The Wonder Twins

They have been raised together since they were both infants. They fight over toys, and have each others backs at the same time. Today it was hard to tell where one ended and the other started.

Lil Miss Mischief

Baby Belle:

How wonderfully sweet n sassy you are. Your kisses are never ending, and you always keep me on my toes. Mommy n daddy can't take our eyes off you for a minute. When we do something usually happens. I know you mean well by wanting to feed the family pets, but next time could you ask first?

By the way, when you tell me that somebody spilled the fishy food, I know it was you. Why? Because mommy knows everything? No, it's because you were holding the evidence.

If Dogs Could Talk

Where is the burger to go with my water?

One Word Wednesday

TWIRLING

Common Ground

To all the men out there, I can not stress enough, how important it is to hold onto your little girls. They may not share an interest in all things manly, but keep trying. Mark's love for wood working, and power tools is rubbing off on his three in pink. This year, thanks to a little help from Home Depot, Mark and his girls, dressed in orange aprons, made Easter baskets.

It Happened again

Ellie just had her second visit to the ER for stitches. I sat six feet away from her while she was searching the refrigerator. We were talking. the next second she was screaming. Somehow, someway she moved wrong and bit her bottom lip. I had to make the judgement call....Do I spare her the pain of having stitches now, and let her walk around the rest of her life with a very noticeable hole in her bottom lip? I knew what I had to do. She ended up with two stitches in her lip, and was very brave during the entire process. Afterwards, no one would have guessed anything happened. However, she requested a Happy Meal and a nap with me in my bed. All her wishes were granted.

I shook my head in disbelief that this happened while I was 6 feet away. No amount of baby proofing could have stopped this. I bit of "mom guilt" still hangs over me, but it's a wasted energy that comes with the territory. I guess one of life's lessons is that it doesn't matter how much children are micro managed, accidents will happen.

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Thank you Tim Burton and Carina for making me smile on a cold and wet midwest day.