Christmas!!!

Hope you had a super awesome Christmas!! Turns out, Lily DID get a Minnie Mouse motorcycle for Christmas. She loves it. And I love that she rides that thing around the kitchen for hours. Yes...literal hours.

Layla got a car too. And when Lily isn’t riding on hers, she pushes Layla. BEST! 

We ate lots of good food, watched lots of Christmas movies and stared at the Christmas tree almost every day. 

Now the Christmas tree has been put away and most new things have found a home. Our living room feels bigger but we are lacking the biggest night light ever so that’s a bummer. 

Merry Christmas. And happy new year!!! 

Santa Extravaganza

We took the chicas to see Santa...or should I say Santas. Lily keeps asking for a Minnie Mouse motorcycle. Yeah, I don’t know what that is either. Layla keeps asking for snacks...not from Santa but from every other person ever. That chica loves some teddy grahams. I can’t blame her. The only reason she has to ask other people is because I keep eating them all. 

We also went to Christmas in the Park. It’s a park decorated with all kinds of awesome lights. The girls had a great time. Lily talked st volume level 9.5 the entire time and Layla was so upset when we left that she was screaming and hitting the dashboard. The lights really are THAT cool. 

Parenting Skills 101

Let me take a moment and tell you about my awesome parenting skills. 

The dreaded stomach flu entered our house yesterday and Layla was the first victim. Poor chica couldn’t even keep water down. And the saddest thing about a little kid having the flu is that pleading face they make while they’re getting sick. It’s the, "Why is this happening to me? Please make it stop!" face. 

Lily, meanwhile, doesn’t totally understand why she isn’t allowed to touch or hug or be in a 10 foot radius of Layla. I explained "germs" but then Lily put her hand over her mouth and didn’t want to breath for fear of getting sick. Smart. And also not smart.

There was, however, a sweet moment when Lily asked if she could rub Layla’s back. I calculated and it had been about 15 minutes since the last time Layla ate or drank. With this particular flu, it’s best to stay out of the splash zone for 10-15 minutes. "Of course!" I said. Lily walked over and sweetly rubbed Layla’s back. "I’m so sorry you’re sick," she said. Layla turned around, looked her in the face, and barfed. Yeah. For real. Lily was stunned because Layla literally barfed on her face. Layla was stunned because she barfed...again. I was stunned because, I mean, seriously?? They both looked at me. We all sat there for, like, 30 seconds, just staring at each other. I’m sure they were waiting for me to do something mommy-ish. Spoiler alert...I didn’t. I started laughing. With so much barf, you have to find hilarity somewhere. The girls, however, did not. Lily started crying and saying, "It’s not funny, mommy." You’re right, Lily. It isn’t. Except that it kind of is. Layla stared crying because barfing is the actual worst. And I finally got it together and did some actual parenting. 

And now you should anxiously await my next post when I’m sure Lily will also have the flu...because her face for barfed on. So...chances are pretty good.