SA and I are hanging out at home as we have had steady snow for the last couple of days. D is in England, so we are missing him. It is just perfect weather to curl up with some hot chocolate and one's honey, but I have been cuddling up with my precious pie instead. She loves to be read to, so we have been reading books. Also, we have had company the last couple of days. My friend F comes on Tuesdays and she is wonderful at playing with SA. We speak in French and she usually comes in the morning and stays for lunch into the afternoon. Today playgroup was at our house, so we got to see and play with some friends here. We had fruit salad in honor of SA's favorite song from the Wiggles ("Fruit Salad, Yummy, Yummy"). Tonight after dinner we were sharing some mousse au chocolat (my favorite French dessert). SA was feeding herself and me, and we both were a sight to see after that- our faces covered in chocolate as well as her pajamas and my turtleneck. I am enjoying my time with her all to myself. I have been brushing her teeth, which is something that D usually does at night, and reading the bedtime story. We also still rock for a little while before she goes to sleep and she gives me various song requests. Tonight we sang the usual "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Away in a Manger", and "Jesus Loves the Little Children", but she also wanted me to sing some songs from the Wiggles. She LOVES the Wiggles. She sings and dances with them and always wants us to dance with her. It is really cute when she sings "Hot Potato, Hot Potato -Cold Spaghetti, Cold Spaghetti- Mashed Banana, Mashed Banana" all with an Australian accent! Maybe tomorrow we will actually go out and play in the snow. I am hoping that the snow will stick around until Daddy gets back, because I know he will want to play too! Hopefully we will get to build a snowmman, so stay tuned for pictures of SA's first snowman and our first snowman in France!
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There is a Wiggles cd that she would love. It might drive you nuts, but my boys loved it at that age. Could I mail it to you?
Sure! Thank you!
i like this post a lot. i am so sad that i don't really KNOW her. it is fun to get little snapshots of what she is like and the things she does on just a regular day. it is sweet that y'all rock her and sing to her each night. we have never had much of a bedtime routine that i can remember except GET TO BED! we do teeth brushing and prayers of course, but most stories get read on the couch or around the lunch or dinner table, and i never can think of songs to sing. although when i have a newborn, i sing a lot of RUF hymns. I remember my friend singing itsy bitsy spider to her daughter one day and i thought "why haven't i ever thought of that?" who knows if they know any nursery songs. but they did stop their aunt katie the other day when she said that little sal's berries went kerplunk kerplunk kerplunk NO, they said, it's kuplink kuplank kuplunk. but if you told them that the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the garden gate, they might not find anything wrong :) well, they might, but just in case maybe we should start learning them now to teach them to elspeth.
She has an Australian accent?! So cute! I hope you're feeling well. Love you.
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