfy."
Then later in the month, "I really want to go to a hotel. They have soft beds. When can we go to a hotel, Momma?" Then another two weeks later: "Momma, Can we go to Virginia again? I really want to go to a hotel. They have nice beds." I'm pretty sure it's even come up at her suggestion another couple of times since.

The pattern is pretty evident--no talk of pools, or even TV, or just fun vacation activities--it's their beds! So, we're considering getting Abri a new bed. To justify her request, her mattress was 2nd hand when we got it 10 years ago, so its probably time.

You know you have a child-fountain when. . .

• they manage to spit up on clean clothes that haven't even been worn yet



• they spit up inside your shirt



• you haven't even finished cleaning up the first spit up before the 2nd and 3rd spit up comes



• Bibs are useless



• Even the absorbency of a cloth diaper is useless since it's such a small surface area



• you step barefoot in spit up on the floor that you didn't realize was there


• your baby's face is covered in it after spitting up while laying on their tummy


• your kids give you a hug and tell you you smell like spit up