5 on Friday

Here are 5 reasons I'm loving my girls this week:

1.  (and this is a BIG one!)  Maggie gave up her paci this week.  Yep.  Pretty much all by herself.  On Monday we had a miscommunication with the day care and she didn't have a paci for naptime.  Her teacher said she went to sleep with no problems and took a great nap.  So that night we tried bedtime with no paci.  Not a peep out of her.  We haven't used one since and it's been awesome.  I even threw them all away so we wouldn't be tempted to go back to using them.  I'm so happy that the transition was so easy!

2.  Last weekend we went to the zoo with our friend and old neighbor, Heather, and her two girls. We had a great time and the weather was amazing!

Our little pumpkins

Checking out the monkey exhibit

3. Recently one of Robbie's co-workers moved and gave us their old trampoline.  It was smaller than one of the giant ones we've seen and kind of run down, but the girls loved it.  They loved to walk around on it (jumping isn't a strong suit for either of them) and their favorite was when Robbie would pick up one side and bounce them up and down on it.  It was a big hit.  I saw "was" because it died this week.  Or actually, Robbie killed it when he tried to join Maggie on it...

 

4.  The girls know a few signs in sign language.  Robbie texted me this picture the other night when I was in a class and missing the girls.  She knows the most important sign..."I love you"

5.  Maggie has really developed a love for books.  She'll back up her  little bottom and plop it into our laps with one of her favorite books in her hand.  Her favorite this week is Elmer's Day and she loves to pretend to eat the grass with him and kiss him good night.  So cute.