By Sunday I was feeling better, so we traveled to Sidney to spend a couple of days there. Bryan had to work in Springfield on Monday and the girls and I were going to run errands. Gretchen got sick Sunday night, though, so we canceled our plans. Bryan was needed back at the office a couple of days later, which led to us extending our stay a bit. He and Olivia both got sick Tuesday. :( We were all feeling most of the way better by the time we went home Wednesday evening. It would appear that we only went to Sidney to spread our sickness around.
On Sunday there was snow on the ground and the temperature was high enough that we decided to go sledding. Both girls thought that was fun, although I think we spent more time bundling up than we did actually sledding. Bryan was pleased with how much they enjoyed the experience, though, so we will be doing that more as they get older.
The end of this week was busy for me since I had an orchestra concert. Bryan and the girls got to spend a lot of time together every evening and then most of Saturday. Everything's done now, though, and I have a musical break until March.
Olivia, as you may know, loves to watch Scooby Doo at Grandma and Grandpa's house. (Lesser known fact: Gretchen also appreciates "Dooby Dooby Doo.") One of the episodes Olivia watches is about a mummy, which seems pretty normal. Olivia apparently doesn't know the word "mummy," though, so whenever this episode comes on, she talks about how "it's the one with the scary mommy!"
Gretchen's words are hardly worth noting anymore since she repeats everything she hears and has a specific sound for pretty much anything she wishes to discuss. Whether or not I can interpret those sounds is a different matter... She has begun saying pacifier (instead of plug), as well as talking frequently about whether it is "Lolly's turn" or "Kiki's turn." She also says share, most often in a context similar to "Kiki share Mommy's cookie." Oh, and she learned "vroom!" from her cousins. :)
Around the middle of November, I noticed a curious thing about nighttime: Gretchen was no longer waking us up. She's been night-weaned forever and sleeping through the night relatively well, but most nights she still needed some sort of parental involvement for a few seconds. Perhaps her pacifier got lost or she needed a drink of water or a new diaper... Whatever the reason, I was still making a brief nightly trip to her room. And then suddenly all of that stopped. I didn't even notice until the third or fourth night in a row. :-P The traveling and sickness have upset Gretchen's fabulous sleeping and she's been up again, sometimes multiple times. Happily, getting back to our normal routine straightened her out.
Pictures:
Jillian took some pictures of Olivia. I think she's showing off her hair:
The Oatmeal Club (from Elesha):
The blind leading the blind... Olivia helps Gretchen play a driving game on the Wii U:
Going sledding:
The pictures are showing off a braid going into a ponytail with a (not sloppily placed) headband :) Also, is that your wii u? Or someone else's?
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DeleteCool hairstyle Jillian and Olivia!
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