These girls are amazing. They always say you can't explain to people that don't have kids, how special kids are. It's true. I've finally realized that. As I tell our friends about all the feelings, emotions, new things happening with our family...I just see their eyes glaze over. I try and keep myself from telling all these stories to people that wouldn't be as interested but I just can't help it. I'm just fully consumed by what these girls are doing and what they do to me.
Tinsley is really REALLY close to taking off and walking from one end of the room to the next. She took 5 steps tonight. For the past 2 weeks she's been doing 2 and 3 steps at a time but we really haven't been working with her as much as we should to get her walking. I try and not push too much to make it happen and am trying to let it go at its own pace. Someone told me a life saving line one time..."by kindergarten they will be talking and walking, don't rush them." That stuck with me and I don't worry about it...instead I just enjoy every little phase and not worry too much about how they're doing compared to others their age.
I'm watching Calfornication as I type this. Excuse if it's not flowing properly.
Tinsley keeps being the most smiling little girl on the planet. She's also become quite the dancer. She has this little microphone that plays some Miley Cyrus song or something and as soon as she pushes it her face lights up and she starts rolling her body all around. She's saying distinctive words every time she picks up a phone like "hello" and "hi" and said "more" tonight for another bite of chocolate pudding.
Tatum is out conquering the world in every way she can. She runs over me like a concrete truck. I'm sure both girls will. And I love it. Anne is great about the discipline, rules and all that but I just have a hard time with it. I see where it's going and I know it's not going to be a good thing down the road. So...Tatum now has an iPhone. She loves mine and is always playing with it and I got tired of all the grimy finger debris all over it. I got a new one for my birthday and gave my old one to her. I had to get it activated and everything so it will do the Internet cartoons and things she likes. When I was activating it, they lady at the store said she was officially the youngest iPhone user they had enrolled. Not sure if that's a good thing or not.
It's CRAZY to watch her use that thing. She knows how to do all kinds of stuff on it. A few days ago she said "I call Papa" and I kind of shrugged and blew it off. Next thing I know she's having a conversation and he's on the other end of the phone. There's like 200 people programmed in the phone...I have no clue how she figured out how to call him. She now makes regular calls to Papa and Nettie and even checks her voicemail. Papa is great about leaving her messages. I"m not sure she really understands it because as she's listening to Papa's message she tries to talk back to him. There's some great stuff on the iPhone. My favorite is KidsTV...they have a bunch of fun stuff on there and she seems to really learn from it. She also loves the animal matching game. It's really cool to watch her little brain churn and work through the puzzle.
Yesterday we took the girls to the Zilker Park. Anne and I took the girls to iHop and met Papa and Kay. We threw down some pancakes and went to feed the ducks at Zilker. That's probably one of my favorite kiddie rituals...Zilker park.
Tatum insisted on pushing her little sister back from feeding the ducks.
Papa and Tatum w/ Annie, Kay and Tinsley up ahead
Today Annie was sick and I got the girls up, fed them and played in the house. I started to get cabin fever so for lunch we went to PTerry's drive through and back to the park for swings and a train ride. I think it was the first time I've taken both of them together on my own. It was a blast. I pushed both of them in the swings at the same time and just loved watching them smile every time I'd boost their momentum. After about 15 mins of swinging (that's a LOT of swinging) we jumped on the Train and took a meditating ride through the trees. Both Tinsley and Tatum waved at everyone we passed. It was so fun to see Tinsley wave so much...she really got the giggles and enjoyed seeing everyone wave back at her.
Well...it was a long day with all the girls and Daddy's beat. Looking forward to Thanksgiving in Emory next week and our first official family road trip. I'm hoping for minimal puking from Tatum and lots of Xanex for Anne.
Tatum spent Sunday night w/ Nettie and Cross. She came home today with these braids.
Tinsley was being a total goof with her crayons
I ran to the mall for something the other day. I passed by this ensemble and it had Tin's name all over it. And we wonder why we're broke...
Tatum is quite the artist. She LOVES to paint. At school it's her favorite thing and at home that girl will color until we're out of colors. This was a rainy day project in the garage last week. Look at the level of intensity she brings to the canvas. My little Picasso.
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