Climber

Moira is climbing now. It shouldn't surprise me since she can go up the stairs, but it does. The other day she climbed right up into a kid chair and stood up. Luckily Kaylon was sitting nearby and supervised. He still missed her when she fell on her head though :P. She tried to climb into her baby stroller yesterday- she actually had one foot in. Right now she's trying to climb onto the girls pull out princess couch which is wedged under the sewing table- oh- now she's wedged in there too. Haha, I helped her out and got some cute video- I'll post this when I get the video uploaded!

First Fieldtrip!

Grace and I got to go on her first fieldtrip today to Frying Pan Park, which is a working farm here in the county. She has been excited all week. This morning she came into our room and asked if it was 9 o'clock yet. Thankfully it was not, or we would have been late. :)

Part of the excitement was that Grace was finally getting to ride the bus. More than half her class rides the bus sometime during the day, so she's been feeling left out. She spent the whole bus ride staring out the window- i imagine for her it's the best view she's ever had driving down the road.

The farm was great, even though it was coooold. They taught the kids about cows- lots of terminology (bulls, calves, udders, etc) as well as practical knowledge. They had a wooden cow set up so that you could 'practice' milking a cow- the kids all loved that. When they asked what we get from cows, Grace raised her hand and said that we kill them and get turkey. At first I was confused as to what she meant, but 10 minutes later I figured it out- she was trying to say that when you kill them you get hamburger, but with Thanksgiving being last week, she got confused. I made sure to tell her later that I knew what she had meant.

We then got to go on a tractor ride around the farm, and finally go on a scavenger hunt to look at the animals up close. Grace said her favorite part was the horses, and her least favorite was not having a stroller to ride on. I enjoyed just being there with her and seeing her have fun.

Liliana being... Liliana

The other night Liliana came downstairs like this (after I had already put them to bed). She told me that she was a beautiful princess.

And here she is feeding the chicken a bottle. The first was was before she caught me taking the picture.

Fun with Hair

We bribed Liliana into letting me curl her hair today. Here's the proof :)

Grace got in on the action too, of course.

Is it Christmas yet?

It's getting chilly here so I went through the winter clothes to find Liliana some winter dresses for church. One of them is the red Christmas dress that Grace wore two years ago. Liliana fell in love with it and asked to wear it yesterday. As we were pulling out of our parking space Liliana asked with excitement,

"Are we going to Christmas now?"

Sadly I had to tell her that Christmas wasn't until after Thanksgiving. She is going to be so much fun this year for the holidays!

Five Year Old or Teenager?

Last night the girls didn't get to bed till after 9pm. Grace wanted to do one more thing and I told her no, that she needed to go to bed. She threw the thing she was holding on the floor and yelled, "You HATE me! I know it! You hate me!" and then threw herself onto her bed in defeat.

It's funny how that didn't affect me much since I knew how tired she was. I was able to smile on the inside as I tucked her into bed and prayed with her that she would feel better by the morning. Kaylon did lecture her a bit when he came up about never saying that to her mom, which was very sweet of him. I guess it sunk in, too, since this morning she apologized for what she said last night.

Partners in Crime

We knew when we put the girls together in a full sized bed that there would be some issues- some feet in someone's face, some fighting about covers, so playing waaaay too late. What we didn't know is how much they would love it and how funny it would be.

Last night, about 40 minutes after they were sent to bed they wanted to 'capture' Yoda. Grace bravely delegated the job to Liliana to sneak down the stairs. Liliana peeked around the corner, saw Kaylon standing at the bottom (listening), and booked it back to their room, slamming the door behind her. Grace immediately started convincing her to go back out, ignoring Liliana as she told her how scared she was because daddy was down there. To boost her confidence, Grace dressed Liliana in black (even taking some of Kaylon's socks from our room), and assured her that if she 'hid in the shadows' that daddy wouldn't see her! "You look, and hide in the shadows. Look and hide!" Poor Liliana came out to the staircase dressed in head to toe black, including a black shirt over her head, got scared, and ran back to hallway. She was so scared that she asked Grace for loves. Kaylon could hear Grace patting Liliana's back, but it wasn't quite enough because at that point Liliana ran back to their room. Grace got scared being out in the hallway by herself, so she ran into the room and asked Liliana for loves, and Kaylon heard more back patting.

Kaylon called me up at this point, but I had missed the good stuff and they went back to regular play. We had to laugh at Grace's conniving and Liliana's faithful trust in her sister. And we were both touched at how much they love each other- that they can ask for comfort from each other and that they are willing to give it so freely. We are truly blessed to have such sweet little girls in our home.