Bliss

Love love love Saturdays. They mean sleeping in (till 7), lounging around on the couch, catching up on projects. Even the knowledge that the coffee creamer has run dry... cannot damper my spirits today. I'm in with the girls waiting for the eldest to fall asleep. I guess I wore the other two out, they were down in about 15 minutes. We cleaned up around the house this morning and Tom and I worked on the nursery again (with some help from the girls)


I really think it is coming along nicely. Starting to get that nesting feeling into overdrive... can you tell? lol

Kara told me this morning that she had a baby in her tummy too. She lifted up her shirt and stuck out her tummy. It was pretty cute. We are talking more and more about it with them lately. That Mommy and Daddy will go to the hospital and either grandma or maybe Tiffany will come play with them when we leave. Thus Abby has been asking almost every day if we are going to leave soon. Pretty sure it's not because she's excited about the baby lol!

Last night we went up to my grandma's house and had a wonderful time. I told the girls we could go if they stayed awake in the car. So I dressed all three in the REALLY cute pajamas that I picked up from Kohls for 5 bucks (80% off sale... they had been 30+) and threw in a new Dora DVD and off we went.

And they all stayed awake! Both on the way there and back. They had a good time and it was so wonderful to get out and talk with other adults and let them play with new toys. My grandma really seemed to enjoy having us stop by too. OF COURSE it was the coldest night of the week... but we survived ;)

I think after Abby takes a nap the two of us will go up and do some shopping. This mom still has a few things I'd like to get ready before baby comes!

Let's Draw :)

So as promised, without further ado... Abby's artwork...

(I believe this is a drawing of me, she commented that I have really long hair)

(This is one of her "story" drawings, where she starts with one thing and tells a story as she draws. I tried to outline things a little closer so that you could see what the characters are. Note Rapunzel's very long hair (and crown...) They are in the tower, interesting perspective on the drawing. I enjoy Pascal myself...)

(Pizza... yes it is pink)

(This is one of her 'Full body" drawings ((Sorry no idea what the yellow thing is, that was an addition tonight)) Note that the drawing has eyes, nose, mouth, hair, arms, sleeves for the dress, legs and fingers and toes. Sorry I love child development and from what little I know this is a little beyond what kids her age typically are drawing. Would be curious to see what others think. I of course am a little biased and think it is awesome if not a little creepy :o)

Here is the scoring for the "Draw a Person Test" A real developmental Test for children:

One Point Assigned per Feature:
Head present	Fingers present
Neck present	Correct number of fingers shown
Neck, two dimensions	Opposition of thumb shown
Eyes present	(must include fingers)
Eye detail: Brows or lashes	Hands present
Nose present	Arms present
Nose, two dimensions	Arms at side or engaged in activity
(not round ball)	Feet: any indication
Mouth present	Attachment of arms to legs I
Lips, two dimensions	(to trunk or anywhere)
Both nose and lips in two	Attachment of arms and legs II
dimensions	(at correct point on trunk)
Both chin and forehead shown	Trunk present
Bridge of nose (straight to eyes;	Trunk in proportion, 2 dimensions
narrower than base)	(if greater than breadth)
Hair I (any scribble)	Clothing I (anything)
Hair II (more detail)	Clothing II (two articles of clothing)
Ears present
Mental Age (yr)	Points Scored by Boys	Points Scored by Girls
3	4	5
4	7	7
5	11	11
6	13	14
7	16	17
8	18	20

Where do you think she scores?

I'll let you know what I come up with later ;)

It's just that kind of night

Just finished getting the girls down to bed. Phew they wore me out tonight. I knew we were in for trouble when Tom picked me up at work and they were all asleep in the car. One thing you should know about my girls; as hard as they are to get asleep... is as hard as it is to get them awake after they have gone to sleep. I remember once I had Abby standing straight up and she was still sleeping.

There just isn't much you can do to get them to stay awake. Their eyes roll back in their head and they are OUT.

So we did bedtime a little later tonight. When we made it home the girls were all crying and weepy. Nothing I did seemed to help. I was stressed out, needed to use the bathroom and they were all hanging on me. So I tactfully shut and locked the door... and then stayed in there. They were all crying by the door, little fingers peeking under the doorframe. I told them I wasn't coming out until they all stopped crying.

It actually worked.

So then we had supper, watched a cartoon, I gave them baths and we colored. I forced... yes forced Kara and Kiley to read a book. Not sure who was more upset by the time we finished that. I miss having a kid that actually WANTED to sit and read a book. Abby continued to color. Wow she has really gotten better. I'll take a few pictures of her drawings in the next post where I can feature her artwork. :o)

Baby is giving me crazy heartburn lately with his head pressed so hard against my stomach. Time to get some sleep!

Nesting

Last Night:

"My three little wild children were running around the house, I asked Abby why they all had their clothes off... she looked at me very seriously and said "We're scavengers!" Would love to know where she got that..."



Super Bowl Sunday; Tom made me laugh this morning when he told me that if my water broke before the game was over I would "have to hold it"

Haha, good luck with that. Don't worry Tom, I think baby boy is staying put a little longer!