Canche Chronicles: Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday and Thursday felt like very normal days for us. David basically worked 8 - 6 both days so it was we got a taste of what it would be like if he had a normal job. Wednesday was BSF. I got up before the girls and got all ready to go and then I got those two up. I feel like I did exactly what we do every Wednesday morning but for some reason we were running late. It was raining outside and I guess that made everyone else late too because when I pulled in there were a bunch of other people just arriving. When I went to pick up the girls after Bible study Emily was sleeping. The volunteer had just gotten her to sleep and you could tell it was killing her to hand Emily over and wake her up after all her hard work! Haley’s teacher told me that she did really well in class so that was good news after yesterday’s embarrassment.

I got lunch out when we got home and then the girls played for a while before going down for naps. They both get in the best moods right before naps, I think they’re trying to hold me off. Emily had been in the exersaucer for probably thirty minutes and was still going strong when I decided to just put them down. Both of them went to sleep right away and both of them ended up sleeping three hours! It was still overcast so I think the darker room may have helped extend their naps. Haley woke up first and she “helped” me finish folding laundry until Emily woke up. Then I had her help me carry the laundry to the rooms and put it away. She is most helpful when she is carrying socks. Anything else she helps with tends to get unfolded.

When Emily woke up I set her up in the Johnny Jump up in the kitchen while I worked on my potluck contribution for church. Then we loaded up and headed over to church. David went right to church from work so Haley was pretty excited when he walked in. Haley did really well at Missio Dei, she doesn’t cry when we drop her off anymore. Emily was in rare form. I had her in with the adults for the first part and she was smiling and laughing at anyone who would give her eye contact. Finally I took her out because honestly, she was just laughing too loud. I gave her to the baby-sitters who were with Haley and they said she did well the rest of the time. Afterwards everyone was saying that she was the happiest baby they’ve ever seen. After church we came home and put the girls to bed. They were so tired and went down right away.

Today we had women’s Bible study at our house this morning. David left around 8:30 to go fly and neither of the girls were awake so they didn’t get to say goodbye. Haley didn’t wake up until 9 and Emily wasn’t up until around 9:15. Basically they decided to wake up as soon as people were getting here. We had our study in the living room and the kids played in the den mostly. We had to break up a couple squabbles but nothing major. I put on the Dora movie for them after a while and that kept them quiet basically until the end.

After everyone left I fed the girls lunch and then we played in the den. I read Haley a bunch of books and Emily played in her exersaucer. Haley loves books and she can recite most of her favorites. When I read to her I will pause at places and she fills in the missing word. For example, I will say: “Here is baby’s…” and she will say ‘cup!’ After a bit I put the girls down for naps. Haley slept two hours and Emily slept about two and a half. I put Emily in her Johnny Jump up in the kitchen so I could make dinner. Haley ate a snack at the table. Then I started changing out their winter clothes for summer clothes in their room. I looked at the forecast and it looks like today is going to be the last cold day for a while. Tomorrow is supposed to be 75 and then it only goes up from there! Around five I put dinner in the oven and then we headed out to the gym. When I picked them up forty-five minutes later, Haley was playing babies with another little girl. As we were leaving she said, “bye Chloe!” The girl’s name was Lana but she did have blonde hair like Haley’s friend Chloe.

When we got home we saw that David was home! We grabbed dinner out of the oven and started eating as soon as the girls were done giving him hugs. David is pretty rough with the girls but I remember Corinne saying that she learned in one of her childhood development classes that it is good for Dads to be rough with their kids. Anyways, I think Haley shares my opinion because she often says “be careful Daddy” when he is playing with Emily. Emily got so nasty from her broccoli dinner that we decided to give them baths. After baths we put them in their pajamas and put them right to bed. They were tired because they went right to sleep. Well, first Haley suckered daddy into feeding her some applesauce, then she went right down.

Haleyism:

Haley loves to try and talk in sentences but half of the words she uses are not real words so she is pretty hard to understand. It doesn't help that she mixes her Spanish and English. She is teaching me the extreme importance of context.

Emilyism:

Emily loves baths, see the video below:

Emily and Haley in the bath