Yesterday...

Allie has been talking like a big kid, and sometimes she talks a lot.  I cannot, however, say that everything she says is reliable.  As I was changing her diaper tonight, she reported:

"When I was a baby, the witches took off my finger, and my sister come and say, 'Boop boo boop boo.' "

Last night, at the dinner table, we couldn't get her to stop talking and just eat her food!  And she said a bunch of other unreliable things which I didn't write down.  It's what frequently happens when I try to change her diaper:  she sings and talks the entire time, moving and wiggling every which way.

She likes to talk about what happened, "yesterday," and that she "accidentie" did something.  Oh, and one of my favorite mispronunciations is that, instead of saying, "Amelia Bedelia," she says, "Amellie Budellie."  (Though she still uses a "w" sound instead of an "l" sound.)

Nicole was a really good big sister yesterday.  She played with Allie all day (because she didn't have to do much summer home school on Friday) and taught Allie to play a competitive game called, "Spot it!" where you identify matching pictures on cards.  They built a fort and played lots of imaginary games.

A bunch of pictures

Watching the scary part of Finding Nemo

She was nodding off as Uncle rode up

Exercising her independence at Costco

IKEA chocolate rabbit.  They made us build it ourselves!

Admiring the chocolate rabbit

Nicole and Allie battling the wind:

Reading a book to her doll

Playing a game with both girls on his lap

Allie being Allie, because she likes the rainbow shoes

My girls

I thought Allie's hair looked pretty cool in the water

Picture for Grandpa on Father's Day

Nicole did another "art class" with Allie and showed her what to draw, step by step.  I'm having her do home summer school, and Nicole is going to start teaching Allie on Thursdays.  There's Imagine and Playtime; Art class; and Library, where Nicole reads to Allie.

A year come and gone

May 11, 2019

May 17, 2020

A year come and gone, and Nicole is still wearing the same dress.  And we are still swinging in the hammock.  Similar pictures taken in the same month totally a coincidence!

Stories for the week

Goatee

Last Friday, my brother and his wife asked us to babysit their kids, and said we could leave our kids overnight in exchange, so we left Nicole and Allie over there for a sleepover.  The next morning, I gave Daddy a haircut, but not before he trimmed his goatee.  Unfortunately, he had the #1 attachment on his razor instead of the #4, which he ran right down his chin.  So he was forced to shave his entire goatee off.  With his haircut and no facial hair, he had an entirely new look.

Later that day, we went to pick Nicole and Allie up.  Allie was sitting in her car seat, and Daddy was leaning over and talking to her.  Allie stuttered, "I...uh...i...ih...is you Daddy???"  Later, at home, she exclaimed, "I like new Daddy!"

Fish sticks

A few nights ago, we had tacos and fish sticks for dinner.  First, we served the girls tacos.  Nicole finished her taco and was allowed to have a fish stick.  Allie asked for one, but we told her she needed to finish her taco first.  She said, "I finished it."  We said, "No, it's still on your plate."

Later, she asked again.  "Can I have a fish stick because I moved...the taco around."  At least she gets an 'A' for honesty this time around.

The fly

Yesterday, Nicole and Allison found a fly in the playroom and sounded the alarm.  I went to get the flyswatter, and while I was out of the room, Allison said, "Mommy will blast you, little fly."


Projects

About three times a week, Nicole works furiously on a surprise for me or Daddy.  She usually involves Allison.  Here is one of her surprise projects this week.  Allie drew the pictures on the right (except the frog).  They also gave each of us a bag of roasted almonds.

Evening stroll

We took an evening stroll after the rain a few days ago.  The raindrops looks like tiny jewels on the leaves, so I had to grab my camera...