Elise quotes...

Another cute morning of Elise-isms...
We've been playing tea-party (she says it's "hot chocolate" actually!), baking cookies in her new kitchen, cleaning up all the Christmas decorations, etc... for the last 90 minutes while Ainsley naps. Elise has said a few cute things:

"Mommy, the Christmas tree is all Nakey (Naked) now."

"I don't want Ainsley to wake up. I want her to sleep all day so I can play with just you"

"I save lotta lotta cookies for Daddy when he comes home. He loves cookies"

"Mommy, can we get another tree tomorrow and get ready for Christmas all over again?!"

"Elise, I think you are beautiful." "Mommy, I think you're a good share-er"

Christmas hats

For some reason, my mother and mother-in-law decided last year that a new Christmas tradition would entail everyone wearing goofy Reindeer antlers/elf hats/etc...purchased at the dollar store. It seems random, but is definitely fun. We continued it this year and We wore them on Wednesday night as we were all being "Santa" and filling stockings, assembling toys, etc...and then again throughout Christmas day, too. I think I got pictures of almost all of us (sorry, Nana!)...fun new tradition! We all look like dorks, but it yields good pictures, too.

Christmas stuff...

Along with everyone else, it's been a little hectic around here for the last 8 days with family visiting, pre-school on break, and all of us doing nothing but EATING 24/7!! I'll post pictures soon from Christmas morning and whatnot...it was a great time and SOOO fun with an almost-3-year-old! Elise "got it" more than I thought she would and it was a blast. Here are a few quick shots of the days leading up to Christmas morning...Ainsley sneaked over to the tree and was just pulling presents down one at a time...had the cutest look on her face as she played with ribbons and wrapping paper. I had been changing her clothes when she "ran away", hence the diaper-only!

It's just what you do, right?..

Following the tradition of probably every parent out there, we took the girls to get a picture with Santa this morning...Although I detest waiting in line for silly things ESPECIALLY if they interfere with naptimes, we knew this "is just what you do" when you have kids...so, we did. It wasn't too bad. We waited a little over an hour in line, ran into some friends, enjoyed the breezy 65 degree weather, and left with one wide-eyed happy kid and one screaming baby. =) Elise was BEYOND excited until she actually saw Santa, then got a little nervous for a minute or two. Ainsley (almost always happy!) wanted NOTHING to do with Old St.Nick! We got a few good pictures and Elise got to pass on her Christmas wishes to Santa, so we called it a successful day.

Bread Dilemma

Elise's 3 day/week preschool is so great! For her two teachers' Christmas presents, I had planned on baking them each 2 loaves of bread (1 pumpkin, 1 zucchini) and a $10 Starbucks gift card. A nice gift, but nothing too fancy...hey, we're in a Recession, right?!
So, I just pulled the loaves of Pumpkin bread out of the oven and the bottoms totally stuck to the loaf pan. So, they're only 80% of what they were, there's no "icing" to hold the bottom on or try to hide the issue...so I'm not sure what to do...
1.Eat the loaves ourselves and start over for the teachers (however, I don't want all those calories and it just took an hour and a half to make!)
2.Give it to them anyway and make a joke out of it...it still tastes GREAT, just doesn't look 100%. (I hate that it wouldn't be perfect...but I think I can get over it.)

Any opinions?

Ode to Daddy

Our girls LOVE their Daddy! It's so fun to see both of them LIGHT UP when Adam gets home at night or even just walks into the room. I don't know if it has anything to do with Adam's deployments and the huge amounts of time he was gone during Elise's first two years or what, but it's such a blessing to me. Ainsley giggles, wrinkles her nose, and smiles at everyone, but it's a special little smirk for her Daddy. I know they love me and they still run to me first if they're injured, sad, etc...but it's great to see them just overwhelmed with excitement and joy when Adam gets home...Elise has said a few times lately, "Daddy has to go to work AGAIN!? I miss him SOOOOOOOOO much when he go to work." Can it get any cuter?

No Way!

