too much

there is just too much to be done during these days and not enough time or energy!

but. this weekend was essential for filling us up with a little motivation and rejuvination. we played OUTSIDE. took walks. splashed in puddles. held hands. had dance parties. looked at a front yard with NO SNOW and smiled. splurged for a good dinner take-out. slept in until 6:40!

now it's back to reality :)

before i get back to starting the day, a few things i want to remember.

*on thursday, i was exhausted from class the night before. the girls and i were on the floor coloring and i put my head down to rest. i asked avery if she wanted to rub my back, mostly kidding. she came over, started to rub my back and sing "twinkle little star" (part of her bedtime routine). nola came over, started to rub my back and tried to sing along, mostly singing "taaaar, taaaah". i told zane i'm pretty sure it ranks in the top 5 best moments of my life.

*on saturday, the girls and i were upstairs playing and needed to get downstairs to start lunch. nola tried to open the gate on the stairs and avery stepped in and finished the job. she turned to nola and said "i'm the big sister and i help my little sister!" :)

*yesterday morning we were leaving for a walk and zane said something to me about the girls taking a bath later and if we could use lots of soap (the dr advised we not do bubble baths often/at all because nola was getting irritated). i said yes and avery got excited and asked if we were taking a bath. zane told her "later. but mama said we could do lots of soap." avery looked up at me and said "mama, you're the best mama in the world!" i scooped her up and told her she was the best avery marie in the world and she had made my day :)

*i went to the library to get some things for school and ended up talking to the childrens librarian. after a few minutes i found out she's currently in the simmons school library program and we realized that we're in the same class this summer. small world.

*i don't know if i mentioned that nola is finally putting words together!! she's definitely a lot less chatty than avery was, and had been getting really frustrated when she couldn't tell us exactly what she wanted. now she's figured it out :) it started with bye-bye...dada. then bye-bye...mama. soon it was "more...pahcorn?"

i'm pretty sure there was more, but i need to chug my coffee before the girls wake up...