I've added a quote of the day box to the blog. I really do enjoy writing and wanted to have some sort of focus, so I've decided to have a quote and blog about how that quote relates to my life. There's the explanation, now onto today's quote:
What a perfect first quote! History will be kind because I will write it! Ha! And here I am, writing it! Then again, I'm often unkind to myself, so I suppose it won't be that kind. But I'd like to think that at least for the history of my children, I will be kind to them. They are funny, precious individuals.
This morning Boogs spent about an hour, on and off, walking around the room with a blanket on her head. Why? Who knows what goes on in a toddler's little head?! But when I said "Boogs, what are you doing?", with a laugh, she took off the blanket and laughed at me, like it was all a big joke. She's also navigating the world of language. For weeks now she's been pointing at the door saying "itz a bow" (or at least that's what it sounds most like). We still have no idea what "bow" is. There are some dogs in the house across the street, so for awhile we thought maybe it meant dog. However, this morning we were looking at a picture of a dog on the computer and she kept saying "itz a caw", it's a cow? My sister made a good point (that I'd had as well) that her first dog was my sister's dog Sam...he's black and white and he moos. Yes, a dog that moos. So I suppose it's reasonable that she thinks that dogs are cows. Also, as a first this morning, she was talking up a storm and suddenly crossed her arms in front of her chest. Almost in that teenage-defiant way, but it was just so darn adorable!
Ducks is working on all sorts of milestones. She recently found her tongue. And so all her "talking" is over exaggerated with her tongue. La la la is a biggie. Although da da da is even bigger now. I suppose I can't be too upset that she got da da before ma ma, as Boogs got ma ma first. She's also working on moving around. She rolls all over the place, although I noticed yesterday that she favors rolling to the right - I'm not entirely sure she can roll to the left. But she's pushing up on her arms and this morning she was trying hard to get up on her knees as well. If nothing else, she's definitely scooting herself around backward.
We had our first carousel ride yesterday. Ducks and I sat on a swinging bench. Boogs attempted to ride one of the horses, but then freaked out soon after sitting atop it. We think she was tired, more than anything. So she and daddy sat on a bench. Both girls enjoyed going round and round. I adore exploring new things with them!
