Our little dancer

Last night Reagan stayed up later than all the other kids because she took a long nap. Recently she has been into dressing up or wearing dresses everyday. Last night she put on one of her dress-up dresses with high heels. She said, "mommy, dance!" So I finished what I was doing and I put on some classical music and started dancing with her.

AFter a few minutes she said "mommy, shoes." and pointed to where I keep my shoes. So I go and get some 'dress up' shoes of my own.

So we dance a little longer and she says "Mommy, dress."

So I put a light dress on for her and we keep dancing.

I try and cherish these small moments with each of the kids. I want to remember them because I know they are whizzing past me. And I love how Reagan reminded me to take time to just, dance! :)

Shady

Ellie and Olivia went with me to do the laundry yesterday. Olivia wanted to stay in the car while I went in to get the clothes out of the washer. I told her I didn't want her to stay in the car b/c there are a bunch of shady people walking around.
"Do you know what shady is?" I asked.
"no." they replied.
"it's when your not sure if a person is good or bad but you get a feeling they are bad." I said.
after a moment of silence Olivia says, "Shady rhymes with Katie!"
"ha, ha, You're right Olivia!" I say.
"The opposite of shady is plain." Ellie says
"hmmmmmm.... I guess you could say that" I can't remember if I said it or thought it.

April 27

On the way home from Target Ellie says,
"I wish my life were different."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I wish I didn't spill my drink all over my carseat" Ellie replied.
"Well," I say, "life is full of struggles and trials and things we can't control. The sooner you realize that the easier your life is going to be." (I'm the real pessimist I know....but it's true!)
Ellie replies, "I'll try to do that as fast as I can."

Reagan wanted to go potty on her training potty seat. She sat down and said 'Not working!'

This is my attempt at a schedule. If there is anything I have learned over the last few years is that a schedule changes with the seasons, or the day, or the hour, depending on so many unpredictable upsets. But this magnet system seems to be working great so far. I'll keep you posted on how it's going in a few weeks...

When Olivia is done dancing she moves on to more exciting and death defying acts like lining up toys and jumping over them. I can't predict if she will be more into cliff diving or sky diving when she gets older? probably both.

The girls will entertain themselves for a long time if I put on some classical music. They will dance their hearts out for a good hour. Of course Olivia sneaks a little kiss to her brother...