Gems

While we were playing today, Eli showed some concern for his sister's safety. Or his concern for her obeying the rules, regardless of safety... With a first-born, you never know which one is the over-riding motivator. Max was pushing one of the walkers towards the muddy grass where she would no doubt get stuck. When I see her doing this, I always redirect her because Maddie has a bad habit of sitting down near dirt and eating it. (Not to mention how dirty she gets when she sits in it.) What does Eli say as she approaches the area? "No, no, witt-el g-u-earl!" (little girl) Obviously he likes to call her what he hears me calling her. Maddux also happened to be wearing a construction hard hat and pushing a 'digger scraper' at the time, which made the name that much more humorous to me. If she resembled anything, it was NOT a 'little girl'. She loves that hat!!

On another Maddie-Eli note, I stuck a little bow in Maddux's hair the other day (I know, shocking!!) and Eli immediately asked if he could wear a 'clip' too. His desire was so strong that he asked again when we were at Target buying small barrettes for her hair. Eli HAD to be the one to hold them until we got to the check-out. Between the 'clip' obsession and his love of pushing around baby strollers, it's a good thing he also has a good fast-ball, or he might be picked on by other kids.