Thursday, March 29, 2012

Death, Lies and Stinkyheads

- Talulah called her Dad a stinkyhead the other day. When he told her it wasn't nice and asked her where she heard it from she said that I call her a stinkyhead all the time. I assured him that I don't. When Jodi asked where she heard it from she said it was from swimming. When she then called me a stinkyhead yesterday and I reinforced that it's not a nice thing to say and asked where she heard it from..... She said that her Dad calls her a stinkyhead all the time. : |  So, basically - she's trying to master the art of lying............. And we're pretty sure she heard it from the older kids at daycare. She has yet to confirm this.

- While driving to her dentist appointment earlier today Talulah said, "Mommy, if the monsters get you and you die - Shannon can be my new mom." (Shannon is one of her teachers from daycare.) I'm not sure how this came up in that brain of hers... But she felt it was important to share. I asked her if Shannon knew about this plan and she said, "Not yet." I was sure to tell Shannon when I dropped Talulah off at daycare later in the day. Shannon laughed and said she'd be happy to be Talulah's new mom if the monsters get me. Phewf... Now that we've got that cleared up. Although, I'm not sure where she learned about dying from. That might be something else we'll have to talk about soon.

- Last night at dinner Talulah said, "Do we get to go to the dentist tomorrow?" I confirmed and she cheered for joy! This sent Papa into a fit of laughter because... How many three year olds do you know who LOVE the dentist?


Friday, March 16, 2012

Family Visits

Family visits are so nice.

Auntie Melissa was in Calgary for a fellowship (I dunno... Some big fancy-schmance thing for smart people) for a week. Baby Gus and Uncle Jay came for a visit half way through the week too.

Oh it was a glorious time! Lots of playing and smiles and snuggles and fun. Talulah and Gus are seriously two peas in a pod. They LOVE each other SO MUCH. It melts my heart seeing them together. I just want to squeeze them! And you know what? I got to squeeze them together a lot! They thought it was a great idea for Talulah to sit on me and then for Gus to sit on her... So I got to snuggle and squeeze both of them to my heart's content.

Gus and I took the bus to Talulah's daycare to pick her up because they both LOVE the bus. When we went in (it was the first time they got to see each other) Talulah's eyes got wide and she had a HUGE smile! She said, "Baby Gus!" and her daycare teachers said, "Oh, we've heard so much about Baby Gus but we didn't know if he was real!". We had a good laugh and all of Talulah's friends gathered around to see the cute little Baby Gus (even though he's not a baby anymore). Talulah stood at his side looking so unbelievably proud, showing off her cousin. I'm pretty sure I shed a few tears at that point. She was so excited to take the bus home and to take care of Baby Gus. She was sure to hold his hand to "keep him safe so he won't get away".... Even though Gus had no intention of going anywhere that Talulah wasn't going. So. Ridiculously. Sweet.

Sigh.

Now they're all back home and while Talulah and I very much enjoy our alone time together... We still miss them. She's been asking constantly if Baby Gus can come back to her home "tomorrow". She knows that he's in Winnipeg, she just doesn't like it. I assure her that we'll be going to visit in the summer.... But it's not the immediate gratification she's looking for. Poor Lula.... Missing her little cousin.

It's a wee bit too much work to upload all of the pictures from the visit onto here... So, please click >>> HERE <<< and take a peek at our fun times with Auntie Lissa, Uncle Jay & Baby Gus.