Erik didn't have to go in first thing this morning so we went to Chick-Fil-A and the play place at the mall this morning. The girls got to see the remote-controlled helicopters that they always enjoy watching.
Sometime between when we dropped Daddy off at work and arriving home, Claire managed to destroy one of our Auto Bingo cards. What is it with this girl and tearing things?!
How I found Claire after nap. She is often hiding when I come in.
Our book of the week includes a girl who helps her mother run a boardinghouse and includes a list of the chores she does. I asked Eleanor to help do similar chores and she thought it was fun! Here she is pulling sheets out of the dryer (aka "washing the linens").
We decided she probably didn't just wash them but also had to make the beds too. So, we did that.
Eleanor learning to put a pillowcase on a pillow. Did you know you can turn it into a workout?
The hard work of making the bed calls for some rest.
Eleanor tried on winter things since we're trying to make sure we don't need to get anything for the season ahead.
She was pretty excited about this coat because of the Mickey Mouse pull tab on the zipper. It's the little things.
VOLUNTARILY putting away CLAIRE's clothes. All part of "washing the linens."
Also eager to put away clean bathroom towels. Seriously, we need to find more books whose main characters do chores!
Another chore listed in the book was chopping vegetables and I wanted to make a crockpot soup. Eleanor cuts the celery for me.
Claire tries to peel a carrot.
Onion cutting.
As she was picking up her room this evening, Eleanor showed me this, done at naptime. She knows how to spell our family's names (maybe ran out of lowercase d's and y's for Daddy?). Unfortunately, I cut off the bottom line "Usa!" She told me "You have to say it like this: USA! (which she yelled) because it has a thing after it." She knows what an exclamation mark means if not what it's called.
Another treasure while cleaning up, also done at nap time (which is clearly a misnomer). This is a picture of our family "Mommy, Daddy, Eleanor, Claire, baby brother, and I accidentally drew another person but that could be if we have another baby."
Watching a video about walking on a high wire.
Bedtime Claire showing off painted toenails courtesy of Daddy.
Tucked in with her babies. I think there were four tonight, which is only half of what she really wanted to sleep with.
Our friend Laura came over after work and Eleanor was thrilled to play for a few minutes and have a guest bedtime story reader.
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