pain in the choo-choo

if you don't know we call the vagina a choo-choo at this house. the other day i was working on the computer and Adler came in and told me her choo-choo hurt. well she had on cloth training panties and they were sagging quite low in the front. so i assumed that she had poo/pee in them and that was irritating her. i told her to come closer so i could check. to my surprise there was a wooden block, a comb for my little pony, and a bracelet crammed into the front of her panties. no wonder her choo-choo hurt all those pointy objects in there. OUCH. i removed the stuff and reminded her that her panties were not like a pocket or purse and that there is no need to stuff things in there. she was leaving the room and before she could get all the way out she turned and said her butt hurt. I looked and there was a dolly hairbrush in the back of her panties. my choo-choo and butt would hurt too if i had all that crap stuffed in my panties. what a silly girl.

pretty girl

I try to compliment BOTH girls to help them know that they are beautiful, amazing, wonderful, and pretty. when i ask Adler "who is my pretty girl?" she shouts back at me ADLER!! no lack of self confidence with her. I can only hope that sticks.

no cries for mommy

Grandma said although they have their hands full with two littles while we were out on date night there were no cries for mommy. when i am here at home Adler cries for mommy for every other little thing. good to know that when i am away she is not a complete terror because i am not there. that makes me breath a little easier for the up coming vacation away from them.

Rrrrr...me matey!!

for Pirate day Adler's outfit was the one stumping me. I could always dig something out for Rigby, but Adler did not have anything. So i had to put my thinking cap on. Although it probably took me over an hour to find it i knew some where in this crazy house i had some felt and iron on backing. so after digging and reorganizing 4 huge drawers of craft materials i found it. then i just roughed in a skull and cross bones like on the shirt Rigby was going to wear. Then a little cutting and ironing and she had a pirate shirt. In all the digging i also found a scrap of material that she could use for a bandana. she only got a 'stash as i was sure she would be sucking her thumb at some point and that would just make a big mess if she got a soul patch too. she loved the dressing up part and running around and shouting at us "Rrrrrrr....me matey!!!" when we actually got to the event she was whiny and clingy. I am sure some of that was the crappy weather and the rest was the fact it was nappy time. so she was really kind of over as soon as we arrived. she spent most the time being held by either mommy or daddy.

no mouse

(see Rigby's blog for full back story...) So Adler loved having soda, playing games, running around and touching every button. when that mouse showed up though, she cried and wanted to melt into the wood work. daddy held her shaking body while we watched Rigby dance with the over grown rodent. I am sure it is that age I remember when Rigby met Elmo at about that age she wanted to run in the other direction ASAP. Adler will still say "no, say hi to the mouse." she is still kind of freaked out by it and wants nothing to do with Chucky. ha ha ha.

hardest job

one of the hardest jobs around the house is trying to keep the girls quite while daddy is still sleeping. i know most days i fail miserably. Rigby is usually content when the cartoons are on, but once they go off the bickering begin. if they aren't bickering and fighting they are playing and running. playing = yelling/screaming/laughing/ordering each other around in their loudest voices ever. there are a multitude of other loud things they do. this is also when i try to get a jump on the job postings and send out resumes.

mooch

Adler will beg for food from daddy and mommy. it does not matter what we are eating she will ask for a bite. we generally always give her one. i think this is one of the reasons that she has a much bigger food profile than Rigby. she will eat salad, tacos, pork tenderloin, and much more. if you offer a bite of any of those to Rigby she would make a face and flat out refuse.

TERROR

oh my! oh my! i thought the 'terrible two's' hit at about 1 1/2 for Adler but they are going FULL FORCE right now. she spends most of her day tormenting her sister. she pinches, hits, bites, and pulls hair mostly for effect, sometimes because she does not get her way. therefore, she spends a lot of time in time out. too often she does it to get a rise out of Rigby. Rigby ALWAYS screams and cries like someone is torturing her so if Adler is looking for a reaction she ALWAYS gets one.

shoe fetish

like almost every night lately Adler makes it into our bed around 1-2ish am. this morning though around 4am she stirs so i try to move her closer to me and away from daddy. then she starts yelling that she "needs to put on shoes.' daddy stifles a chuckle and i try to wake her up and tell her that we don't need shoes that it is the middle of the night.

never fails

it NEVER fails that when i take one or both girls to the GW someone always poops. i can make bets on it, it is that consistent. yet again yesterday we take a spin around we are not there 5 maybe 10 minutes and we find ourselves at the toy section. She plays and I look at shoes and handbags (near toy section.) i tell her it is time to move on and continue to look and pick her up and this is when she discloses that she has filled her pants. ugh. so have to roll the stinky baby and the cart to the front. ask a cashier to watch the cart. then promise i will be back to shop but first i have to take care of a diaper issue.