We just had an Earthquake!!! No way. doesn't happen often in this part of the country...that's for sure. I was awake making coffee, girls and Adam were still in bed and it was a huge BOOM. It only lasted about 5 seconds, but it felt more like an explosion nearby, the whole house shook, and it was very loud. I thought it was more of a sonic boom right over us or something...all the neighbors met out in the street and nobody had any idea what it was. crazy.
I think it's really funny that we lived in Japan for 2 years and only felt 3 TINY Earthquakes while living in the "Ring of Fire" (the most Earthquake-prone zone on the planet). But now we move to the SE USA and just sat through a bigger EQ than we ever had in Japan. It was a little fun, actually. But I'm a nerd like that. You can see on our "Favorite Websites" on the right a link to the US Geological Survey...click on that and you can see a cool graphic of all recent EQ's in the world. I check the site fairly regularly just for fun. Again, I know I'm a dork.

Big Helper...

We have a table in our front hallway that my dad made us last year. We use it to 'hold' stuff that's waiting to go upstairs and also to stow away shoes on the first floor... Ainsley loves to play next to it with all the shoes, so it wasn't out of the ordinary to hear her playing there this morning after breakfast. Elise disappeared in that direction for a few minutes and I heard, "Mommy. Mommy. Come look!" Hearing no screams, I assumed nobody was bleeding, but as I got close, elise informed me, "I Teached Ainsley how to make a BIG mess with shoes." That's what big sisters are for, right? =)

Ainsley says....

"Mommy thought I was ready to feed myself a little bit. I've been trying to hold my spoons and take them to my mouth, so she decided to give it a go....


click on the pictures above and you can see, in better detail, the incredible mess I made. Good thing Mommy put on the Japanese-made full-shirt bib!! It was perfect! I got a little oatmeal in my mouth, Gus the dog ate a lot that I flicked on the floor, and a lot ended up on my tray, hands, cheeks, hair, etc....We'll try again in a few weeks!"

Matching outfits...but that's it.

I recently came across a picture of Elise at 10 months that I LOVED, so I decided to try to "duplicate" it with Ainsley...since Ainsley wears all Elise's hand-me-downs anyway, it was easy to pull out the same exact clothes, throw her outside on the grass over the weekend, and snap a few shots. I didn't get it exactly right, but Elise had a tricky little expression to duplicate. So, here's the best shots:
(btw-I've done one every 3 or 4 months so far, and it's been fun to have them side-by-side on our wall...at the newborn shot, they looked VERY similar; at 4 mos, they were clearly related, but now I barely see a resemblance at all. it's cool)


Elise-10 months in Japan













Ainsley-10 months in USA

Festive Weekend

We got our tree this weekend, decorated it, put little goofy snowmen and things all around the house. It's been fun, and a little chaotic. I hate when my entire house seems out of order. But, it's fun to think that Christmas is just a few weeks away! Elise is starting to really understand some of it all this year. Her little face really LIGHTS UP when we talk about Santa and the presents...(we're trying to explain that Jesus' Birthday is the important part of Christmas and that Santa is just part of it, but that may be a little much just yet. She's not quite 3.) Either way, she likes to pull of the paper rings on her "Countdown to Christmas" paper craft thing she made in school. It's cute.
She's also adorable when it comes to decorating the tree...I thought it would be cute for her to have her own little tree that she could put her ornaments on. So she and I went to Target and picked out a little 3' tree. There were none left under the shelf so I took the display one off the shelf. Isn't that what everyone would do? So, she rode around the store with it for 30 minutes in the cart with her. I thought to stop an employee and double-check that I could actually PURCHASE the display model. It's only a little tree- 3' tall and $9.99. ...well...10 minutes later, after holding in my FURIOUS inner-voice, the employee TOOK THE TREE OUT OF THE CART NEXT TO THE TODDLER and walked away with it. Elise STARTED CRYING!! IT was so sad. That made me hate Target more than I usually do anyway. Grrr....I DID say, out loud, "It's ok, sweetie, yes, the mean lady made a 3 year old cry." I was so sad for her. I then went to three other stores before I found another tree that was suitable. It was all worth it at the end of the day when she woke up from her nap and got to put a few of her own ornaments on HER tree.
Precious.

