Been gone too long!

Ok, so it's been ages since I've posted. Way too long! I've been taking an online course and that takes up much of my computer time. So, I will update as best I can from the last couple of months.

The girlies will be 3 in less than 2 weeks. I can hardly believe it. I vividly remember the day they were born. I have this image in my head of the first time I held them. Emma was all red-faced with this tuff of jet black hair, sound asleep all swaddled in those hospital-issue blankets. Maddie was the teeniest thing I had ever seen and she was wide awake, these dark blue (her eyes were blue at the time, like all babies) staring up at me. I remember wondering what these tiny, beautiful creatures were thinking, observing, feeling etc. Fast forward 3 years and here they are, the same beatiful creatures, who are not so tiny anymore (well, I guess Maddie still qualifies as tiny, more on that later) who can fully express what they are thinking, observing and feeling.

Emma has a wonderful sense of humour and is still very affectionate (yay for me)! She is very intuitive about people and situations and her memory never ceases to amaze me. Maddie is sweet and active and strong-willed (well, they both are, I wonder where they got their stubborn streak, hmmmmmm......) and she also has a cheeky sense of humour. They play really well together and they even act out scenes from various movies (Barbie and The Diamond Castle is their current favourite). There are two best friends in the movie, and Maddie and Emma keep the same roles. I have no idea what they are doing, but they definately both know the script! It includes a dragon named Slider and I often see them running down the hallways screaming "here comes the bad guy run for your lives!"

As much as they will play together they can also fight, as sisters do. Their fights don't get as physical anymore, but sometimes there will be pushing over who gets to go into daycare first, or who gets to go with mummy to the car and who goes with daddy etc. They can really screech at each other but are getting better at saying what they want/need. John and I encourage that when they whine and scream at each other so now we will hear them yelling "Emma leave me alone, don't do that!" or "I don't want to play that, I want dis one, dis mine." You get the idea.

There was an incident yesterday where Emma wasn't cooperating while getting into her jammies. I being the softie was struggling to get her to comply, so John stepped in and used his "daddy voice." She started fake crying, which often turns into real tears. John said "why are you crying" and Emma said "cuz you screaming at me and I don't like that voice!" lol It was really cute.

We moved the girls into big girl beds last week (which are their cribs minus the side rail) and it went really well. It's funny because they never climbed out of their cribs, so they don't know that freedom yet of being out of bed and in their room at night or in the morning. So they don't get out of their big girl beds until John and I go into their rooms! As soon as we walk in they hop out! Not sure how long that will last, but it's really funny!

Two nights ago I was on the computer upstairs and I heard a big crash. I thought it was coming from downstairs, but then I heard John running up to see what it was. I stood outside the girls' room and I heard Maddie whimpering. I went in and she was in her bed but her blankets were on the floor. Emma immediately told me "Maddie fall out of her bed and she sad." I was so proud of our little trooper because she just hopped back into bed. I said "Maddie, good job of getting back in by yourself, are you ok now?" and she nodded and that was that.

After school, Emma likes to come up with me while I change out of my work clothes. We've started a routine where she comes into the closet with me and chooses my clothes for the next day. She loves jewellery and wants to look at mine. The other day she said "mama, I like your pokes." I couldn't for the life of me figure out what she was saying. She was getting increasingly frustrated as I continued to have no clue what she was saying. She finally said "I like your ear pokes." I said "oh, my earrings?" and she nodded and said "yeah, can I wear your pokes?" So cute!

Maddie loves to run to greet John at the door when he comes home from work. She hears the garage door open and screams "I hear Daddy, dad is home!" and she will sit and wait until he comes in the door. Then when he comes in she runs away!

I will try and do better at my blog updates!