Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Going to the Station

As I have mentioned before, the twins just play, play, play, together.  There is rarely fighting or checking in with me.  After school, the girls come home and eat lunch quickly so that they can get their playtime started.  Once down from lunch, they disappear into their make believe world.  There are days that I can't break it up for nap time.  It is just too precious and sweet.  This play is unique and is rooted in the twins' special bond.  Having twins is really paying off now.

Lately, the girls are always pushing a stroller or shopping cart, or pulling a wagon.  They are always packing for a trip which typically involves going to the train station.  We are mildly obsessed with trains in this house.  Savannah loved them, Adeline lives for them, and Lila has decided that being for them is much more fun than being against them.  We are members of a train museum and ride the Santa train annually.  Trains are a part of our life.

The girls will play this game for hours.  They will ride to and from the station, take naps along the way, catch a boat in between, and sneak in some time for a little mommy/baby role play.  They leave me completely alone!  Shh. . . don't tell them I said so because it will jinx it.  I remember when I couldn't go to the bathroom without someone crying and forget making dinner.  It had to be done during nap time.  Just last night I told Alex that I kind of miss the little girls.  It seems that they like spending time with each other more than they like spending time with me.


Lately, I feel that we haven't had any real family unit time.  I have also heard Adeline ask me over and over again if she can ride our local rail line that she sees daily.  She is convinced it is Geo from GeoTrax.  Finally, it dawned on me.  Why don't we hop the local rail and ride it down a few stops?  And so we did it last night.  We hopped the train to Paoli where we had nice dinner with Charlotte and her family (minus her mommy).  After dinner, we experienced waiting for the train in the dark which was very exciting.  Adeline didn't want to get off once back at our local stop.  She would prefer to live her life on a train. 


Working Together

The little girls have become best of friends over the past couple of months.  It really warms my heart and makes life much nicer around the house.  Just this morning, I heard them getting down a puzzle that they have never put together before.  They were very resourceful as they pulled the bean bag up to the closet and scaled the shelves to get to it.  I assumed that they would start arguing and grabbing pieces because they have never worked on the same puzzle before without adult supervision. 

Adeline and Lila amazed me.  They took turns, worked on different parts and completed the puzzle with only encouraging words for one another.  I was pleased with their behavior and that they had the skill to complete it too.  The puzzle wasn't complete for more than two seconds because the girls immediately tore it apart.  What they did next blew me away.  They carefully put all of the pieces into the box and walked over to the closet. Then Lila said this. . ."Okay Adeline, which puzzle do you want?  It is your turn to choose."

Ahh, music to my ears and it was a mere 8:00 a.m.  I wish every morning could start like this.

Spread Across Four Different Schools

When you have three children spread across four different schools, you might find yourself in my shoes.  For example, when your four year old is studying a new letter each week, you may take a picture of Lila holding LEAVES to serve as her picture of something that starts with L. 

When you come and pick your child up you might glance at the alphabet tree and notice a helicopter hanging right beside Lila's picture.  You might look a bit harder and notice a hamburger, hammock, and Haunted House.  Then you might feel like a complete idiot because you did the the letter L when it was supposed be H!

I can't keep up.  I did find it amusing that Lila's teacher was able to turn Lila holding leaves into Happy Lila for their H alphabet tree.