Ice Cream!

So last week Elizabeth helped me make some play dough. She had fun making it and playing but we didn't have any play dough toys. So on Saturday we were out shopping and we let Elizabeth choose one play dough toy. She choose the ice cream making set from several different choices. I thought well she'll play with it for awhile but she already had plastic pretend ice cream that she did not play with very much. When we got home she played with it for over two hours and had a great time. I decisded that we needed to go to Cold Stone and get some ice cream and she choose blue (cotton candy flavored) ice cream with sprinkles. I guess she was inspired by her playing. She has continued to play with it everyday for at least half an hour witch is good attention span for Elizabeth. That was money well spent.

I'm not sleepy!

So now days it is rare that Elizabeth has a nap because if she does then she does not go to bed until late. But yesterday I knew she was tired because she woke up early and was acting grumpy so I told her to take a nap at about 2pm. She said she couldn't sleep and so I told her to just stay in bed and play there. She stayed there for an hour and then finally she came out again and said she wasn't sleepy so I let her come and watch some TV while I fed Abby, within 10 minutes of watching she was fast asleep so I had to take a picture (she slept for over two hours). I guess she was sleepy.

My Valentines

Happy Valentine's day card from Grandma Turner, and a kiss from Dad for Abby.

My two Valentines together, sorry about the glare from the window.

My seven month old happy girl

So it seems as if Elizabeth is getting along better with Abby. She still wants to play with Abby but is not always right in front of her face. Thank you for your comments they definatly helped. I think the main thing that changed was that I am letting Elizabeth just play with Abby more before I was so worried that she would get carried away and hurt Abby that I was always telling her to get away and giving her the negative attention thus she wanted to do it more. So I stopped, unless Abby was crying or I could see an unsafe situation I let Elizabeth play with her and she started giving Abby toys and they started to enjoy each other. It makes my time with them much more enjoyable. I love my Valentines Chris, Elizabeth and Abby. I am so lucky to have them in my life!

Help

This is a note to all Mom's out there who read my blog. Elizabeth will not leave Abby alone! Elizabeth has always loved her sister and always wants to be a big helper but lately we can not put Abby down without Elizabeth trying to play with her, tickle her, jump over her, pull her, or try to pick her up. Luckily Abby has not been hurt yet but some of these things really scare me. I don't know if we are just putting Abby down on the ground more often now so I notice it more or if Elizabeth does it more because we give her attention (negative though it may be) or what it is. We have started to put her in time out after a warning but that again is just more attention. If anyone has any ideas let me know. I guess it could be just a phase and hopefully in a few months Abby will be able to crawl and get away or hopefully not get bugged so much by her loving sister.

Pier 39 fun!

Hello everybody

Sorry I have not posted anything for a while. On Saturday we had the opportunity to go up to San Francisco and walk around Pier 39. The weather was beautiful and it was fun to just get outside and enjoy doing something together as a family. Elizabeth enjoyed seeing the Sea lions and going on the merry-go-round. We put her backpack on with a strap so she was free to walk around but could not go to far or get lost. Abby was in a riding backpack and enjoyed just looking around. We also enjoyed fresh doughnuts and lunch by the bay. We had such a good time that both girls fell asleep on the way home (well Abby decided she was hungry for the last 25 minutes of the trip and let us know, but Elizabeth kept sleeping through the crying). It's trips like that that make you glad you live in California.