Target

It's a good thing I don't embarrass easily.

We went to Target to get some care package items for a new mama/daddy/baby and of course the first thing I see on the way in is the swimsuits. I want a tie top for the birthing tub (none of my bikini tops will actually cover anything right now) so I started browsing. Elly suggested suit after suit until I finally told her that I was just looking for a top. She said, "Oh, you need a breasts suit."

Right then, Kes jumped in the air and said, "I have to go pee!" So we went to the bathroom. With Kes and I both in dresses, the topic turned to belly buttons. I asked the girls if they knew anything that was different about my belly button while I was pregnant compared to before I was pregnant. Elly said, "Yeah, now it has a uterus in it."

Elly quotes

In Taco Bell, when a cooking timer beeped: "Mommy, I know why it's called Taco Bell. Because when the bell goes off, you're allowed to keep talking."

The first thing she told me upon waking this morning: "Look Mommy, I got a tarantula bite last night!" (It was a pretty big spider bite! And tarantula was pronounced "charanchula")

Stomping down the hallway after being sent to bed (at bedtime... I'm such a mean mom): "I'm losing my temper!"

Lying down in her new mattress (the bed isn't here yet) at the usual bedtime cuddle time: "You can't lay down in my bed with me because you're too big. If I even jump on it, it will break, so you will break it because you're too heavy for it. You can just put your head and your arm on it with me."

Oh, and when I got to preschool today to pick up the girls, Elly was in the teacher's chair reading Cat in the Hat to the remaining kids. *sob*

A generous offer

Meriden has been coveting the hello kitty tin "lunchbox" container since she got here. Kes has been pretty protective of it, but has been mostly happy to share her toys. Yesterday she loaded the lunchbox up with wooden noah's ark animals and brought it over to Meriden, opened it up for her, and said, "Here. You can have every single animal in the world that you want." Meriden grinned at her and grabbed a few out. Ah, cousins.

A Full House

Brian, Kate, Meriden, and Rowan arrived last Thursday to stay with us for a month. Kate is doing a rotation for med school nearby so I offered to let them stay with us so they don't have to pay for a hotel or monthly rental. Brian is able to work out of Google's local office and just go back to his usual one for occasional important meetings. Since I'm not quite crazy enough to offer to be childcare for 1-year old twins while pregnant and parenting my own 5 and almost-3 year old children, I am also housing my mom for the first two weeks, and Kate's mom for the second two weeks. So it's crazy around here, very busy, but super fun. The girls love having their family visiting, and so do I. And Scott has been a great sport about the whole thing.