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Friday, January 21, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Bed Time
Attempt #1: 10:15 pm
Say personal prayers with girls. Fill sippy cups with ice and cold water. Blow kisses. Say good night. Maya insists on sleeping in India's bed. India acquiesces. Go wash dishes.
Attempt #2: 10:30 pm
India gets out of bed because Maya keeps unplugging the heater and everything else that plugs into the wall. Maya comes into the kitchen and greets me, "Good Morning Mommy!" Put girls in their separate beds. Tell India that Mommy and Daddy need to spend time together so we can practice being in love. Go downstairs to watch TV with Ammon.
Attempt #3: 10:50 pm
India comes downstairs. "Mommy? Maya pooped in my room, and Belle ate it, and now Maya is wiping herself off." Head upstairs. India asks, "Did you have enough time to fall in love with Daddy tonight?" Change Maya. Fabreeze the crap out of girls' room. Exile dog to kitchen. Put girls in my bed. Maya keeps sitting on India's head. Ammon downstairs. No one is sleeping.
Attempt #4: 11:20 pm
Put Maya's zip-up jammies on backward. Put Maya in bed to scream herself to sleep. Snuggle with India. Story about a gassy witch by India. Maya still screaming. Change Maya's jammies to frontward. Ammon come in. Kicks India out of our bed.
Attempt#5: 11:45 pm
Maya still screaming. Ammon gets mad at her. Intense crying for 24 seconds. Silence.
Say personal prayers with girls. Fill sippy cups with ice and cold water. Blow kisses. Say good night. Maya insists on sleeping in India's bed. India acquiesces. Go wash dishes.
Attempt #2: 10:30 pm
India gets out of bed because Maya keeps unplugging the heater and everything else that plugs into the wall. Maya comes into the kitchen and greets me, "Good Morning Mommy!" Put girls in their separate beds. Tell India that Mommy and Daddy need to spend time together so we can practice being in love. Go downstairs to watch TV with Ammon.
Attempt #3: 10:50 pm
India comes downstairs. "Mommy? Maya pooped in my room, and Belle ate it, and now Maya is wiping herself off." Head upstairs. India asks, "Did you have enough time to fall in love with Daddy tonight?" Change Maya. Fabreeze the crap out of girls' room. Exile dog to kitchen. Put girls in my bed. Maya keeps sitting on India's head. Ammon downstairs. No one is sleeping.
Attempt #4: 11:20 pm
Put Maya's zip-up jammies on backward. Put Maya in bed to scream herself to sleep. Snuggle with India. Story about a gassy witch by India. Maya still screaming. Change Maya's jammies to frontward. Ammon come in. Kicks India out of our bed.
Attempt#5: 11:45 pm
Maya still screaming. Ammon gets mad at her. Intense crying for 24 seconds. Silence.
Moral of the Story: Ammon should put the girls to bed every night.
Christmas 2010
The best part of our Christmas Break was having Ammon home. We took the girls ice skating, watched movies, built gingerbread houses, played games, spent as much time as possible with our fun families (those of you who haven't left us yet), exercised together, and had our surprise Nutcracker Piano Recital for my parents via skype.The girls were so disappointed when he told them he had to go back to work. Now we're back to our usual Monday mournings. (Ha ha - get it?)
India and I went to see the Nutcracker on Christmas Eve afternoon. She enjoyed it, but not as much as last year. In the second act, she loudly asked me if someone would turn off the music so she could go to sleep. I might be soloing the Nutcracker next year.
It was totally worth seeing Santa Claus pushing Clara's sleigh at the end and then getting candy canes afterwards. Do you see her purse? She is rarely without a stocked purse these days. Such a pretty princess!
Here is the Christmas picture I did not send to everyone.
India's curls were PERFECT ringlets that day, and I LOVE their cheesy smiles.
The day after Christmas Maya turned 2!
The silly girl actually found and unwrapped all her birthday presents on Christmas!
New Year's Eve our best, best, best, best, best friends the Reddings came to visit from Biloxi! We MISS our Sara Circle times. And this is the picture of the most kids smiling! Good times you lovely people !
I love these two girls. Maya is obsessed with India and begs every night to sleep in Dida's bed. India goes back and forth whether or not she wants to share her personal space with Maya. When she decides she can handle it, my heart melts. As a mother, all I want is my children to love and to be there for each other even after I'm gone.
Usually they stay up and play together, but this night they actually fell asleep. Miracle!
Maya and India's current obsessions are Barbies, books, princesses, the candy witch story Ammon made up, puzzles, Barbies, the horridly creepy cartoon Yo Gabba Gabba, and anything Barbie. Ammon likes to tease Maya by saying, "I'm Pocahontas (or any other princess Maya has decided to be that day)." Maya screams at him and gets really mad and cries or punches him. Ammon laughs. And then they repeat it 15 or 16 more times.
These girls are so good at puzzles. While I was taking a phone call, Maya went shopping in my purse and found my ipod. Then she laid on the ground and just listened to the music --- so much like her daddy!
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