Toddler Talk and Thanksgiving Fun

Let's begin with Toddler Talk... Riley, as usual, is an endless source of entertainment... especially as she gets a true grasp of conversational language. The other morning, I was loading the girls into the car to take them to daycare and a moth flew into the car and started flying around the dome light. Riley immediately freaked out and started yelling "There's a bug in the car! Mommy, there's a bug in the car! Get it out mommy!" I looked and said, "Honey, it's just a moth. It won't hurt you." Riley wasn't soothed... "Get it, mommy! Get the bug out!" I swatted at it and asked "Is it gone?" "No! It's still there mommy! Get it!" I then turned the dome light off and swatted at it again. This time, when I asked "Is it gone?" Riley said with a big sigh "Yeah, it's gone. Thank you mommy!" When I sat down behind the wheel, Harper started to fuss and Riley reached over, patted her on the arm and said, "It's okay Harper. It was just a moth. It won't hurt you." LOL

During Thanksgiving dinner at my sister-in-law's house, Jimmy was trying to get Riley to eat more of her dinner. He got up to refill his plate, noticed Riley was playing around on her chair and said sternly "Eat your dinner, Riley." She pouted and said, "But I don't waaaaaant it." He immediately said in an even sterner voice, "Tough." Riley looked at me with the most crestfallen expression and said sadly, "I don't want to be tough." We couldn't help but laugh. No one expected that response.

In other Thanksgiving Fun news.... we finally opened up the Elf on the Shelf and I read the story to Riley, then asked her what she wanted to name our elf. She said "I don't know." When I asked her what her favorite name in the whole world was, she said "Elmo!" I laughed and asked her if that's what she wanted to name the elf and she said "Yes! Elmo!" So, Elmo the Elf has come to stay with us til Christmas. Here are his Day One and Day Two pictures....

Day 1 - Checking out the family photos

 Day 2 - Hanging out in the kitchen

Today, Riley was all about singing for the camera... She wanted to sing the Alphabet Song and Itsy Bitsy Spider... she was being quite silly about it too... Check out the videos I took of her in all her silly glory. :-)

Singing her ABCs...

The Itsy Bitsy Spider...

As for the overall holiday week, we decided to keep the girls home all week from daycare so we could save the $300 and use it towards the cost of the home inspection we needed to do on the house we are trying to buy. Jimmy watched both girls all by his lonesome on Monday and Tuesday and then got some much needed relief when Granny, Aunt Carole and Claire came by on Wednesday and took the girls for the whole day. On Thursday, we joined everyone one at Aunt Carole's house for dinner and had a fun evening with them. Riley even got to paint some magnets with Claire. On Friday, I went Black Friday shopping with Granny, Aunt Carole and Claire while Jimmy watched the girls. I got home about 1pm and then promptly left with the girls to go to the new home for the end of the home inspection. Everything looked great. No major issues with the home, mostly just minor cosmetic fixes. Now, we need to get an appraisal done to make sure the property value is not less than what we offered for the home. After that, it's just making sure our debt to income ration stays the same until closing. Wish us luck with that!

Saturday and Today, Jimmy worked and I was home with the girls. Today, I took the girls to the mall and they sat on Santa's lap! No smiles for the camera, BUT they didn't cry! Yippee! LOL. Here are a few pics from the weekend...

I'm not budging. So there.

Riley explains how to paint properly...

While Riley painted outside, Harper thought it was a really good time for a nap.

After dinner, it was time for football... and Harper was all for it.

Riley was content watching Claire play on her iPhone.

 Today, Riley was all about being as silly as it was possible to be...

Instead of playing in the mall playground, Riley decided she'd rather ride the horsey

When we got home from the mall, it was a little chilly outside but both girls wanted to play with the neighbors. I quickly through some warm stuff on Harper and didn't realize til we got outside just how mismatched she was. LOL. She's got green socks, funky leg warmers and fuzzy jacket and a white onesie on. She loved it though and was definitely warm.