Background story: "Oh I love my Two Girls" is a phrase I always said when I happened to be holding both girls at once. Now, Audrey delights in saying it first. "Look! We're two girls!" she'll say.
On most night the girls both get a bath together. They love it. Right after, we go into their room and they both get their jammies on. Then I usually try to sneak back into the kitchen and finish up last minute preparations for my husband's dinner meal before he comes home on his dinner break. This is usually when I call out for Audrey to pick out two stories & wait for me on the couch, and I either eyeball Ellie in the living room making sure she isn't climbing on anything, or I scoop her up & she hugs my hip while we talk about dinner.
It's all about timing, especially in the evenings. Timing how long bath time is, how long dinner will take, how long they can be left alone together before Ellie starts crying or Audrey yells at her to give something back... Of course when Ellie was small, they were never left alone.
(and when I say "never", I mean hardly ever...especially not after 2 year old Audrey completely picked up 3 month old Ellie Lu off the ground & said "Come on EllieLu" as I went back for more coffee, but peaked over the counter top at them.... Gasping & trying to calming tell her to slowly lower her back down, she did. And then I spent the next 90 minutes holding Ellie & covering her with kisses and whispers of apologies..)
But as Ellie has gotten older, bigger and tougher, we have given them moments of freedoms together whether in their room playing, or playing with other toys elsewhere. It has been a joy to see them choosing to do things together. And it's happening more and more these days. I love watching them when they don't think I am. It warms my heart to hear Audrey say things like "Here Ellie, you can have this one." Or to see Ellie pick up one of Audrey's prized possesions and carry it directly to her sister.
On this particular evening, after bath & jammies they were playing in the living room so I snuck into the kitchen, closed the gate and finished up with dinner. Pretty soon I realized they weren't in the room anymore. I heard nothing, and as any Mom would, I got nervous. What trouble could they be getting into... Then, I heard a faint sound of giggling.
Two separate beautiful sounds like an angelic chorus to my ears.
"Mom! ...Mommy come find us!! Mommy we are Two Girls!"
I walked into their bedroom and they were sitting side by side on the rocking chair in their room. Giggling up a storm, rocking back & forth. They seemed so proud to have both gotten up there with out any help. And they seemed so, so happy to have the other by their side.
On most night the girls both get a bath together. They love it. Right after, we go into their room and they both get their jammies on. Then I usually try to sneak back into the kitchen and finish up last minute preparations for my husband's dinner meal before he comes home on his dinner break. This is usually when I call out for Audrey to pick out two stories & wait for me on the couch, and I either eyeball Ellie in the living room making sure she isn't climbing on anything, or I scoop her up & she hugs my hip while we talk about dinner.
It's all about timing, especially in the evenings. Timing how long bath time is, how long dinner will take, how long they can be left alone together before Ellie starts crying or Audrey yells at her to give something back... Of course when Ellie was small, they were never left alone.
(and when I say "never", I mean hardly ever...especially not after 2 year old Audrey completely picked up 3 month old Ellie Lu off the ground & said "Come on EllieLu" as I went back for more coffee, but peaked over the counter top at them.... Gasping & trying to calming tell her to slowly lower her back down, she did. And then I spent the next 90 minutes holding Ellie & covering her with kisses and whispers of apologies..)
But as Ellie has gotten older, bigger and tougher, we have given them moments of freedoms together whether in their room playing, or playing with other toys elsewhere. It has been a joy to see them choosing to do things together. And it's happening more and more these days. I love watching them when they don't think I am. It warms my heart to hear Audrey say things like "Here Ellie, you can have this one." Or to see Ellie pick up one of Audrey's prized possesions and carry it directly to her sister.
On this particular evening, after bath & jammies they were playing in the living room so I snuck into the kitchen, closed the gate and finished up with dinner. Pretty soon I realized they weren't in the room anymore. I heard nothing, and as any Mom would, I got nervous. What trouble could they be getting into... Then, I heard a faint sound of giggling.
Two separate beautiful sounds like an angelic chorus to my ears.
"Mom! ...Mommy come find us!! Mommy we are Two Girls!"
I walked into their bedroom and they were sitting side by side on the rocking chair in their room. Giggling up a storm, rocking back & forth. They seemed so proud to have both gotten up there with out any help. And they seemed so, so happy to have the other by their side.
"Momma, take a picture! We are two girls!"
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