Spelling

Eden has been able to spell her name for a while now (the letters...not always in the right order). Sometimes she does better than others.

But today she's really started to improve.

Eden: "I spelled 'MOM'!"

Mom: (checking if she did) "How did you spell it?"

Eden: "M-O-M."

(I looked and sure enough, 'MOM' was written on her paper.)

Eden: "I spelled 'Leila"!"

Mom: "Oh yeah?" (not REALLY believing it)

(I looked and she had written the letters "L", "E", "I", and "A".)

I'm impressed.

Who Needs a Dog?

Everyone but Eden had finished eating.

Before I know, Leila had crawled under the table and Eden was feeding Leila her food bit by bit.

But I admit, it was actually more "sharing" than "getting rid of food you HAVE TO eat" cause we made some dessert bread sticks....and that's what she was sharing with Leila.

I tried to get a picture...but my camera ran out of batteries.

Lists

Eden loves to pretend to make lists:

(Eden scribbling lines on paper)

"Mommy needs to clean the house."

"Eden needs to take her Vitamin D."

"Mommy needs to do potty training."

"Leila needs to get in trouble."

"Eden needs to clean her room."

"Leila needs to clean her room."

"Eden needs to watch a movie."

"Mommy needs to do laundry."

Guess my day is planned out. Better get to work....

Two Steps

Leila took two steps all by herself yesterday! She'll be walking before we know it!

Only My Child...

Eden was playing with her doll house. All the dolls, except one, was missing and she was wondering where they could have gone. With a surprised look on her face she says,

"Mom! Where did all the other humans go?!"

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Eden's hit some terrible twos. Its not all bad, mostly bedtime is the worst.

But these past few days Eden's actually been EXTREMELY nice....except at bedtime when she's EXTREMELY difficult.

During the day I hear:

"Thank you for this dinner mom."

"I would love if you could get me the sidewalk chalk."

"Could you come outside with me please?"

"Its important for you to read me a book."

Then bedtime and nap time roll around when I hear:

"NO NO NO NO NO!"

"I WON'T BE GOOD!"

"I need more water."

"I need another story."

"I need another song."

"I need you to stay here and talk with me."

Touchy-Feely Children

While going out to eat with my sister and her kids, Eden stood close to Trey and kept trying to sneak her hand over to hold his hand. Trey wouldn't have a part in that and took his hand away.

Then later, while Ramona and Leila were in the double stroller, Leila would reach over to Ramona and try to hold her hand. Ramona didn't respond (but then again, she's only 3 1/2 months old).