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| Sunbather I sculpted in Hawaii |
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| Mega grape |
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| We went to the theme park on Nicole's birthday |
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| Apparently some sort of book holder Nicole made |
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| This is how you use it |
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| Cousins |
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| Dinosaurs |
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| Ninjas |
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| Our hammock setup while we were homeless for a few hours in southern Utah. |
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| Nice hike we went on during a date a couple weeks ago |
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| Allison chose the outfit |
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| Nicole did the hair. Teamwork. |
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| At the dentist. She LOVES the dentist. |
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| I call this one, "Jabba the Hut." |
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| At the zoo |
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| She chose her own outfit, shoes and all! |
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| Nicole was bored, so she found something to do. She made glasses out of old tape dispensers. |
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| She was trying to write, "Celebrating." |
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| We were at a Relief Society activity, and I was eating some chocolate off the table. I shared one with Allie, who then asked for more. I told her no. I went to talk to some ladies for a sec. Next thing I know, I turn around and see this. I know what's on her mind. |
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| Daddy was making Allison laugh |
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| Story through pictures |
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| Allison channeling her cousin - see picture of her cousin a month later - below |
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| The cutest photo bomber |
Something Allison has started saying lately is, "Everything's fine." For example, yesterday, Allison was eating an ice cream cone, and I was telling her, "Allison, lick over here so it doesn't drip...and lick right here too! Oh, it's dripping!" She assured me, "Mommy,...everything's fine." In other words: Mommy, let's just chill. I think she has a naturally laid-back nature that has come out a bit more since Nicole returned to public school about two weeks ago.
Allison is also tidy. Yesterday, I held a little preschool at my house with some neighbor kids. They put together a train set. After the kids went home, Allison helped me put away the train tracks, and she organized the tracks in the box ever so neatly to maximize the number of tracks we could fit.
That night, I took out some new hand-me-down dinosaur pajamas for her, and just piled them in the corner of her room because I didn't want to deal with folding them while it was so late. In the morning, I noticed her pajamas were gone. I opened up her dresser drawer, and they were all folded neatly and put away--by Allison. Such a funny girl. Pretty much the opposite of Nicole in that way--Nicole doesn't care about doing things the "right" way, at least when it comes to cleaning.
You know how My Fair Lady has the WORST ending?! Henry Higgins is such a jerk to Eliza; after she leaves, he finally admits a little that he might miss her. She tells him she needs some kindness, and that she isn't going back. Then she goes back, and he is rude and dismissive again--all he says is, "Where the devil are my slippers," and leans back to go to sleep in his easy chair.
Well, Nicole and Allie saw My Fair Lady last week, and when it reached the end, Nicole said,"Wait, is that the end?? How did they solve the problem!?"
Hahaha, thank you, Nicole.
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Today, I told Nicole about one of our state's legislators who was just released from the hospital for contracting COVID-19. He was in the ICU for over a week, and is now at home, back to work virtually, on oxygen. I told Nicole that he said he was surprised at how hard the bug hit, since he's seen so many people get sick for just a few days and bounce back just fine.
Nicole said, "That doesn't surprise me at all."
I asked why. She said, "Because old people get it very easily."
I told her that he had seen lots of people his age get it, and they were just fine. Nicole said, "But everybody's different. I'm not surprised at all."
Lol.
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Conversation with Allison last week:
Allison: Does alcohol change your bum like brown?
Me: No
Allison: What does it change? What does it change???
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BTW, I think we've already known that Allison is an imitator. However, we've also observed that she seems to be pretty good at inferring. For example, we were praying that their paternal grandpa would be comfortable, since he had to get surgery. A week or so later, she was in a prolonged awkward position and complained, "I'm uncomfortable..." She's used other vocabulary that's surprised me, although I can't remember it at the moment. Although one thing that's really amusing to hear coming from a three-year-old is a thoughtful, "Interesting..." as if there's more substance to what she's thinking (and of course there isn't!).
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Today, when I was helping Allie wash her hands, she said, "I want to be a mom when I grow up." She usually says she wants to be an artist when she grows up, so I was surprised. I interviewed her a few minutes later with a camera, but apparently she had forgotten all about wanting to be a mom, because she said she wanted to be a scientist and an artist.
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Oh, one more thing. I wrote this down a couple weeks ago. Allison was laying down in her bath, and looked up at me, and said:
"You're a good mom."
Surprised, I said "I'm a good mom!? Why do you think I'm a good mom?"
"Because you love me and Daddy...and Nicole...and yourself."
Perhaps one of my proudest moments as a home baker who is trying to train her children's taste buds to see past the sugar came this last December. We were with the paternal grandparents, and Grandma gave Allie a slice of her soft, delicious, very popular homemade whole wheat bread. Allison took a bite, and then stopped eating and looked at it. "It's sugary," she said. Grandma cocked her head, confused. Dad explained that Allison must be used to her Mom's bread, which has no sugar. :D
Nicole also tells me she doesn't like Crumbl cookies because they're too sweet--she prefers mine. :D It's all been worth it!
