Everybody Happy?

Well, today was a better day, they slept until 7:00 a.m. Still way earlier than they normally sleep for a weekend, but much better than 5:30! When I went in to get them, Madison was sitting up and Emma was still lying down. I wasn't sure if she was actually awake. As I peeked my head in, Madison said "Emma wake up" and she clapped her hands at her. Emma's head popped up and they started laughing. Maddie has to take all of the stuffed animals and books that are in her bed downstairs with her. So not only am I carrying two babies (totalling 45 pounds), but I am also carrying "Feet" (her Happy Feet penguin), Elmo, her doggie and her two Winnie-the-pooh books, the latter two she will not be without. She sleeps with these consistently, brings them in the car every time we go anywhere and must have them at daycare. The corner of the book is made of rubber, and she likes to sleep with the corners touching her face. It's not about the book, it's the material of those corners that she is so attached to. Emma likes having stuffed animals in her crib with her, but she is not particular as to who she brings. She decides based on her mood, although Dora is usually pretty popular as is her stuffed kitty cat, aptly named "Kitty."

At mealtimes, Emma has developed a new thing. Before she starts to eat, when we are all sitting around the table she says "I happy, Mummy." Then she goes around the table to make sure we share the sentiment. "Maddie happy?" Maddie just giggles and nods, but someone must answer on her behalf before Emma moves on. So, usually I will say "yes, Maddie is happy." "Daddy happy?" Emma asks? "Yes, Daddy is happy." "Mummy happy?" "Yes Emma, Mummy is happy." Then she does the quick recap, pointing to herself first, and then everyone else as she says "I happy, Maddie happy, Daddy happy, Mummy happy." We are all happy Emma, now can we eat?

John had the music on today and the girls danced around, singing and waving their arms. When he turned it off they got upset. They don't really have a favourite song yet, but when John and I sing the ABC's sometimes they will tell us to "stop!"

We went to their friend Lily's first birthday party today and the girls had lot's of fun. Madison was shy at first and stuck to me, but Emma just walked in, and walked right up to the "big" kids and said "hi everybody." She followed the big kids everywhere. One of the kids had a pet hamster, and she spent a lot of the time shaking the cage and saying "wake up!" Madison helped herself to carrots and then sucked off all the dip and dumped the carrots in my lap (thanks Mads). She did the same thing with chips and dip. Maddie was always asking about the birthday girl, saying "where Lily?" Emma was more interested in what the big kids were doing. We got home, they played with Uncle Matt and Aunt Sue, and then they went to bed at 6:30. They were really tired after a day of fun.