New Stuff XLV

Late ... but better than never. Jillian and Bridget actually have been up to things:

1. "Milly Bedillaly" : Like a lot of things, Jillian makes up her own pronunciations. In this case, this is the new book that she got, Amelia Bedilia.

2. "Precious" and / or "Darling" : These are Jillian's latest adjectives that she uses frequently.

3. Pointing : This began many weeks ago, but Bridget started using her index finger to point at things. She likes it when we tell her what she's pointing at, or ask her "Is that ...?"

4. More Sign : Bridget learned this from Mommy a little while ago, and we saw her use it a couple times (she did it the same as her big sister ... pointing at her open hand). For whatever reason, though, she has stopped doing it, and won't do it when asked.

5. Hugs : Bridget is used to hugs, because her big sister is constantly giving her big ones. So, with all that experience, Bridget gave a little baby (8 months old) a big hug, too, and scared her to tears (mainly because it was like her big sister's hugs ... aggressive with lots of yelling). We'll be working on gentle hugs, now.

6. "Keylish" and "Mike Menadinga" : Though Daddy can't recall if this has been posted before, "Keylish" and "Mike Menadinga" are Jillian's made-up names. When Grannie got the new puppy for Jillian, she wanted to call her "Keylish". Daddy responded by saying that the puppy should be named "Mike Menadinga" (which got a lot of laughs out of Sweetie-Pie). This went back and forth for a while, before Jillian settled on the name "Sophie". But, Daddy still likes to kid her with the "Mike Menadinga" name.

7. Opening & Closing Doors : This is actually pretty recent -- Bridget enjoys opening and closing doors (mostly the interior doors).

8. Knock-knock Jokes : Jillian was telling knock-knock jokes to Cousins Tierney and Brock the other night. They went like this: "Knock-knock", (Who's there?), "Banana ... ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!" Jillian thought it was hilarious, but no-one else got it. We eventually figured out what she was doing when we saw a Backyardigan's episode that had this joke, although there was a lot more to it ... Jillian just wasn't telling the whole thing. But, she thought it was funny anyway.

Penned Up

Ty has the right idea how to watch the munchkins.  Really, this is all they wanted to do.  Jillian thought it was a great place to play with Sophie and Bridget would go in the door, close it, then come out again, and repeat over and over. 

Bridget got in the little car today and saw that she could make it move, mainly backwards.  She would make noise the whole time but I don't know if it was car noise or just her making noise.  From  the look on her face Mom and Dad better watch out when she's old enough to drive.

Sophie

Jillian has wanted a puppy for a long time so Friday she got to go with us to get her "Rescue" puppy.  She was so excited and the puppy slept happily on her lap on the trip home from Portland.  At first she wanted to call the puppy, original name Velma, Keylish but the next day she settled on Sophie.  Sophie is a mini-schnauzer and Chihuahua mix so she will stay very small.  She is 4 months old.  On Saturday she carried the puppy all over, and the puppy was great with that, but finally I had to convince her that Sophie needed a nap in her little kennel.  She has accepted the fact that Sophie will need to stay at Grannie's and she gets to come often to see her puppy.  One happy girl!

Thrill Rides and Dirty Feet

Jillian had a good time pushing Bridget around in the car.  Bridget just loved the adventurous rides that Jillian would give her.  And I get good exercise running beside the car just in case. 

They like to go barefoot outside and the blacktop makes their feet black and on Bridget that includes her hands, knees and elbows.  No complaints from her though.

Food!

It was cute today as Ty and Brock were here having a snack, Ty gave Bridget a lick of his gogurt.  He had a new best friend!  Bridget followed him around giving the sign of "more".  I had to finally give her a gogurt in the high chair to give Ty some peace.  Bridget knows what she wants and goes after it agressively. 

Pretty Hair Day

I had just finished Jillian's hair when Rielee came so she wanted hers the same.  They like the curly additions it seems.  They go through quite a few activities when they're together, getting quite creative.  First it was Doctor time so they each had a cast, then they went to being a princess and the evil step-sister, then it was on to traveling to catch an airplane.  It was interesting because they took mainly food for their trip.  Then it was outside to ride on things.  Rielee gave Jillian a thrilling ride on the jeep.  In this picture Rielee is yelling for Tucker to get out of the way.  You can barely see Tucker's tail in the picture.

Waterslide

Jillian and Bridget had a big water day between the water slide and pool.  Bridget would have nothing to do with going down the slide because of the sprinkler on the side that was cold.  But she kept trying to reach for the sprinkles.  Jillian went down once holding my hand and then was content to send her dolls down the slide.  After awhile on this they loved the warm water in the pool  Jillian spend most of her time in the pool laying in the warm water watching Bridget.