The day started out a bit rough, Lovey was sick in her bed when she woke up! With company coming, the house torn apart (and messy to boot) and one kids down with the flu, I was bit stressed!
Aunt Janet & Uncle Ross stopped in before lunch and brought Crayola goodies! The girls immediately started ripping the packages open as soon as the thank you's left their mouths. They were window writers & glitter glue. They tried out the window ones right away and had some fabulous artwork up there in no time. I was a bit worried about the fervour with which they were creating their artwork, being goofy and pressing too hard & wasting the markers. Lovey & Sweetie took exception to Honey's aggressive colouring as she was pushing the tip right up inside the pen & they were getting ruined, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE THEM TO THEM! Honey continued her exhuberant efforts and another colour was shot. I told her to leave them alone and take a break for a few minutes. She wasn't too thrilled but came and sat with me while we chatted.
Later on, after the guests had left, I cleaned up the "markers" and only then noticed that these window writers were NOT the same as the window markers we had. These ones were window CRAYONS. No wonder the tips kept disappearing!!!!! That night as I was tucking Honey in, I explained that I'd made a mistake and that she hadn't ruined the markers at all and that I was sorry. She looked at me very seriously and said "sank you for telling me this Mumma."
Our next round of company came just around lunchtime and we got to see my Aunt Marie and her friend Walley and the piece de resistance of course, Grammie! Aunt Marie visited when the girls were babies just a few weeks out of the NICU and worked her butt off here for her 2 week vacation. Crazy woman :)
As she was leaving, Aunt Marie gave each girl a ten dollar bill. It was a veritable fortune in their eyes!!!!! They immediately started thinking of things they'd seen when we were out one day and were chomping at the bit to go out shopping.
That night at supper they talked Murray into taking them to Toys R Us to examine their wares. I didn't go but I can only imagine the intense excitement, not the bit contained either! Lovey could be heard all over the store, exclaiming over everything as they dragged Murray through the whole place to make sure they didn't miss anything. They got home and came bursting through the door, hooping and hollering "Mumma come QUICK!!!!!! We've GOT to show you SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!" They couldn't have been happier with their purchases! Sweetie found a giant bouncy ball (about the size of a softball) that is clear and filled with water and a big load of gold glitter. Lovey & Honey had a bit of a dilemma at the store. They found something they wanted but it cost more than $10 and neither one of them could buy it on their own. Murray told them that if they shared their money they could buy the toy and both use it. Done deal. I thought they'd have a harder time with that idea but they didn't even hesitate or consider anything else. Once you see it, you'll understand the immensely irresistable appeal!
While those two hosers were having their 2 hour mermaid bath marathon, Sweetie had Murray all to herself. It took a lot of coaxing but he got her to go outside and look for frogs (never found any). Once he got her out there, she had no interest in coming back in. They played on the swingset, climbed trees, walked around, picked flowers and other stuff for hours. It even rained on them & she still didn't want to come in. She knew she had a good thing going and wasn't giving it up!
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