Go ahead, laugh...

because I'm sure my neighbors are, too! After dropping Elise off at pre-school this morning, soothing a very-fussy-because-a-new-tooth-is-breaking-through Ainsley, fighting with my computer over emailing pictures to my brother, I decided I should hang our Christmas lights outside. Brilliant plan when you're already flustered and short on time! After 17 trips back inside, trying a chair then a stool and finally the ladder to reach above the front door, and cursing the fact that i'm going to have to go back to Lowe's today for more lights, I got it finished! All that in just 45 minutes (and I'm not kidding on the 17 trips back inside!). Of course, I was only decorating 6 bushes and arching the front door...but whatever. It'll remind me of Clark W. Griswold's masterpiece when we're totally done...I know my neighbor Jean was watching me and laughing, and I can only imagine who else saw it, too.
By the way, Lowe's (at least our Lowe's here) has ALL CHRISTMAS Decorations at 50% off already! So, for 12 sets of lights and a 7.5' douglas fir tree, our total last night was only $52. YAY. Gotta love that. Now I just hope there are some lights left when I go back this afternoon for a few more boxes...just in case we have to jazz it up a little more once we see it in the dark.
And also...I can make fun of Jean right back because they're "those people" right now with LIT UP LAWN DECORATIONS consisting of 3 penguins, 4 snowmen, a 4-car train, and 10 candy canes. We went for the simpler approach of all white lights...we're pretty vanilla like that.

I may have cried a little

Tonight was the local "tree lighting ceremony" in our cute little town, so we all bundled up and went to see the HS band play, local choir sing, and the whole town square light up for Christmas. It was a lot of fun and Elise LOVED it. Poor Ainsley was so bundled up she could barely move, but it was cold out! We're not used to 35 degrees around here.
On the way home, Elise was talking about the moon being out in the sky. Since we were heading home to sleep, her train of thought only made sense...
She asked, "Where the Sun go to sleep?" We told her that it just goes away to sleep. (not really prepared with a good answer on that one...). Her face lit up and she said, "I know. Maybe moon go sleep on the clouds!!!". She was so enthusiastic and so excited that she had come up with such a great idea! So creative and oh so adorable. I loved it and totally started crying...I'm such a sap!

It was JUST LIKE in "A Christmas Story"...poor thing! But she was warm!

Everyone had fun...we don't do "night outings" often, so it was a treat

Elise was very excited to be high enough to see all the lights and music

Happy Thanksgiving

We've been in Cincinnati for a couple days visiting the family and we're having a blast! The 11-hour car ride was better than we expected and we didn't even need to resort to the DVD player for elise until 7 hours into it! The girls played well, we ate LOTS of snacks, and everyone survived. =). We spent quite a while at the park yesterday, which was a little cold, but fun, too. Uncle Kelly showed Elise how to ride on his skateboard. That was fun to watch. Everyone is having fun with smiley Ainsley and enjoying playing constantly with Elise.

Saturday's Adventure...

Not the greatest picture, but so funny...look at how long & stringy her hair is!


Elise's hair, lately, has been looking a little "mullet-ish" again, so I decided to cut it myself. Because I'm so cheap AND I assumed it can't be THAT hard, I just grabbed some scissors and went to it. (BTW- I've done this once before and it worked totally fine. She's only had that one haircut in almost 3 years...so I was 1 for 1...until Saturday. It would be a cute and fun little adventure for us, mommy cutting her hair on the back deck, everyone happy, saving $$...
Bad Idea.
About 10 snips into my masterpiece, I stopped and yelled for Adam.
He said it was pretty horrible and that I should STOP cutting.
It was naptime, so I put her down and told her it was really cute. Lying to my own child. All I could imagine was how badly my brothers were going to make fun of it when we see them this week for Thanksgiving.
Not a great look...still long on top, but butchered on bottom


It looked even as I was cutting!

I then got on the phone and called around to a couple salons to see who could squeeze us in that afternoon.
30 minutes into a 2 hour nap, I grabbed her out of bed (she never naps anyway, just sings, rolls around, and tells "stories" to her Uglydoll) and we headed to Serenity Spa and Salon.
We left a little while later heading to DairyQueen as her treat for being SUCH A GOOD GIRL. She sat still in the chair, listened to the stylist, and was a joy. The DQ bribe helped, of course. It was the owner of the salon who "fixed" my mistake and assured me that she sees that same situation several times a month. I felt better. She was probably lying, though!

It turned out adorable and she just keeps talking about the Ice Cream. =) I guess I'm the only one who was scarred by the whole experience.
Ready for school today...and loving her little curls again!

Birthday party and Reptiles

Last week, Elise's little friend Ben turned 3. Jessica (Ben's mom) and I talked for awhile and decided that you don't HAVE to do a big bday party for little kids until they turn 4. (Big= lots of kids, gift bags, themed cakes, etc...augh. what a nightmare). Instead, we just went to Middleton Plantation (I've done like 4 blogs on this place, you're all probably sick of it by now!) with just us and one other little buddy of Ben's. It was way more manageable and lots of fun. The kids got to pet an alligator ("Addigator" to Elise) and a turtle.