helper

yesterday after taking Rigby to school daddy decided to make a batch of sauce. as our freezer supply was gone. we already had all the ingredients on hand so it was time to brown up the meat and dice the onions and mushrooms. we have a dicer that all you have to do it push down and it cuts the veggie. Onions are hard as they are a tougher consistency so i had to do those but the mushrooms are easy and this is normally Rigby's job. yesterday Adler got to do it and she was over-the-moon to be in the kitchen helping.

zip

yesterday Adler and I hit up the GW. as tradition dictates with both of my daughters she filled her diaper soon after arriving. so i had to ditch the cart and change her diaper. lucky she is a good sport about it. what really surprised me is when we were in the dressing room i was trying on a dress for work/interview and it had a big zipper in the back. she declared that she wanted to zip it up so i squatted down to let her try. she was able to zip the whole dress up for me. after appraising myself in it she was then able to unzip it for me. i was impressed and told her so, she acted like it was no big deal.

play to me

since Christmas I have kept some of the weebles and accessories in a basket in the living room. in the early mornings or after Rigby goes to school Adler is always begging for me to "play to me." which means I have to get down on the floor and make up situations and stories to play dolls. the best is one time I said something about pooping in the potty (trying to get her to try.) well that is a VERY popular theme these days now if only she would take the hint. ugh!

sweet and salty

one day while Rigby was away at school i was home with Adler and daddy and got a wild hair to make chocolate covered pretzels. Grandma left them so i thought i could induldge. YUMMY!!! When making them Alder thought that she just HAD to help. It was already a messy adventure so I fed her a few to keep her happy and somewhat involved without actually having to let her make any. well, she is hooked with the sweet and salty affliction just like mommy. so now m&m's or sweet-tarts are no longer good enough for pee-pee treats. now when we are trying to encourage her to potty on the frog (potty chair) we are sweetening the 'pot' with a chocolate covered pretzel. FYI>>> Rigby was feeling very left out that she was not getting pee-pee treats like her sister so i told her that if she writes her ABC's that she too can have a pee-pee treat. sometimes this is enough for her to stop harassing me for a treat. sometimes this is just enticement for her to sit down and write out her alphabet. win-win!!

creepy kid

Adler sleeps though some nights and these are great nights. other nights she still wakes up and calls out to mommy just want to be brought to bed to snuggle. well two nights ago I took some Benadryl to help sleep. it must have knocked me out as I did not hear her cry out if she did or open the pocket doors. I did hear the whisper of "mommy" that was less than 2 inches from my head. creepy to open your eye and see a face 'right there' staring right back at you.

help please

Recently Adler has started asking for help eating her food. this mostly comes into play with soft foods (ice cream, yogurt) or cereals. I think this is because she ends up dumping all of whatever does make it on the spoon on her front before making to her mouth. sometimes it seems fruitless getting the spoon to her mouth empty or virtually.

mystery

i have no idea what happened. i put Adler to bed a little after 8p. like every night she 'nuggled with me in the living room until she feel asleep. i take her into her room and lay her down and shut the doors. for the last few nights she has not made a peep till about 5:30a-6a. it has been super nice. last night though i heard her fuss and yell out for mommy. so i know there is no problem but when she gets insistent and starts yelling my name (mommy) that she wants me to come get her and 'nuggle in bed with us. so on automatic i come to her room and open the door but she is not in bed. she is on the floor wrapped in her blanket. so i know if she purposely got out of bed and curled up on the floor (something Rigby would do) or if she fell out of bed. I am assuming that if she fell out of bed there would be crying and screaming even if it did not hurt but more the shock of it. hmmmm.....i guess i will never know what really happened.

whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

"mommy can i vacuum?" is a very frequent question around this house these days. i, i guess i should say we, got a dirt devil dust buster vacuum. it is very handy to suck up all the crummy messes around this joint. Adler has grown a great affinity for it. she is always begging to use it. so at least once a day i let her get it down and suck up what she can find. it is a wall charger so i let her go till the battery losses it's charge and quits whirring.

waterfall

Adler and daddy are the last ones holding on to this cold bug. daddy has a horrendous cough still he just cant kick. Adler has waterfall running out her nose at all times. the size of her snot bubbles are impressive. she seems find otherwise. she is pestering her sister on a continuous basis and wreaking havoc so i know she is feeling well for the most part.