Sally and Bobby are growing apace. Sally is talking in full paragraphs (forget sentences!) and Bobby is starting to scoot himself around the floor. I consider myself lucky to be the mother of two such awesome kids. And so, I thought I\u2019d treat you all to a bit of an update on them, and a few stories and antics as well.<\/p>\n
Sally is in preschool now. When I dropped her off this morning, she immediately jumped into a game of \u201chide and seek\u201d with the rest of her class. She was hiding under the craft table. She likes hide and seek a lot, actually. Sometimes we play it at the park, though I have to pretend I don\u2019t know where she is because she insists that I hide Bobby with her before going off to count.<\/p>\n
Sally has just entered her princess phase. This is being challenging for me, I have to admit. I suppose it was to be expected, with her in preschool with other kids and all. But telling her she can\u2019t be a princess would be silly and counterproductive. Instead, I indulge her but make sure to emphasize her whole range of positive qualities, praising her for her strength and creativity, her endurance and her compassion. And seriously, who says princesses can\u2019t be fast or construct towers? Princess Sally does BOTH!<\/p>\n
Sally is completely in love with her little brother. Sometimes when he\u2019s playing on the floor, she crouches next to him and puts her arm around him and says \u201cI love you so much, baby! I love you!<\/em>\u201d Among the other things she says to him: \u201cYou\u2019re mine, baby\u201d and \u201cListen to me, baby! Listen to me!\u201d (This often accompanied by her placing her hands on either side of his head and turning his face toward her.) If Sally\u2019s playing with Bobby but he needs to nurse, she\u2019ll say \u201cOkay mommy, you can nurse my baby. But give him right back to me!\u201d Bobby doesn\u2019t seem to mind a bit. In fact, I think he rather likes being the center of attention.<\/p>\n Bobby, for his part, has turned into a happy, smiley, chubby little baby. He smiles on cue and has recently started laughing as well \u2013 especially when I tickle him. He has me wrapped around his teeny tiny little finger. He\u2019s actually sleeping in my arms as I type this. Now that he\u2019s starting to become mobile he\u2019s starting to make trouble (because, you know, he eats everything he can find, including his sister\u2019s toys!). I\u2019m going to have my hands full with this one, I can tell already!<\/p>\n I love being a parent of two. I really do. I also love having a job. I love being able to go to the office and have space and time to accomplish things there without being spit up on, pooped on, or called to wipe someone\u2019s butt. And I love having a spouse who expects to participate in the child rearing, and even to take an equal share. I\u2019m so glad I live today, and not a hundred years ago.<\/p>\n As I head upstairs to take Bobby to bed, and then to get myself to bed as well before a busy day tomorrow, I can\u2019t help but think about how nimble we have to be today to keep everything in the air that we do. Self, husband, kids,school, job, blog . . . sometimes I feel like I\u2019m juggling, enjoying some of everything and being careful not to drop anything. But you know what? I\u2019m loving every minute of it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sally and Bobby are growing apace. Sally is talking in full paragraphs (forget sentences!) and Bobby is starting to scoot himself around the floor. I consider myself lucky to be the mother of two such awesome kids. And so, I thought I’d treat you all to a bit of an update on them, and a few stories and antics as well. Enjoy the ride!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"yoast_head":"\n