Thursdays! Ugh!

For some reason, Thursdays have been very tough the past couple of weeks. It's been things like potty accidents, not taking naps, and then dealing with all the poor decisions that result from operating while too tired.  There's a whole rash of guilt I feel for not fully enjoying my day at home, but at least this week I was rested enough that it didn't spoil the whole day.  So, to celebrate, I'm going to document some of the amazing things both my girls can do.

Audrey is a real talker now, having discovered "Bub bub bub."  She's also pretty shrill sometimes, which was grating today, but I think it's that she's really sensitive to a stressful situation.  We had dinner with two other families this weekend who each have baby girls about 8 months old, one of whom was crawling -- and she's smaller than Audrey!  It was so funny to see them next to each other, doing just exactly what a babies their ages should be doing, but so wrongly sized. :)

Emily has made several remarkable connections lately.  She was picking up toys the other night, and realized it was faster to put the blocks on the lid of the container and carry the lid over than to carry each piece individually.  I was singing a rhyming song, and she caught on right away that I was rhyming the names of her friends.  She loves looking at the water towers that we see, and she's been pointing out the "ABCs" that she knows as we go by.  Conveniently, there are some nice letters in Urbandale and Ames for her to identify, particularly AMES!  I love to hear her greet them, "Oh! Hello, watertower!  You having a nice time, watertower?"  "I see the blue one!  Goodbye, blue one!"  She sings and chatters in the backseat and Audrey just gazes at her like she's her own personal jester.  Emily helped me plant the garden this year, and she was concerned that we left the seeds in the ground, but I told her we hid them so they'll grow into plants, and she was somewhat consoled.

I think we might go get our hair cut together next week, or the week after.  She just needs a trim, while my hair needs a serious hacking.  It's been over a year since I've had it cut!