Squirrel!

Last night Eirena was cleaning up her blocks before bed. She was bending over with her head on the floor when she fell over, thumping her head on the cement floor. She lay there. Dr. Daddy and I waited to see her reaction. We didn't react so she did, bursting into sobs. So we went over to see if she was alright. We believed she was fine, possibly just wanting affirmation of the thump, with a little tiredness adding to the incredible sobs we were hearing. So I sat with her in the rocking chair. I waited until I could hear myself talk, and asked her if she got an ouch.
"N-n-n-o-o-o" was the response.
"No, you didn't get an ouch?", I asked.
"N-n-o-o", she replied.
"Then why are you crying?"
"Well, the moon is out", was the 'logical' response.



* If you have seen the movie "Up" perhaps you can understand why we call these "squirrel" moments. If you haven't seen it, you really should.

Little Girls and their Dad

Isn't there something beautiful about the relationship between little girls and their dads?
Dads show them how to respect authority, dads show them how they can expect to be treated, dads shows them how complementary roles work together. Dads show them the joy of flying.

"could you fly me again please Daddy?"

another milestone reached

I'm willing myself to believe that our latest milestone is common among toddlers. Today was Bible Study. Eirena goes to the nursery to play. She has been in there for a year now. She knows the caregivers, knows how to make requests for things she wants.
Today when I went to pick her up she had on a different skirt. Turns out she peed all over herself. Of course, she has been out of a diaper for over a year and has only had an accident while we've been out twice and those were months ago, so I lightened my load and stopped carrying emergency pants with me. Of all the children in the nursery, mine was the one who had the accident. Lovely. Perhaps we can check off the pee-in-a-public-place-while-mom-is-unprepared milestone now?