bedtime shenanigans

The girls have been resistant to bedtime (and naps) lately. A while back I took a bunch of toys out of rotation, but in a recent moment of brilliance I started luring the girls into their room with "special toys". They had been doing so well playing independently that I decided to let them have a wooden puzzle tonight. Big mistake.

I heard a bit of a scuffle, then Claire started bawling. She can be a bit dramatic, but I figured I better check things out. Both girls were completely naked (a new favorite trick) and Claire exclaimed "sissy tried to hit me!". Audrey was holding the puzzle and calmly responded, "yeah, I bashed sissy". (Side note: where did she ever learn the word "bash"? That is definitely not a Daniel Tiger sanctioned activity!)

Needless to say, I put the puzzle away, their diapers back on, and sent them back to bed. Audrey was just singing the potty song from Daniel Tiger, and is now kicking the door so I can say with a 97% confidence interval that she is once again naked.

claire conversations

Claire: Maybe when daddy wakes up we can go to the mall. That would be fuuuunnn.

Me: What would we buy at the mall?

Claire: Maybe some grapes? And apples?

You have much to learn my dear child...

proud moments

We are in the throes of potty training. I told Claire that I was proud of her for keeping her underwear dry and she responded "I'm proud of me too mommy".

She is also a geometry whiz. I showed her a triangle yesterday and asked her what it was: "well it has 3 sides, it's a triangle!"