B is one of the busiest men I know, all residents are, yet he finds time to take care of his girls, all three of us. He is a wonderful father, great husband, and not to mention a super duper docta. We all love him and the life we are creating with him.
Sleepy thinks she is a jungle cat and as such she needs to hunt. Her prey of late has been snakes. Sunday afternoon Thing 1 and I came upstairs to find one of these little guys half eaten on my living room floor. Both ends were left but that was all and had we come in a few minutes later I don't know that we would have even seen any of it. As you can see the snake is just itty bitty, still creepy. She has tried for the larger ones but... I am glad she hasn't gotten a hold of one of them yet.
A few days ago Thing 1 and I were talking about something and then I had to go grab something. When I came back not two minutes later this is what I found. Thing 1 had crawled onto the bed and snuggled up with MoJo. As you can kind of tell from the photos Mo wasn't too thrilled but she just laid there letting Thing 1 hold her in her sleep. I helped her get out from the death hold so she wouldn't have to stay there for too long. It amazes me how quickly little kids can fall asleep.
Thing 1 is one of the sweetest little girls I know. Yes, there are times that she makes me want to scream and pull my hair out, but over all she is a kind, tenderhearted, loving little girl. This morning I was getting some things ready and Thing 1 came running back to Thing 2's bedroom where she informed she was getting a book to read to Thing 2 Sure enough I went in a minute later and she was "reading" to Thing 2. She was showing her the pictures and all. The book she picked out is easy for her to read because she can tell what the words are from the pictures on the pages. Otherwise she still can't really read yet. Such a sweet and thoughtful child.
Falling asleep is such hard work. We have been blessed with a child that for the most part is a dream child. She is happy till she is tired or hungry. I feed her regularly so she is rarely hungry and when she starts to get tired and fussy she USUALLY goes right to bed. There are a few times though that she fights it and wants to be with us and play. The other day I went in after a minute of fussing in her crib to find her asleep like this. Cute little girl.
I had been thinking what to do for Thing 1's fourth birthday party for some time and while back I had seen a princess party on Cat's web site. Her daughter had gone all decked out in princess attire and did all these girly things and I thought, "hey now that would be great." So that is what we did for Thing 1's fourth birthday party. Even though Thing 1 owns several different princess dresses we bought her a new Mariposa dress for the party. I figured the birthday girl should have a dress that stands out from the rest.
Thing 1 and her princess cake.
Here she is showing off her new bling bling.
Some of the activities were, reading the princess and the pea and then seeing if these little girls were "real Princesses" and if they could feel the pea(tennis ball) under different pillows. Then they got to sit in the throne and have their nails done and be crowned with the royal jewels.
When they first arrived we decorated their crowns. My parents came down for her party which Thing 1 loved having her Nana and Papa their.
Thing 1 and I painted our "prince" but unfortunately a mean witch had turned him into a frog and so the girls had to pin a kiss on the frog to turn him back into a real prince. After "kissing" the frog they got a handful of Hershey kisses.
Here are some more of the little princesses.
With Thing 1's brithday so close to the 24th of July and being able to legally do fireworks 3 days before and after the 4th and 24th we can do fireworks for her birthday, or pretty close to it anyways. I like the socks and shoes with her nightgown. It is a pretty snazzy look.
She wanted a rainbow and a tree with clouds in the sky and flowers. So this is what she got. Mind you she helped with a lot of the decorating.
B was supposed to have a fairly busy day but some things got canceled so he came home for an afternoon cake break. It worked out perfect. This way we didn't have to wait too long to open some of her gifts and once B came home we went to the movie without any problems.
This next picture is awesome. A picture says a thousand words.
We have been blessed with such sweet little girls. I tell you life here is great. Even when it isn't it still is. This is Thing 1 loving on one of her gifts from Nana and Papa. Later that evening we took her to see Kung Foo Panda. She had been asking to see this movie for over a month. She had such a great time. When we got home she cried, I have had such a fun day, Mom, I don't want my birthday to end.
For the most part Thing 2 is content to let me feed her. There are days though she just wants to play with her food. I let Thing 1 do this and don't think I can deny Ms. Thing 2 the same joy of squishing her food in her fingers and getting it all over. Besides, afterward she gets to take a bath. She loves sitting in the sink and playing in the water. She makes such a mess, but is so happy. How can I turn disappoint those big baby blues?
