All of the McMannis grandkids, plus one slightly clueless dad.
We celebrated out at Dave and Tonya's. Girls got several presents; some Yo Gabba Gabba block sets, Dora sippies, couple of books, some Disney Princess stools, and I'm sure several other things I'm forgetting. Sorry McMannis side, I forgot to do this when it was still fresh in my mind.
So yeah, January. It's actually been pretty much business as usual for the most part. The big excitement was Kayla coming down with a mild virus of some kind:
Doctor said it was comparable to "Fifth's Disease"; a minor virus that looks bad, but isn't contagious (at least not when you notice it), and runs it's course in a few days. Kayla was somewhat fussy for a couple days, running fevers, waking up in the night, and before bed we kind of noticed what we thought was a little rash. The next morning she woke up looking like that. She didn't itch or anything like that, was relatively happy throughout. Megan never did get a spot.
Girls are starting to get better with words lately. "Baby" seems to be a favorite when they have their dolls (which they like to feed with bottles as well, though rather forcefully), "Block" and "Bead" are semi-recognizable when playing with toys, "Ducks" are usually pointed out (especially by Megan). Many others that aren't quite there yet, but are getting close. We continue to struggle with "No no", however; girls like to lift the cushions on the couch and climb up on it. Kayla I think is starting to get it; Megan is usually the instigator, though, and is slower to give up on the game.
Last night I went over to Ruth's to work on her computer for a while, and she came over to help Jenn with the girls. Given a little freedom after supper, girls all of the sudden decided that Grandma Ruth needed all of the plastic grocery bags we keep stored in the kitchen.
It was quite serious work from what I hear. Ruth would try to put some of the bags down/away, and the girls would fetch them immediately and hand them back to her. The worked for a good 15-20 minutes on this it sounded like, wearing their "serious" faces the whole time.
Suddenly I don't feel so bad that the whole "No no" couch thing has been such a problem.
1 comment:
Oh my....the grocery bag adventure sure looked fun! I'll make sure NOT to show Jalen; that's one of the few things he has yet to explore in our house. His recent accomplishment was climbing up and into our bar stool...and then up on top of the kitchen countertop! Trust me....trash bags are really a tame and semi-safe no-no! Come spend an hour at my house if you want some real heart-stopping action :) On second thought, he'll be a bad influence on the girls so you best keep them separated for the time being.
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