Friday, January 11, 2013

my 3 year old playmate

This afternoon was the first comfortable and clear day in a while, so I loaded the kids in the double stroller Santa brought me and we took a 3-hour walk.

We went to ACU and watched baseball practice for a bit. Eydie played in the stands, gave Brandon a kiss through the net, pushed Gavin in the stroller up and down the ramp, left a drawing for Brandon on his desk, and rode with him while he dragged the field.

Then she pushed the stroller from the baseball field to the light tower. By this time Gavers had fallen asleep so we parked him at the bottom of the stairs and climbed up and down the amphitheater. We played hide and seek, then we walked on the bricks in the sidewalk, being extra careful to stay in the middle on the bridge and not fall into the lake on either side.

After Brandon put her to bed, she came out and said she had to tell me a secret. She whispered in my ear, "After I wake up I will get my milk and blankie and we will watch a movie in your room, then we can kick my red soccer ball in the living room which is gonna be awesome, then we can get dressed and go somewhere and play some more. Is that a good idea?"

{photo by Hannah Vickers}

These are some of the funny things she says right now:

hanitizer - hand sanitizer
jagwater - jaguar
shampoo - Winnie the Pooh
eever - even ("You didn't eeever lay with me for 2 minutes.")
pasghetti
high tray - high chair
Old MacDonald's - the restaurant
bless you - sneeze ("Gavie bless you'd")
snore - snot ("Don't touch that kleenex, mom. It has snore in it.")
lives - belongs ("Don't put Abby in my closet. She lives in my bed.")
borrow - buy (She always shows me things at the store she wants me to borrow for her birthday.)
And lately she's been saying about everything, "I'm so axe-cited for that!"