Playing with Caroline & Ali lately

Caroline says the funnest things right now. She has this great imagination where she is transported into another place. She plays pirates constantly and can stay in character all day.  Her daddy is usually Captain Hook  and they have epic battles from the time he gets home from work until she has to get ready for bed.  She finds "treasures" and will bury it all over house.  This treasure can be anything from books to stuff animals to soccer balls.  I almost washed a bag of little cars that Caroline buried in her hamper. She is always the defending her house. 

I was talking to her the other day about going to pre-kindergartner  next year and she informed me that after kindergartner she was joining the Lion Guard (a new show on Disney) to help protect animals for a few years then she would back to school.  When she isn't protecting everything she is playing school. She goes back and forth from being teacher to student.. Ali gets to play school and Caroline helps her color and write "A-L-I" over and over again. When she plays play-doh she plays like she is in a you-tube video explaining everything that she is making. She is creative, smart and kind when she plays and I just love that she is my kid!

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One funny thing she said the other day: She called diarrhea "wolf throw up".... Chris and I couldn't figure out what she was talking about for the longest time then when we realized  what it was we laughed hysterically. 

Ali loves to play with sis and wants to be included in pirates and school whenever possible.   She really likes to walk up and down the window seal looking out in the backyard and "talk" about what she is seeing.  She is so keenly aware her surroundings.  We ask her where pip is and she will look around until she finds her- Same with Brown Bear the book. Chris brushed her hair with a soft brush one time and now every time she picks it up she puts it to her head.  She is very determined. She likes to bang things together and make LOTS of noise.  She is such a happy little baby and I love that she is my kid!

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Ali finally has a bottom tooth coming in! The doctor said she had to have one by her first birthday or they would have to send us to a specialist.  I had a dream the other night that they were fitting her for baby dentures.  Thank goodness no dentures for this girl!  

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I made my first loaf of bread in Chris's new bread machine.  It was plain but really good with Kouba's apple butter.