Super Summer

Wow, have I fallen behind in my updates! Blame Facebook. I frequently write stories about the girls on there and forget to post them here as well. This one is the imp. one as this is the one I will be able to print for them and put into a book. So, what's been happening? We've been having a great summer. The girls were at Julie's for a few weeks in July and then they went to daycamp which they loved. They have been home with me and next week they start another full day of camp and then will be home with me again. John is taking the last week of August and first week of Sept off and we will do some short trips, nothing fancy. The girls are playing really well together for the most part but they can have some crazy fights and those fights drive me crazy! I guess as adults we can see the solution to most of their fights, but they are not at that level of maturity (sharing, just walking away etc). They can get pretty crazy, with Maddie chasing Emma around threatening to hit her or asking me to please send Emma away somewhere! And Emma will sort of growl at Maddie and it's loud and she gets right in her face. If I had to pick right now, I would say that Maddie is actually the more physically violent of the two and she is also about 10 pounds lighter than Emma! Emma is definately the louder one but not as much of a hitter. Maddie gets consequences right away when she hits and for the most part she doesn't make contact but usually it's because I am there to head her off at the pass. But when they play together it is lovely to watch. Yesterday they built a campfire and had their pillows and blankets out and were pretending to roast marshmallows. The day before they each had binoculars and a flashlight and were on treasure hunts and were rescuing their stuffed animals and dolls from various scenarios! So cute!

Yesterday we went to the grocery store and there was a firetruck and two firefighters in the parking lot. The girls waved and the firefighters waved back. Then they yelled out to the girls to see if they wanted to see the truck. The men were so nice and both girls got to sit behind the wheel. They patiently and thoroughly answered all their questions which included "why are there so many things that stick out on the truck?" (the switches) and "why is your horn so loud", "why is the truck super red", "why are you wearing big yellow boots in the summertime" "where is your jacket" "what are these things" (suspenders) and I could go on and on. He even let them step on his toes and kick the boots to show them how thick they are. The girls were very interested and as we thanked them and walked into the store Emma called back and said "I am going to be a fire girl when I growed up!" Ahhhhhhh!