-I will right be back.
-That's why... -- Used in place of "because." For example: "Why are your pants wet?" "That's why I peed in them."
-Again some more again.
-It's darkin. -- Instead of "It's dark in there," she says, "Uh-oh, it's darkin in my room!"
-He/she/we -- Still some problems with pronouns. His/hers/ours are not part of her vocabulary. Him and her have found limited space.
Gretchen is in 18 month clothes. I finally got around to bringing the box down from the attic, and the bigger size fits her perfectly. It doesn't seem like that long ago that Olivia was wearing some of these, though!
Bryan's Great Aunt Katie played baseball for the All American Girls' Baseball League back during World War II. Now that her baseball days are long gone, she's opened a restaurant where she showcases all her memorabilia. I also had a Great Aunt (Peggy Fenton), as well as a more distant relative, Dottie Schroeder, who played baseball. When we visited Aunt Katie's Restaurant last week, I found the baseball cards for Peggy and Dottie and took pictures for my dad. Since Katie and Dottie were on the same team for a few years, I was able to find a few team pictures of Dottie as well. All the pictures I took are below for those who are interested.
Steph and I created an Etsy shop to try to sell some of the things we make. Last Friday, I got my first order! Someone wanted the matching squares that I made William for Christmas. As a bonus, this means that I can cross something off my 30 Before 30 list. :) You should go check out our shop. Feel free to share the link with others: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SewingAlong2
I realized when rereading the Bonus Post that I made a passing reference to a new grill. I meant to explain this new grill thing in last week's post, but forgot. So anyway, we have a new grill. Our old grill was just a little camp grill that Bryan got during college. He's been wanting a real grill for some time, but hasn't gotten around to getting one. A couple of weeks ago, though, the t-bird that he's been
With Yellow Duck on the way, we've decided to move the girls in together so that they have time to adjust to the change and so that we have a playroom for a few months. I'm excited because this means that most of the toys will stay confined to not-my-living-room. I hope. Steph and her kids were over Thursday, so she helped me rearrange rooms. We moved all toys out of Olivia's room and put Gretchen's crib and changing table into Olivia's room. The new playroom still needs a little organizing, but it's looking pretty good. The girls' room looks great. Thursday night, we put the girls down for bed in the same room. They've slept in the same room a few times before, but usually I put some sort of barrier between them so that Gretchen can't see Olivia. There is no barrier in the new room. Also, Olivia has taken to turning the light on to go to sleep (again). We swapped out her bulb with a 25 watt pink party bulb earlier this week and she's been content. We figured our biggest problem on Thursday would be with Olivia, who is pretty anti-change (I can't imagine who she gets that from!). This was a bad assumption, apparently. Olivia was fine and dandy with Gretchen being in her room. Gretchen, on the other hand, was distracted: Olivia was RIGHT THERE! The light is pink! And on at night! Is that a water cup?! Even though Gretchen naps in daylight (not darkness) and has successfully napped with others (Eli) in the room, she was not able to do the bedtime thing. After half and hour, we gave up and put her in a pack and play in her old room. We'll try again next week.
Pictures:
Peggy and Dottie (if you are on the actual blog and click on the pictures, you can see bigger versions):
Gretchen being happy:
You can never have too many "looking out the door" pictures. Here we have Eli and Gretchen, then Eva and Olivia:
Olivia shares her breakfast with Gretchen:
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