Tess Play

"Mommy, will you play with me?"
"What do you want to play?"
"I'll be the Mommy and you be the Daddy."
"OK, what are we going to do?"
"Well, I'm rocking the baby and you can clean up the blocks."

Should I be worried the the Mommy always tends to get the better deal in Tess's imaginative play? ;)

September 5, 2012

Memories of right now...

• We are all counting down the days until "Baby Sister" arrives. Me most of all. The humid days kill me and I'm sick, sick, sick of this huge belly.
• Tess starts preschool today, though after going last spring and then again to summer school, it doesn't feel like that big a deal.
• Tess and Eric love to wrestle and tease. I'm so happy he can play with her like that since I feel unable to be the jungle gym she's longing for. Last night he held her by the ankles and swung her like a pendulum so high that her head almost reached his shoulders. She couldn't get enough.
• We are setting up the house, washing clothes and blankets, and rearranging furniture.
• After 10 years of not owning a car, Eric and I bought one two weeks ago. We love it.
• Tess broke her arm 10 days ago and is sporting a red cast. Other than not being able to pull up her underwear or wash her hands, she's pretty unphased by the whole experience.
• Tess really likes the alphabet right now and tells me she wants to be able to spell.
• Eric and I keep trying to remember what newborns are like. And we keep trying to fathom having two kids to love and care for. Both seem impossible to truly imagine.
• Things that make Tess laugh a lot:
• Ernie and Bert on Sesame Street
• Pretending that she's a "clump of goo" on the floor
• doing things that bother people and make them frustrated (don't love this one)
• Hiding and having someone look for her while she makes lots of noise