We took a 45 minute horse-drawn carriage ride. (It was cool for the moms to hear the history stuff, but in hindsight, a 45 minute " must sit still and do anything" is a little rough for almost 3 year-olds!). They loved the horses, though. We also saw a 12-15 ft WILD alligator in one of the rice fields we went past. yikes.

We had a picnic that the kids LOVED- especially the part where Elise and Ben got to transport all the picnic supplies to the tables via a wagon. =) They're adorable and it was a ton of fun. =)


When Elise turns 3 in January, we'll see if we can do something totally low-key and fun, too!

All in a night's work...

Since we took Elise's pacifier away about 6 weeks ago, we've been 'fighting" bedtime a little more than normal. Some nights are INFURIATING and some are just downright hilarious!
Tonight was a funny one:
Adam put elise to bed about 7:30. (that's normal)
By 8:45, she was still singing and talking (no big deal), so I went up to soothe her a little more.
In the 8 minutes I was in there she told me,
"My back hurts."
"My foot hurts."
"My tummy growling."
"I not tired."
"I need to finish my milk from dinner."
"I need you to tell me story."
"I need you cuddle wif me more."

So, I cuddled, told her a story about "Princess Elise", then left the room. She wasn't tired, remember. By the time I GOT DOWNSTAIRS and ADAM flipped the video monitor over to her "channel" on the TV, this is what we saw:


If you click on that picture, you'll see closer that she DEAD ASLEEP! Probably 2 minutes from when I left her room..it's been 30 minutes since I took that and she still hasn't moved. Hilarious.

A little torn...

As I'm sitting here 1/2 watching the Florida/Vandy game (not too exciting at 35-0 now) and the Notre Dame/Boston College (rough start for the Irish at 0-10), I'm thinking of an 'issue' that has come up in my mind lately...I'm also forced to think a lot tonight- thanks to a little sickness in the house, I've completely lost my voice and can barely whisper...Adam is LOVING it!
As we continue to try being "green/organic/granola", we are eating a TON of organic food, using fewer chemicals around the house, using cloth diapers for Ainsley, etc...(btw, we used cloth for most of Elise's time in diapers, too). The tension arises in that some of this takes extra time and energy. Washing/drying/folding cloth diapers is WAY more time-consuming than chucking a Huggies into the trash! Since I have the opportunity to stay at home with the girls and not "work", I feel like part of my job can be to help us be frugal and put the time and energy into things like that. Plus, I enjoy it. I'm definitely a little bit of a tree-hugger at heart. I also obviously enjoy staying busy and knowing I'm doing what I can to help the Environment. Using those diapers is cost-effective in the long term AND is environmentally friendly, but is so exhausting for me sometimes. AND it's an extra two loads of laundry a week, which includes water, electricity, and detergent! (all of which are expensive these days...). So, how do I determine "success"?
Part of helping the environment can go against being "organic and healthy"...case in point, I have a friend who is ULTRA ORGANIC...but she drinks, literally, 10+ bottles of water a day. I know that it's healthy to drink lots of water, but it's A)More expensive and B)KILLING the Environment with all that plastic being thrown in the trash! I'm not sure how she reconciles that in her mind or the checkbook...(not that we're any better- we do tons of stuff that contradicts our other actions!). Another friend is obsessed with Clorox wipes and anti-bacterial hand sanitizer. She wipes down all the major surfaces of her house EVERY evening with Clorox wipes...I like the idea of being that 'clean', but I hate the thought of all those chemicals being on all the surfaces in my house and I hate spending the $$$ on it. Plus, I definitely feel like we, as a society, tend to "over anti-bacterialize" stuff- I think a few bacterium are good for us, in general. I'm REALLY not being judgemental! I just don't know how to figure this stuff out sometimes.
Cleaning supplies also pose a conundrum...I'd love to make my own cleaners with vinegar and baking soda. That's pretty environmentally friendly, very cost-effective, but takes some time/energy and I HATE the smell of vinegar. It actually makes me gag. So then I think, I'll buy the "Greenworks" cleaner at the grocery store...that's a little expensive, but totally organic. But then I think through all the extra packaging that it's made in, shipped in, vehicles delivering it and using fuel, etc...and I start to get really dizzy (or maybe that's the homebrew beer and lousy football night affecting me). I do make my own laundry detergent and that's working well, was VERY cheap to make, works well, etc...so that was a winner!
It's just tricky for me to figure out the answer to "Do I want to be Organic, Healthy, Frugal, or something in between?" I guess that's usually the answer...find a balance. Although I'd like to make all my own cleaning supplies and stick to the cloth diapers for the entire 2+ years that Ainsley will wear them, I can't always figure it all out. Maybe I need to suck it up and deal with the smell of vinegar (not likely), or just clean a lot with really hot water. Maybe we need to move to a log cabin in the middle of the woods, live off the land, and hunt for our own food...but I think I'd go insane and not be happy, either...not a good idea.
So, those are my random thoughts for tonight. BC/ND game is still 10-0, Florida is still destroying Vandy, and I'm heading to bed sooner than later.
Any suggestions on this junk? Let me know if you think I'm crazy...

