For those of you who know Mollie very well, know that she is a mess! She has the typical 3-year-old mind of her own, is extremely stubborn, but also very sweet (when she wants to be!). Mollie has always been a great sleeper, except as a baby she had to be in a bed when she was tired. Holding her, rocking, being in the car....nothing worked. She was a tough baby, and just wanted her bed. Well, now she still occasionally tries to put herself to bed (she'll just say she's ready for bed, give kisses and go). But no matter what time she goes to bed, she almost always gets up between 6-6:30. We've taught her that she has to stay in her bed until the "sun comes up"-meaning it is light outside. Well, the a few days ago, I came up at 6am to get Morgan up for school and Mollie's light was on. I checked in the bathroom and in her room but couldn't find her
. Finally, after calling her name, she answered from her closet. She was sitting on her closet floor reading books. But on her floor was her pillow with all of her "friends" laying on it. She insists on sleeping with all of them and notices if even one is missing!
And now on to what I like to call "mollie-isms"....Mollie's speech isn't perfectly clear like we were used to with Morgan, but what does come out is very well-thought out and intelligent.
1. High School Musical is a Disney movie that is very clean and like a modern day Grease. It teaches great values like working together, staying true to yourself, etc. Both girls are VERY into it and until the end of the second movie, there's not even any kissing. Troy and Gabriella kiss at the very very end. Well, Mollie tried to kiss me like that a few weeks ago. I went on to try to explain in 3 year old terms that you have to be an adult and that you have to have a girl and a boy to kiss like that. Not that Troy and Gabriella are really adults, but the reason worked for her. Well, last weekend my parents were here and she tried the same thing with my dad. He asked what she was doing and she replied, "It's otay, you a boy AND a 'dult' (adult)." Dad about lost it.
2. Mollie always uses "she" instead of "her"
Ex: "I like she's dress. It's very cute."
3. "Awtause" instead of because
Ex: "I need to put this dress on awtause I need to be a beautiful princess!"
4. When she doesn't want to take a nap, she claims she can't walk.
Ex: "I can't walk" -Mollie
"I know you're tired and that's why you need a nap"- Lori
"I can't walk- I'm all out of energy" -Mollie
5. "be"
"I be looking for you!"
I'm sure there are plenty more. You learn Mollie language when you're around her any length of time! She is hilarious, and very sweet. She'll just randomly come and kiss you and say "I love you berry berry berry much!"
Friday night was Winterfest at Morgan's school which basically means it's a school-wide fundraiser festival with games, food, jumping things and more chaos! The place was packed and hot and exhausting. The girls found Ms. Cockrell and would have just watched her work all evening. They got their faces painted (Morgan a unicorn and Mollie, an ice cream cone), Mollie got slammed in the head in the jumping thing, we won a cake in the cake walk and much more. When asked if they did this just once a year, Jason's reply was "I hope so!"
My parents were here this weekend too, and this other picture shows Mollie having trouble waking up from her nap. I gave her to my dad to work on her and she put him to sleep too!
Then, as if we hadn't done enough already, Sunday night, we took the girls the the "High School Musical" broadway-type show that is touring. It was playing at TPAC this weekend. This was their BIG gift from Santa this year that they got from the ending scavenger hunt. It was excellent but kept us out way too late for a school/work night. Mollie didn't quite understand why she couldn't stand up and dance during the show. They both slept the whole way home, but this picture shows their excitement before we left!
As most of you know, Morgan is in Kindergarten this year and is loving it. She doesn't like that I have to wake her at 6am every morning and is extremely tired by the end of the day and especially by the end of the week, but she is doing great. She is reading all kinds of things and has mastered addition and subtraction, telling time on the hour and half hour and much more. A funny story about substraction....apparantly her teacher usually puts "counters" on the tables that they are supposed to use to tangibly figure out the answers. One day last week, she came home and said, "I didn't use my counters today. I just did it on my fingers and it was MUCH faster!" Her school is a magnet school, which means that the kids had to test into it and they move at an accelerated rate, while focusing on the arts. She is in Spanish this six weeks, and will also have PE, Art, Dance, Computers and Music throughout the year. This is her teacher, Ms. Cockrell (not Ms. Cockroach, as she called her the first week!) and Morgan doing her homework on the barstool.
Being the second child, and second girl at that, Mollie doesn't get a lot of brand-new clothes. She has a ton, but unless it matches something of Morgan's or was a gift, I try not to buy a lot for her since we already have so much. Well, a couple weeks ago, we were in Target and spotted a pair of hot pink boots. Of course, Mollie fell in love with them instantly and just begged for them. There is no way I would have bought them, except that they were $4 on clearance. So, to Mollie's delight, she didn't have to twist my arm very hard. However, now that we have them, she wants to wear them with anything and everything. Plus, Morgan is extremely jealous. I keep trying to get through to her that she always gets the new stuff, the boots were very cheap and besides, there weren't any in her size! But because she doesn't have any boots herself, the jealousy is still there! On the morning that this picture was taken, Mollie actually said they were hurting her leg and she couldn't run as fast in them, so she asked to change!
Well, here I go! I am doing this mainly for my wonderful father who would do anything for me! He sent me an email before Christmas with the subject line of "all I want for Christmas-with different kids" with Brent and Amanda's blog forwarded to me again. I love looking at theirs, but thought it seemed too time-consuming. Dad politely said "She's at home with 2 kids too! And one of yours is in school and she even has a baby!" Guilt trip will eventually get me every time!
I need to take some new pictures to post! This is one ofMollie's first real dentist appointment earlier this month. She took about ten minutes to settle down and cooperate, but then did wonderfully!
. Finally, after calling her name, she answered from her closet. She was sitting on her closet floor reading books. But on her floor was her pillow with all of her "friends" laying on it. She insists on sleeping with all of them and notices if even one is missing!
