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Well, the rest of the "Baby Disney" stuff came down from the attic when the Christmas decorations went up. My house now officially looks like Disney Land for infants! The jumper, the swing, the play pen, the Papasan chairs, the "tummy time" mats ....and all in duplicate! YIKES. There is barely any room in my living room for any adults. I know, I know...it's a phase, quickly to be replaced by securing everything to the walls and bumpering the tables, then quicky followed by them asking to borrow the cars keys! I am trying to enjoy every minute, but that seems a little harder to do this time around. It is hard to resist the temptation to wish for the next phase hoping it will be easier than the phase we are in currently. I think the real story is kids never get easier! How did our parents do it without all the baby disney stuff?!?!? They sure do love it.
Well, another big adventure in food this morning....sweet potato! They both LOVED it, although neither has quite mastered the art of eating quite yet! I have resigned myself to stripping them before I feed them, but this morning, I decided that maybe I should strip as well....on second thought, maybe just a rain slicker! It was fun, but it sure was messy!
Today, images of Santa gave way to a visit from Cinderella and our Christmas tree was replaced by a play pen! Initially, Cinderella wanted to dance inside the circle, but was eventually was rescued from the "cage" by her prince...and mine....Daddy! Finally, it's intended residents got to roll around in their new digs together....it looks like Disney Land for infants in there and they seemed to like it!
In England, the day after Christmas is called "Boxing Day." As our Christmas was yesterday, it was Boxing Day here today! We spent the day much like any other, hanging out together...except with lots of new things to play with!
Here in the Milner household, Christmas came today. David has to fly out first thing tomorrow, so Santa said he would come a day early for us. Last night we set out the milk and cookies and the magic reindeer food with Elsie and then she went to bed, only to lie awake too excited to sleep until after 10! Mommy had secretly skewed all of the advent calendars and tomorrow was Christmas! She was so excited this morning to find the cookies, milk and reindeer food gone! Santa had come and left her a camera and a princess scooter! Unlike me, I did not get many photos today because we were too busy running the video camera and had our hands full of children....what more could you ask for? Merry Christmas
From the moment Elsie saw her new babies in the hospital, she has had an immediate attraction and bond with Tess. When she wanted to hold the babies for the first time, I went to hand her Tripp and she said "no Mummy...I want THAT one!" and that sentiment has never wavered. She loves her brother too, but the preference to bond with a little version of herself is precious to watch. I dream that they will be close, not only as children, but as adults. I have always wanted a sister and although I have had many "sisters in spirit" over the years, I hope Tess and Elsie will appreciate eachother in the way only sisters can.
A while ago, a friend of mine brought this fairy costume for Elsie as a gift, complete with wings, a tutu, and a wand. I put it away for a rainy day....well she found it this morning in her closet and although today was 90 with sunshine and not rain drop in sight, today was the day for the fairy! she put it on before she left her bedroom for breakfast and has not had it off for any significant portion of the day (had to take the wings off to nap!). The funniest part is that she calls her wand her "blonde" because it is the only word she knows that sounds similar and she is not familiar with the word wand! She has been running around all day singing "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" from Cinderella and shaking her "blonde" wildly! So cute! She IS my wish come true.
Well, the rest of the "Baby Disney" stuff came down from the attic when the Christmas decorations went up. My house now officially looks like Disney Land for infants! The jumper, the swing, the play pen, the Papasan chairs, the "tummy time" mats ....and all in duplicate! YIKES. There is barely any room in my living room for any adults. I know, I know...it's a phase, quickly to be replaced by securing everything to the walls and bumpering the tables, then quicky followed by them asking to borrow the cars keys! I am trying to enjoy every minute, but that seems a little harder to do this time around. It is hard to resist the temptation to wish for the next phase hoping it will be easier than the phase we are in currently. I think the real story is kids never get easier! How did our parents do it without all the baby disney stuff?!?!? They sure do love it.
