5 on Friday

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

1.  Maggie has learned that when she is bored when we're sitting at a restaurant or shopping in a store, she can ask to go the bathroom and that will result in her getting away from whatever bored her. Often when we would get to the bathroom, she would sit on the potty and then tell me she couldn't go. I usually respond with "oh, a false alarm?"  Well, now she'll sit on the potty, look at me and smile, and say "oh, it's a faws awarm!" when she doesn't really need to go...

2. Robbie loves thunderstorms and he has instilled this love into the girls (which is a blessing since they aren't afraid of thunder!).  During summer afternoon thunderstorms, sometimes they like to just sit on the front porch and watch the rain.  They also love to sing/scream/yell at the top of their lungs the lyrics to "Rain, rain, go away".

3.  When I sing "You are my sunshine to the girls" every night, I apparently starting humming an extra verse when I was singing to Maggie.  Now, if I try to get away with not humming, Maggie quickly reminds me to "sing hmm, hmm, Mommy!"

4.  When we take Campbell grocery shopping, she likes to walk rather than ride in the buggy.  That is, until it is time to put all the bagged groceries into the basket at which time she likes to be covered in the groceries...Don't ask me why.

5. Campbell had some trouble sleeping last night so I laid with her for about 20 minutes around 1:00 am.  I leaned something interesting during this time: Maggie talks, laughs, and plays with toys in her sleep. No joking.  I heard her say several words including "sleeping" and "Campbell". I even checked to make sure  she was actually asleep. Once when I looked over, she was waving her Minnie Mouse doll around while sound asleep. So crazy.