So, once again, I've been a little 'distant' from the blogging world for almost a week...not that it's been boring around here, but I've just been uninspired to blog. Adam is out of town for a couple days, and I was planning on cleaning the bathrooms once the girls went to bed, but I'll just do this instead. Then maybe do the bathrooms quickly and then watch Grey's Anatomy at 9. I can get it all done...no problem. Which, by the way, Elise told me today at the grocery store when she dropped a can of yogurt..."It ok, Mommy. It not break open. Noooooo Pwoblem". It was cute.
An earlier funny comment by the resident almost-three-year-old...We were supposed to meet some friends at the park after they ran errands...but they never made it. We still had a great time, and on the way home in the car, I said, "Ben and Miss Jessica probably just got stuck at the store". She paused and then looked PANICKED as she yelled, "Wait right there, Ben. We come to get you unstuck. I coming to help you!"....it was adorable! She really thought they were STUCK at the grocery store...if Adam were driving, he probably would've messed with her some more and gone to the store looking for the Sadler family....but I'm nicer. =)
What else? For the last two days I've been counting the # of times I go up and down the steps during the course of a day...just out of curiosity b/c somedays it really seems like ALL I DO is go up and down stairs...yesterday was 28 and today was 36. (That's counting EACH flight, so Up the steps = 1 and Down a few minutes later=2), so 18 round trips today is pretty high. More than I thought.
Ummm...just to spice things up (no pun intended here), Ainsley is going on Day 5 this week (and WEEK 3 of some sporadic issues) of EXPLOSIVE HORRENDOUS DIARRHEA ! It's so gross, even Elise was gagging and dry-heaving a little the other day as I was trying to change Ainsley's diaper in the back of the car at the grocery store...poor thing! I don't know what bug has gotten into her, but the latest strategy (!) by the Pediatrician is for me to collect "samples" for three days, label it all, but it in baggies, FREEZE one sample- yes, she actually called it a POOPSICLE, and return it to their office tomorrow for further testing...so that's been fun. I've also set aside all cloth diapers until this passes...it was just too foul. And i have a TOUGH stomach, so you can guess how bad it is.
On that note, I need to head up to the bathrooms to clean- I only have 19 minutes until Grey's is on and I don't want to miss that! Sayanora!

Halloween Happenings...

Ok, so at almost 3 years old and almost 9 months old, our kids aren't really ready for the spooky-ness of Halloween, but we had fun anyway. Being the frugal one, I "recycled" costumes from Halloween 2006 and 2007. yay! I included pics of the last two years also for comparisons.
Elise was the same Monkey that she was last year-it was a little big last year, a little...um...'fitted' this year. Ainsley wore the duck costume that Elise wore 2 years ago. Cute. Easy. Fun.
2007 ELISE MONKEY

2008 ELISE MONKEY














2008 with buddies Ben and LeeLee








ELISE 2006 DUCK






AINSLEY 2008 DUCK

Who does that!?!

Adam meets up with a friend 2 or 3 mornings a week to work out, so he left this morning about 6:10 to meet Ben for a run. On Elise's school mornings, Adam's alarm is set for 7:15 for me to get up, prep breakfast, etc...before the girls get up at 8. No big deal. BUT, this morning Ainsley was up at 5:50-very unlike her! She cried off and on for about an hour and then I finally fell back asleep. 20 minutes later, the alarm goes off...I hit SNOOZE. Two minutes later, it goes off again! WHAT?! I'm not a big "SNOOZ"er, but, seriously, TWO MINUTES!?! I hit it again and looked at the numbers to make sure I was correct. It was 7:19. I rolled back over and closed my eyes. 7:21 and it's BEEPING again...really!? Who programs their alarm (apparently Adam) to only give you 2 extra minutes? That's such a tease. I thought Snooze meant, like, 9 more minutes...Grrrr...

