Busy Girls

              Bridget is feeling so much better and she looked so cute in her ponytails after her bath.  Toys are no longer fun as the baskets look much more interesting.  Her reach is so much longer that things on the counters aren't safe anymore.

     Jillian is sitting with her garage sale loot.  Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot of toys at the 3 garage sales but she managed to find some treasures.  She really liked the nestling Easter boxes and got creative and stood on two of them and used them for stilts by skating around the floor.

Training Bike

The last couple days Jillian has been focused on riding everything especially her balance bike.  She has steadily gotten a little faster each time.  See the tongue out for concentration.  Usually she lines all the riding things up and does each one by one.

It was cute last night as she announced she had a show for Papa and I.  She was all dressed up in her pretend clothes and did a little song and dance.  When she finished we clapped so she did a little bow.

Bridget's 1st Birthday

Today was Bridget's big day ... she turned 1-year-old!

She had been feeling pretty miserable the past couple weeks. We actually took her into the SWMC clinic to see a doctor yesterday, because Grannie and Papa were worried about her fever and cough. The doctor said she probably had a virus, and it would take a while to get over. Luckily, she was just now starting to feel a whole lot better. In fact, she took about a 3-hour nap this morning, so she was in good form for her party.

Bridget had lots of guests for her party, including Grannie and Papa, Auntie Greta, Cousins Meagan and Adam, Zach, the whole Johnson family, Cousin Tierney, the entire Paul family, Aunt Lynne, Cindy and Scott, Cousin Michelle and Jayden, and neighbors Jack and Peggy. She had a great time seeing everyone, though she was a little shy at times. She tried her best to keep up with the older kids as they ran around.

Everyone sang the happy birthday song to Bridget, and Jillian helped to blow out the candles. When it was time to eat the cake, we stripped Bridget down to her diapers and placed a plate of cake in front of her. Oddly enough, she really had little interest in eating it. Instead, she just picked it up and dropped it on the table, and eventually turned the plate upside down so rest of the cake fell onto her lap. It looks like she doesn't have a sweet tooth (much like her big sister).

Bridget received many wonderful presents, and she got into playing with all of them. The big kids also thought the presents were pretty cool, since they played with them constantly. By the end of the party, Bridget was wearing down and ready for some downtime after so much excitement. It was a very nice and happy birthday day!

Bridget and Puppy

While Jillian is at pre-school Bridget and Sophie get to play together.  The problem is that Bridget likes to give the puppy her toys, the toys that Sophie is not supposed to chew on.  Then Bridget wants it back and it turns into a tug-o-war with Sophie.  Today was the first time that Bridget was brave enough to try to pick up Sophie.  She bent down and cradled the puppy in her arms just like Jillian but she had trouble standing back up so I put the puppy in her arms to carry.  Sophie has a lot of patience at times.

Pre-School Update I

Pre-school according to Jillian:

• Daddy : "What happened today at pre-school?"
• Jillian : "Kids were not listening."
• Daddy : "Then what happened?"
• Jillian : "The teacher told them to listen. But I stayed on my square. A girl left, and the teacher had to get her."
• Daddy : "What else did you do today?"
• Jillian : "I was thirsty, but I didn't want to drink milk, so the teacher gave me water."
• Daddy : "And what did you learn today?"
• Jillian : "Nothing."

For the record, they learned about Manners at pre-school. When asked, Jillian remembered some of it.

Copy Cat

Bridget has watched her big sister Jillian look at many books ... opening them up, turning pages and looking at the pictures. So, Bridget decided to do the same thing. She grabbed a book out of Jillian's room, went into the hallway and sat down with it, and began turning pages. Then, she tried to eat the book.

Colds

First Jillian had a cold that lasted for a couple of days then Bridget came down with it.  The last couple of days she's had trouble sleeping and just wanted held most of the day.  This is one time though when she saw the empty bin on the floor and found she could climb in and sit so that was a lot of fun and entertainment. I put a blanket in her car seat so she finally could take a pretty good nap with her head higher.