Ivar and Elsie play marvelously together lately. Watching them come up with pretend play is the best:
For example, Baby Jesus and Baby Mary. They had a little dispute as to who got to be Baby Jesus, so one of them decided they could both be babies. These babies were quite adventurous. They were taking turns in a laundry basket shooting each other down the Nile. One day we'll sort all these Bible storylines out. Until then it's the best audio story I could ask for. They are hilarious.
When we're in the car, they are very competitive about what is on their side of the car. This has evolved over time into a celebration with Ivar yelling, "Yay! I have corn on my side!" And Elsie echoing, "Yay! I have soybeans on my side!"
I called upstairs, "what are you playing up there?"
Ivar ran to the top of the steps to tell me, "It's Pinky's (Elsie's blanket) birthday! But she's sick, so she's taking a nap for 10 minutes and we might have to cancel her party." (So hilarious because Ivar has had his last two birthday parties cancelled and rescheduled because of illness. Naturally that is just part of the pretend play now...)
We're really into band aids around here. If ever things get too quiet, it is quite common that an entire box of band aids have been found and used. Sometimes I see it as a waste of band aids, other times I see it as a good price to pay for a bit of quiet time.
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Oh my goodness...the band aids. We are totally into that too and I think I've had that same thought about it:) Love your writing style and following your blog! Also if you have read this one you should: Boys in the Boat it is a true story about the 1936 Olympic Rowing team. If you like the olympics or good true stories about overcoming obstacles you will appreciate this book.
I LOVE the Olympics! Thanks for the recommendation! Summer games are coming up again next year, right?!! I'll start my olympic games preparation now :)
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