Twins!
We had Brighid and Saoirse over on Saturday afternoon while their Mama got some stuff done. It was like having two sets of twins because her kids and mine are so close in age. Thank the stars Nana came over and helped. Both girls behaved really well with Mama gone. Saoirse was mildly concerned about her Mom leaving, Brigh was totally relaxed. About everything. I've never met such an easy-going toddler in my life.
Despite the chilly weather, we hauled the kids off to the playground for awhile - it was Mika and Declan's first time this year - perhaps Brighid's first time since she started walking. Decky loved exploring, as did Brighid. Both the wee ones were wild about the slide. Brighid giggled like mad when I put her in the swing - SO CUTE!
Mika and Saoirse were classic little girls running and laughing and playing bizarre secret made-up-on-the-spot games and delighting Nana with it all. There was a single point of conflict between the girls at the playground involving who was to climb up a tower first and another single incident back at the house involving something so minor that it has slipped my mind completely. By the time this second tiff occurred, both girls were pretty wiped. When Kris picked up the kids at around 5:30, Mika looked like she was about to drop off on the spot.
Brighid is physically smaller than Declan, but somehow she totally keeps him in check. Not even Mika can make that claim.
While playing with their babies, Mika and Saoirse sat down on the kids couch together and nursed them. I think they also said they were waiting for a bus at the same time.
Saoirse babies Declan like mad. She was pretty aloof about her own sister, but was carefully helping Declan at the playground - Saoirse is actually strong enough to pick him up and haul him around. She stopped mid play just to give him hugs and kisses, delighting Declan to no end. She shared nicely with him and never played rough - without needing to be told so.
Mika and Saoirse are only 3 years old and already having body talks in the bathroom. I was supervising the pre-playground potty visit - one kid on the toilet, one on the potty. The conversation went something like this:
M: are you going to poo and pee?
S: no, just pee.
M: yeah, me too.
S: if we wanna go to the playground, we have to put good things in our body first.
M: yeah. i like broccoli. do you like broccoli?
S: broccoli!
M: hey! do you like Sammi?
..and it went down from there.
Despite the chilly weather, we hauled the kids off to the playground for awhile - it was Mika and Declan's first time this year - perhaps Brighid's first time since she started walking. Decky loved exploring, as did Brighid. Both the wee ones were wild about the slide. Brighid giggled like mad when I put her in the swing - SO CUTE!
Mika and Saoirse were classic little girls running and laughing and playing bizarre secret made-up-on-the-spot games and delighting Nana with it all. There was a single point of conflict between the girls at the playground involving who was to climb up a tower first and another single incident back at the house involving something so minor that it has slipped my mind completely. By the time this second tiff occurred, both girls were pretty wiped. When Kris picked up the kids at around 5:30, Mika looked like she was about to drop off on the spot.
Brighid is physically smaller than Declan, but somehow she totally keeps him in check. Not even Mika can make that claim.
While playing with their babies, Mika and Saoirse sat down on the kids couch together and nursed them. I think they also said they were waiting for a bus at the same time.
Saoirse babies Declan like mad. She was pretty aloof about her own sister, but was carefully helping Declan at the playground - Saoirse is actually strong enough to pick him up and haul him around. She stopped mid play just to give him hugs and kisses, delighting Declan to no end. She shared nicely with him and never played rough - without needing to be told so.
Mika and Saoirse are only 3 years old and already having body talks in the bathroom. I was supervising the pre-playground potty visit - one kid on the toilet, one on the potty. The conversation went something like this:
M: are you going to poo and pee?
S: no, just pee.
M: yeah, me too.
S: if we wanna go to the playground, we have to put good things in our body first.
M: yeah. i like broccoli. do you like broccoli?
S: broccoli!
M: hey! do you like Sammi?
..and it went down from there.
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