Princess Earplugs

Every Tuesday night we have friends that come over to watch Amazing Race. Since American Idol has started again, they come earlier to watch that. Sometimes Lauryn is not yet asleep. Last Tuesday we got too loud for her so she came out and told me she couldn't sleep because we were too noisy. I jokingly said "We need to get you some earplugs." A light bulb came on in her head and walked away. When everyone was leaving I went in to cover her up for the night and I saw that she had taken my earplug comment to heart. She now keeps her furry heartshaped ear muffs hanging on her bed just in case it gets too noisy! She's soooooooooo cute!

Princess earplugs 

Kids

Well, the kids have changed babysitters and it's going really well. They actually ask to go on days that they are not even scheduled to go. They have been getting to play outside lots and make crafts. It makes it so much easier to drop them off in the morning when they are not crying.
It is so surprising to me that two kids raised in the same house, with the same parents, doing the same thing, can be soooooooooooo different. I guess I always assumed that if I would have had a sister she would have been just like me!!! By the time Lauryn was 2 I could leave her in her room and know that if she found a marker she would not use it to destroy something. Not Brooke! The other day she went into Lauryn's room, got 2 markers, and marked all over her fish tank. At least it wiped off easy. Brooke continually surprises us at what she does. How fun and frustrating and time consuming all at the same time. See the pic blog for more examples of Brooke's art.