Arwyn's big milestone for the week was that it was the first time that she called out to me to get her out of bed when she was ready in the morning, as opposed to just crying. "Mommy, come get me out!" Pretty cool. I also was finally able to do some more regular Arwyn/Mommy Special Time sessions with her this week. The first time I pulled out the puzzles that she had never really done before and asked her if she wanted to do them. She totally loved it! She was so proud of herself every time got a piece in correctly. Now that's her activity of choice for every single Mommy Time session. Nana was finally back from her vacation, so when we told Arwyn that Nana was taking her to music class, she was so excited. She kept saying she was going to have "Special Nana Time." Clearly Special Time is a big deal in our house these days! Arwyn still hasn't kicked that moody tantrum phase, which is disappointing. When she gets fired up, she just doesn't know up from down, she sends you back and forth and nothing makes her happy!
Leia is also really loving our Special Mommy/Leia Time. I've been very consistent with her, doing it every day. We tend to do it first thing in the morning before Arwyn wakes up because it's easier, but now Leia just expects it then and gets super pissed if I try to tell her we can't do it right then. She's also not liking the idea of missing any sessions, even though I reassured her we'd be making it up on a different day. She totally lost it one day when Arwyn came up too early and interrupted our special time before the timer went off. Even though I can already tell this is a good thing, it's definitely taking some hard work and a lot of trial and error to implement it in a way that's going to work for us! I've totally had it with the constant state of disaster that is our house, so I finally took a day off and tried to cleanse and organize Leia's room. Josh and I both agreed that the thought of trying to clean her room was overwhelming even for us, so clearly impossible for her. We got rid of lot of junk, organized a lot of stuff, and made her room look great again. She was so happy to come home and see her room all cleaned up, that she instantly set right to work finishing the few things that I hadn't completed. She was very excited to organize all her little treasures (I didn't throw it all away!). And now that she had a clean room, she did a great job the rest of the weekend putting stuff away right after we were finished playing with it because she actually knew where stuff belonged. Hopefully she'll keep up the good work in the long run, now that it's more manageable, but we'll see. Leia was so excited that Nana and Poppy were back home. She wanted to go see them the second she got out of school, but they were already asleep (east coast time), so she had to settle for the next day. I think we've been to their house every single day that they've been home now! I guess the kids really missed them! Leia always wants to get lovey and sit right next to Arwyn first thing in the morning even though Arwyn needs her space and wants nothing to do with Leia for the first 30 minutes of the day. Not understanding why Arwyn is ok with it later in the day but not in the morning, Leia always pushes the issue and it's pretty much a daily fiasco. One day this week I finally convinced Leia that the fastest way to Arwyn's heart was to just leave her alone. She tried it out, it worked perfectly, and before she knew it Arwyn was begging for her attention. It only lasted for one day, unfortunately, so I guess I'll have to keep trying to remind Leia to play it cool. It's so funny to watch the two of them deal (or not deal) with their mood swings. Usually they love playing together and get along so well, so it's so confusing for both of them when the other one suddenly wants a little space, even though they both do it to each other at some point in the day. But they are so close, I know eventually they'll learn how to read and deal with each other's moods.
These two cuties love snuggling in bed.
Birthday dinner for Josh...he was very proud of his very fancy and professional quality grill marks!
Our two little french chefs helping with breakfast!
Big thanks to Auntie M for these authentic aprons straight from her tip to France!
"Grande" smiles from the Petite Chef!
She really looks up to her big sister!
So fun to play in a clean room. And Leia's clothing choice has been so chic lately!
Fun to run in the leaves! And Arwyn's clothing choices have have become very interesting lately...today she chose to wear her swimming pool wrap as a sweater vest!
Daddy was very excited to share his new toy with the girls...but let's be clear, it's Daddy's toy!
They love their movie snuggle time with Daddy.
The fall garden...Josh worked very hard and just added many new plants...not to mention his constant war with the moles!
Josh was so excited that his drive actually landed on the green on a par 4!! (Squaw Creek Hole #2)
Twice in one game! Another par 4 where his drive landed on the green! (Squaw Creek Hole #12)
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