The Arundales

Thursday, November 13, 2008

The Age of Exploration

Okay, I'm cheating and post-dating this... wrote it while pumping a couple of weeks ago...

Haley is at such a cute age right now. About a week ago, she figured out how to go from laying down to a sitting position. This past weekend, she started finally crawling with her tummy off the floor, though still not consistently. Of course, this means she can explore a lot more (read: get into things).

She'll find a toy, and settle herself down to check it out. Then, if she catches you looking at her, she'll hold the object up to you. Not sure if fhtis is "check this out" or "this is for you." The other day, Haley, Payton and I were playing with Little People. I had a couple of LP in my lap. Haley would crawl onto me, grab a Little People, then crawl over and hold it out to Payton. Apparently she'd decided Payton was the keeper of the Little People.

Last night, Haley was holding out her Cheerios to Keystone, who was only too happy to take them gently form her hand. She's also fond of droppoing things, then craning her neck over to view them on the floor.

Haley has one bottom front tooth. We keep waiting for the second one to pop up. Let's hope she doesn't use them to "explore" biting Mommy, like her sister did.

Yesterday, Haley learned how to clap! She finally figured out how to get those tiny fingers straightened out. It's her new favorite trick. She was laying in bed with us this morning in the dark, looking at her hands and clapping periodically.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Payton Twinkletoes

I'm putting the date of the pictures on this entry... here is a little video clip and some pictures from Payton's "creative movement" (dance) class. She really enjoys it. The class is for 3 to 4 year olds. I think Payton is the tallest girl, but not by a head like she usually is! I think her favorite part of class is when they do a little free dance with some scarves. She did tell me, however, that if she had to choose between dance and swimming, she would choose swimming. Hmm.

Bean up your nose?

Payton and I were lying in bed last night at bedtime, lights out, etc. Payton was quiet, but asked me out of the blue “Mommy, why would you put a bean up your nose?”

I was a bit taken aback, but said “Well, I wouldn’t put a bean up my nose. It would probably hurt, and it might get stuck. Then I might have to go to the doctor’s office to have it taken out. Why, did someone put a bean up their nose?”

Payton said “Yes, Lila did. But she didn’t go to the doctor. She just went hmmfffhh [blowing nose] into a tissue and it came out in the tissue.”

I asked, “Did it hurt? Did Lila cry?”

Payton said “She didn’t cry when she went hmmfffhh and the bean came out, but she did cry when they took her bean away and threw it into the trash can.”