"I can't believe you just told me no!"

Here is what Camille does when the world gets to be too much for her.  This is her disappointed/heart broken pose.   It's pretty funny. When something doesn't go her way she is pretty dramatic about assuming this position.  

exploring

I have a picture that is exactly the same only it's Av instead of Camille.  I will have to dig that out and post it.  Here is Camille exploring her world.  

Veteran’s Day

I got a very nice surprise on Veteran's Day. After dropping the girls off at school I headed to work like I always do. First thing I noticed when I pulled in was that there were NO cars in the lot!! Took me about one second to realize it must have been a holiday for us! I was so excited. Almost giddy. A day to myself!!! When was the last time I had one of those??? The first thing I did was call a girlfriend and told her to wait for me!!! A few mothers from Avery’s class were getting together for breakfast and all the sudden I could join them! So there I sat on a Wednesday morning with 4 friends drinking my coffee and having a yummy breakfast burrito. It was so unexpected and relaxing. We sat there for 2 hours talking and laughing. Then we went off to do some shopping together. It was nice getting to know some new friends better and a great day to re-charge my mommy battery.

hbr/speech update

Tuesdays attempt was more of the same. Av pretty much cried and tried to wait Miss Becky out. They didn’t accomplish much. I kept my cool and just loved on her when it was over but also told her how silly I thought she was being. I told Av that we were going to continue coming and she might as well start to have fun at it. On Thursday Av woke up in a really good mood and was excited for Speech and hbr. She kept saying she wanted to go to speech first then to ride Mickey. (I had been telling her Mickey has been missing her and wanted her to come and ride him and give him a treat). So after hanging out at the house all morning and then dropping Camille off at school to speech we headed. Speech ended up going great. Miss Angela told me that, “Avery talked a lot and worked on/repeated all words that were asked of her. (They were working on the K sound and Av was doing well.) Avery was also silly and having fun with it at the appropriate times. Avery is now just one of the group!” It was music to my ears!! After running home to have lunch off to hbr we went. Miss Becky decided to try having Av ride first to see if that worked so off Av went to ride Mickey. I snuck in to take a peak and she looked happy. I heard when they were done and came inside. I heard Av crying and asking for me. It went on for only a few minutes and then I didn’t hear her crying anymore. I didn't know whether they were just sitting there staring at each other or if Av was actually doing as Miss Becky asked. Turns out she was kind of doing things. Not great, but better. Another little boy worked with them so I think that helped. Av didn't have all the attention on her and it was more like she was playing with a new friend. When she got done she was super exited to tell me she rode Mickey and gave him a treat. I think it was a step in the right direction!

Great PP

Girls, your great grandfather was one of 17 kids (right mom?). He was such a wonderful man. I wish you could have known him. I have many fond memories of him. Mostly at his cabin in PA. He was so fun. Always ready to take us out on the boat, set off fireworks for us, set up this water fountain he had for us or sleep on the screened in porch on a cot with us. Here is a great picture of him with his brothers and sisters and parents (I think). He is the handsome man on the bottom row second from the right.

Grandma from WI

Came for a visit this weekend. It was so nice to see her as always. The girls had a lot of fun with her. If Grandma was not at the house during parts of this weekend Av was always asking where she was or when she would be back. Grandma remembered a toy that Av had played with and liked a lot the last time she was in WI so Grandma got Av that toy for her b-day. It is a set of play hair things. Battery operated hair dryer, a pretend curling iron and straightener. She took it to school today for sharing time and even slept with it Friday night. Camille woke up at 6:30 on Saturday and as John was heading in to tell her to go back to sleep he noticed Av’s light was on. She was up playing with her hair stuff. Who knows how long she had been up? 6:30 is very early for Av. I do love having a live in hair stylist.

sisters

Camille is starting to take after big sister Avery. She discovered how fun it was to push around a doll stroller. Luckily we already had two of them. It was a beautiful fall weekend. 70 and sunny and the girls spent hours outside pushing around their dolls, playing at the park and Camille went on her first bike ride while Av was at a bday party.  It was a great weekend.