Walking downtown, early this morning (just strolling along, he's not even holding my hand).
Melson: "Are you finking what I'm finking?"
Me: "I don't know - what are you thinking?"
Melson: "I'm finking about YOU si-yeeee!!!!!(silly)".
I love that kid!!!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Tuesday Clothes...
The scene when I am "doing my 'rounds" this morning after dropping the girls off at school and walk into the girls' room:
SJ's side: bed crisply made, special blanket folded neat and tight, one stuffed animal (small) placed just so on pillow. On top of the bookshelf by her bed is an alarm clock, one picture (of herself in the lake), and a small pixel chix house. Books on shelf beside bed all matching heights/depths, cheetah sleep mask with pink "princess" embroidered on it laying on top of secret journal beside bed, PJ's for tonight neatly folded at end of bed, an oufit neatly folded beside the PJ's, with a handwritten sign that says "tusday cloths! don't play whith!!!!" (She has a drama performance next Tuesday that she has to wear certain clothes in). This is on top of the fact that her alarm is already set for tomorrow morning, and she came down the steps this morning dressed to the shoes, hair brushed, backpack on - just as I'm rolling out of bed!
F's side: bed completely destroyed from the night before, drawer beside bed gaping open. Animals, blankets, pillows in every direction. PJ's from last night crumpled on floor beside bed. At the foot of the bed is a basket overflowing with "stuff" that still needs to be put away. Books on shelf jumbled (but used - yay!) with the bottom shelf taken up completely by an art set - on top of the shelf by the bed: lots of rocks (all ordinary, gray) a crumpled dollar bill, lots of small torn-out notebook papers with special things written/drawn on them, a used Claire's gift card, a multi-colored-ink pen, and a baby picture of her mama. This is on top of the fact that I had to literally drag her out of bed 20 minutes after the alarm gave up, at which point she began to cry that she wasn't getting to wear a skirt (because she didn't lay out her clothes last night, unlike SJ!), then followed up by another cry that she feared she would hurt my feelings if she didn't want to wear what I had picked out for her.
What a picture, especially since the beds are matched beside each other, with the bookshelf between them. It is so strikingly obvious the differences between these two. And I SOOOOO love every little nuance and difference in each!
p.s. SJ even has a written schedule of what things they will play on which days, "Play house, Monday. Play office, Tuesday. Play school, Wednesday..." And guess who is constantly "bucking the system" and wanting to play rescue hero on Monday?
SJ's side: bed crisply made, special blanket folded neat and tight, one stuffed animal (small) placed just so on pillow. On top of the bookshelf by her bed is an alarm clock, one picture (of herself in the lake), and a small pixel chix house. Books on shelf beside bed all matching heights/depths, cheetah sleep mask with pink "princess" embroidered on it laying on top of secret journal beside bed, PJ's for tonight neatly folded at end of bed, an oufit neatly folded beside the PJ's, with a handwritten sign that says "tusday cloths! don't play whith!!!!" (She has a drama performance next Tuesday that she has to wear certain clothes in). This is on top of the fact that her alarm is already set for tomorrow morning, and she came down the steps this morning dressed to the shoes, hair brushed, backpack on - just as I'm rolling out of bed!
F's side: bed completely destroyed from the night before, drawer beside bed gaping open. Animals, blankets, pillows in every direction. PJ's from last night crumpled on floor beside bed. At the foot of the bed is a basket overflowing with "stuff" that still needs to be put away. Books on shelf jumbled (but used - yay!) with the bottom shelf taken up completely by an art set - on top of the shelf by the bed: lots of rocks (all ordinary, gray) a crumpled dollar bill, lots of small torn-out notebook papers with special things written/drawn on them, a used Claire's gift card, a multi-colored-ink pen, and a baby picture of her mama. This is on top of the fact that I had to literally drag her out of bed 20 minutes after the alarm gave up, at which point she began to cry that she wasn't getting to wear a skirt (because she didn't lay out her clothes last night, unlike SJ!), then followed up by another cry that she feared she would hurt my feelings if she didn't want to wear what I had picked out for her.
What a picture, especially since the beds are matched beside each other, with the bookshelf between them. It is so strikingly obvious the differences between these two. And I SOOOOO love every little nuance and difference in each!
p.s. SJ even has a written schedule of what things they will play on which days, "Play house, Monday. Play office, Tuesday. Play school, Wednesday..." And guess who is constantly "bucking the system" and wanting to play rescue hero on Monday?
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