This week...

A couple quick pics from the last few days...

Elise and I just spent 30 minutes on a little craft project that a neighbor dropped off...Elise had a lot of fun making little ghosts...we hung them outside and she loved it! and this may be my new favorite picture of her!
Ainsley started munching on Cheerios this week. Doesn't sound all that exciting, I know, but it's cool to see her dexterity improve and it's AWESOME to be able to put her in the highchair, scatter a few "O's", and all of a sudden I have 20 minutes to work on lunch/dinner/etc..!!! yay!

Stacey and Clinton would be horrified...

If you don't "get" the title, don't worry...you'll see where I'm going pretty quickly! A couple weeks ago, our friend Steve got married. Adam was one of the groomsmen and it was a GREAT wedding. He/we were able to catch up with a lot of friends that we hadn't seen since we left for Japan, had two kids, etc... and it was especially fun for me to have "no official responsibilities whatsoever...".I could just relax and have fun!!
Of course, the bride was GORGEOUS and all eyes were on her MOST OF THE TIME...except when everyone was staring at this guest:

The mullet aside, the head-to-toe WHITE SUIT on a MAN at a WINTER WEDDING was so shocking. The fact that he NEVER left the dance floor at the Reception was part of it also...he was an absolute riot...I tried to be subtle as I took a few pictures, but I'm not usually great at that. I wasn't the only one snapping shots of him, though. I mean, can you blame me?!

*Special thanks to fellow Groomsman OJ for standing in for me to pretend taking a picture of him, while shifting the camera quickly to the right to snap the shot of the true intended guest...


I hope this doesn't come off sounding tacky or mean, because maybe he's a great guy. Maybe the Bride asked him to wear that so she wouldn't be the only one capturing all the attention, who knows!? It was humorous, though...

Here's a happy picture of us and the Bride and Groom! Yay for Steve and Mary!

Mmmm Mmmm Good

On Saturday, I made my FAVORITE FALL RECIPE ever! Patty G's PUMPKIN CURRY SOUP! It's so tasty and super easy to make, too...of course, you have to like pumpkin, curry, and onions...I gave some to 3 of our neighbors and they all LOVED it and asked for more! Thanks again, Patty! Here it is if anyone wants to make it:

Cream of Pumpkin with Curry Soup

4 Tbsp Butter
1/2 C. Chopped Onion
3 tsp curry powder
6 C. Chicken Broth
2 C. Heavy Whipping Cream
32 oz. Canned Pumpkin Puree
1/4 C Brown Sugar, packed
Salt, Pepper, and Nutmeg (season to taste)

*Melt Butter and sautee onions until translucent.
*Add Curry and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes
*Add pumpkin, brown sugar, and chicken broth. Stir until smooth.
*Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste.
*Cook for 10 minutes, stirring, over MEDIUM heat.
*Stir in Whipping Cream and cook 5 minutes more...
*Pour all into a blender and puree/liquify until smooth....

*Serve with fresh chopped chives as garnish...

ENJOY!

How do you say "no" to that?

Adam was getting Elise ready for bed tonight and, as usual, she picks out 2 or 3 books for us to read to her. I gave her a hug and kiss and started to leave the room to feed Ainsley. I was close enough to hear the request as she pointed at her 'My First Bible' on the shelf:
"I want some Jesus."

Midnight Conversations...

Elise woke up crying last night at 11:55, Adam was only 1/2 conscious so I went in with her...after about 30 seconds, she was soothed and started chatting with me:
elise:Mommy, where Daddy?
Me: He's in mommy and daddy's bed sleeping
elise:He calling for you. He want to cuddle with you
Me: Oh, he is? I don't hear him
elise: He IS calling for you. He dropped his book. (which is what she does and calls for us!)
Me:I think he's sleeping, elise
elise: NO, mommy. He dropped his book. You got get for him and that make him happy.

I get up to leave, kiss her and say goodnight again

elise:Mommy, it dark in your room. Can you see ok to read book for daddy?

so cute.

This picture has nothing to do with our conversation last night, but it's a cute pic from a Bubble Bath that she took the other day in our big Garden Tub in the Master Bathroom...she loved every minute of it!