so fun!

Pillow treasures

The girls have to put something under their pillow every night, usually it's just a book, but lately the list of MUST HAVES is increasing. Lucy had to put her new Little Mermaid book, a pink/purple pony and her sock bunny that we made at a friend's house on Tuesday.

Notice how she isn't using her pillow because of the bulk under there.

Audrey likes have lots of stuffed animals around her while she sleeps and tonight she only put the Finding Nemo book under her pillow (I just bought the DVD today for $5 on Craigslist--they love it). She must have misplaced her sock bunny because it has been under there since they were made.

Hi Nemo!

And Sage will usually want something with her when I first put her in her crib, but within minutes she'll say "MOM, I don wan it!" and hand it back or just throw it out herself. Her little blankie is all she wants...for now.

Lucy is the only one who will wake up and carry all of her under pillow items out of her room. She is REALLY possessive of her new Little Mermaid book. I'm trying to find a good deal on all three Little Mermaid movies for her birthday. Cannot believe they will be turning 4 soon!

oh no it's almost been a whole week!!!

The twins had the flu all last week. I didn't know it was the flu until Wednesday afternoon, but I think they caught it from Sage. Lucy still can get febrile seizures when her fever shoots up, so I was waking up every 3-4 hours at night to give her medication. The first night I noticed she was warm I gave her medication, brought her to our room and began cooling her head and back with a wet towel waiting for the medicine to kick in. She started to get fever chills and I worried about her seizing. Because she is asking me why ALL the time, I spent some time explaining about her fever and how the wet towel helps her to not get the shake shakes. Last year she seized once, which is the only time since her initial seizure back when she was 16 months, she remembers and it scares her. I explained why she got the shake shakes and that she would be OK. She is such a doll and although I know she felt terrible, when I'd put the towel on her head, she'd look in my eyes and smile. A sweet smile filled with pure love and trust and I could tell she felt very safe on my lap. I really do love being a mother. There is nothing like it.

Princess jewelry

THANK YOU NANA!

love Love LOVE these girls of mine.

Today I took the girls swimming. They are so fun to play with and watch play with each other. Sage is my little sassafras and always wants to "do it mahsef." She loves fishies and jooouuss and cheese. Oh and she also likes to say "lee mee awone" when you want her to do something...she learns so many wonderful things from her older sisters.

Although, she has actually taught her older sisters the joy of opening the fridge. The twins for some reason, have never bothered with opening the fridge, yes, almost 4 years old and rarely opening the fridge is such a blessing. But sassafras Sage just turned 2 and has no qualms with opening the fridge and pulling out the juice container or a block of cheese or big yogurt container all by herself. At first her sisters just looked on bewildered, but now they have joined in the fun, which means I get to be even more vigilant. Nothing major yet...only once has Lucy taken out the juice while I was upstairs putting the laundry away. She tried pouring it in her cup and it went EVERYWHERE. I got to clean under the oven for the first time in two years after that mess, guess it needed to be done.

Sage was sick with a fever earlier this week and it lasted about 4 days, she was on my lap alot during the day. One day while on my lap watching a movie, I felt something slimy on my arm and thought she might be drooling or something. I said "Sage, what are you doing?" She looked up smiling, "I licky yuuuu mommy." I guess the Tylenol had just kicked in, silly girl. German and I love her strut-like walk and the way she kinda closes her eyes and lifts her chin when she's being lovey. Today after nap, I walk in to get her out of her crib and she says "Mommy, I went puuu puuu!" I love my baby Sagey!