My Girls

I had my birthday this week. Glenn and the girls were really sweet and we had a fun birthday evening. My mom called me and one comment she made was, "I can't believe that my baby girl is 27 years old." It has been a long time since I have thought of myself as my mother's baby girl. It got me thinking about my girls and how they are growing so quickly. So as I think of Bekah and Miriam and how they have changed in that time it is amazing to me. Here are a few things that I love about how they are changing.

Rebekah

Rebekah is incredibly sweet right now. She loves her little rewards and I guess most of all she loves making the choice to be happy. She is such a little helper and is always in the kitchen with me "working." I love it. The other day while we were making dinner she told me not to come out of the kitchen. I could hear her running around the front room, shuffling things around. Occasionaly she would ask me to close my eyes and come out and help lift something. 10 min later I came out to a sparkling clean front room and the biggest smile in the world.

She is so sweet to Miriam. If Bekah does something for herself she does it for Miriam too. She puts toothpaste on Miriam's toothbrush and brings it to her. She brings her food that she is begging for. She finds her sippees (which have been sprawled around the house). If her sister is hurt she is the first one there to help her. I love it. And in turn Miriam does the same for Bekah.

Bekah is loves learning these days too. Her newest thing is that if something is hard she keeps trying. She says, "Mom this is hard, but I am still trying, because if I try and mess up, I can try again, I think I can....I think I can...I think I can." It is so nice, she is really doing a lot more things.

One of my favorite things about her now is that her prayers have gotten so much more detailed and sincere. I never thought the day would come when the 2 or 3 line prayer would end. But she is so incredibly thoughtful. I love to see her take to the concept of prayer and care for others so much.

Oh and one last thing...it amazes me at how tall she has gotten just in this year alone. I think she has gone through more than three pant sizes, because she has gotten so tall. The other night she wore PJ shorts to bed and her long gangly legs were hanging out. I couldn't believe how long they were.

Miriam
Oh, were do I begin with our Miriam. She is such a snuggly bug. She always wants to be with whoever is on the couch so she can snuggle.

She is becoming such the toddler. She is starting deny my hand when walking and wants to do everything her way. That makes for a difficult walk up our 4 flights of stairs.

She is a mischievious little thing too. Today we went to the zoo and I knew if I brought the stroller I would end up letting her out and then trying to tote it around so I left it. But she was into everything. Any fence she found she was not wanting to climb up to get a better look she was trying to climb in to get to the forbidden terrotory (she did have success a few times, thankfully the kangaroos are pretty lazy). Any chair or stool she can find she will scoot over to somewhere she shouldn't be and begin exploring. She is always into my bags, laundry, phone, linen closet, dresser, and more.

Miriam is a MAJOR talker. When we go out for the day and Bekah is way ahead of us on the scooter Miriam just gabs away. Not neccesarily to me, but to the world. She mainly talks about Bekah or whatever she sees that she knows the name of. Usually it turns into a little tune. Here are a few of my favorite phrases..."Oh well" she says this all drawn out like she is sighing......after I get off the phone she always says.."who you talk to?".....if you aren't following her she yells out..."come on Mommy/Daddy/Bekah."

Miriam is into anything that Bekah does. That includes a really young princess obession. She will follow Bekah around and say or do what Bekah says. However, she has figured out how to push Bekah's buttons. She will take a toy of Bekah's and with a giant grin run and hide. It makes Bekah so mad and Bingo Miriam gets the reaction she is looking for.
She loves singing songs and you can usually hear her singing..ABCD... or asking for a song she loves. She loves the game of hide and seek too. She will randomly turn into whatever wall she is near and start saying..."4,8,9...come and det you."
She is such a fun little girl. I am excited to see how she will grow and change just like how Bekah has.

I really do love my girls. I am actually sad for the day Bekah starts school, I am going to miss having her everyday with me and I know Miriam will miss her infinitely more than I will.