Monday Morning

We've had a quiet morning, my favorite girls and I. It has included reading, lots of laundry, and more PBS kids than is probably advisable (but Jimmy Fallon was on Sesame Street and it was fabulous!). It has also included some very interesting dress-up outfits from Big Sister:

This is her pirate outfit- complete with veil. When she exclaimed, "No one else has a pirate veil!" I definitely had to agree with her. She had a dollhouse coat rack for her sword and made a map with an x marking the spot, in search of buried treasure.

If by "treasure" she meant "gigantic mess" I think she found it.

Later, after lunch, I came out of the laundry room to find her sweeping and scrubbing things in this delightful ensemble:

Because at our house, we always roll up our sleeves velour track pants and put on our heels before doing heavy cleaning.

Later, she was a bride. And finally, this:

I think UK should change their official colors to blue, white, and sparkly pink.

I got another picture of her in this outfit, which I am also going to post for her photo on the left column of my blog. It is rare to get a snapshot of her beautiful face without some silly pose or forced smile. But today I got lucky:

Little Sister played a lot too, although her playtime was marked with more frustration than creativity. She loves to play with her sister's dollhouse, but her toddler hands just can't make the pieces do what she has in mind. She spent more than twenty minutes trying to get the babies in and out of their little high chairs. If Big Sis or I did it for her (after she fussed and cried for "Hup!") she would have to redo it herself.

Big Sister was very patient and helpful, even when Little Sis was biting everything in sight...

SO, rather than complaining about Little Sister's short fuse (which is directly related, I'm sure, to her icky cough and plugged up nose) I am going to just be thankful that they are not ganging up on me with grumpiness. I'm happy to have a nice day with Big Sister, especially given our recent drama.

I'm also thankful for some sweet snuggle time I got with Little Sister before her nap. Since I haven't gotten very flattering pics of her today (I seriously have one of her biting the armrest cover from the recliner...) here is one from a few weeks ago, just to even out the photos.


See? It all balances out. Just when you're ready to sell your kids to gypsies, you're reminded how cute they are. How much fun they can be. How, er... creatively they can dress. And how blessed you really are to get to spend so much time with them.


And hopefully this balances out the slightly desperate post from last night. Although, I still DO really want (and, in a tiny way, need) to see some more comments...so, what are you waiting for? Click on over there!