The girls first recital is now in the history books. I was so nervous about it for the last few weeks….I had seen the girls rehearsal a few times the past few weeks and at times the girls would pay attention to the teacher but then other times, Avery especially, would not even be looking at the teacher. Well during the whole one minute and forty five second performance today, all I could do was laugh. Avery actually followed pretty well. Emerson had severe stage fright. She stared out at the audience not looking at the teacher once and practically did the same first move from start to finish. Emerson generally really got into the routine so I really hadn’t expected her to freeze, but she did. After the performance, she really didn’t want to talk to anyone and you could tell she was upset but didn’t want to talk about it. Anyway, I captured a video of the dance on my phone during rehearsals and as much as we wanted to have this performance, I couldn’t bring myself to shell out another $40 for the video. And here is little Harper who was mesmerized by the performances!
Monthly Archives: June 2015
My Harper and The Girls Trip to the Opthamologist
Harper went from saying a few words to literally saying everything overnight. It’s crazy…..she knows what everything is….it is just so amazing to me because it isn’t like she learned all those words overnight and then said them the next day upon learning them. But her little mind had been storing all that information and finally one day she just decided, I’m going to blurt out everything now. She has even started to put two words together sometimes…often the word “mine” is one of those words. She is still the happiest, cutest, smartest, funniest little girl and we all adore here.
Today I took all three girls to the ophthalmologist by myself. I was a little nervous about it, but they were angels. Emerson and Avery both had appointments and Harper came along for the ride. Avery and Emerson took turns sitting on my lap when it was their turn to be examined. When it wasn’t their turn to be examined, Avery and Emerson both sat with Harper…holding her hand, giving her a boost, asking her if she needed anything. They are both so great with her…they are constantly making my heart smile.
On the way to the ophthalmologist, I was having a conversation with the girls and I asked Avery and Emerson if they knew what a twin was. Emerson responded “yes”. I asked her what it meant to be a twin. She said “to be happy”. How awesome is that. I posed the question to Avery and Emerson because I’m not convinced that they know that they are twins and after my conversation with each them, I’m still not convinced. I think the fact that they have a younger sister who is so close in age they tend to focus on the fact that they have two sisters. We generally do not refer to them as the twins, although we certainly do not intentionally not use the word twins. I really think they define themselves already more as individuals with two sisters. My girls fascinate me and I hope this fascination and admiration for my girls always is a defining factor of me.
Just The Seven Of Us
As Justin and I ate dinner last weekend, I looked over at him and said, “when did this happen.” At the kitchen table was not only me and him, but also our three little girls and our two “teenagers” a.ka. our au pairs who take care of our three girls while Justin and I work. We truly consider them family. I said to him, “seriously, just four years ago it was him and me (okay so I did have two babies in my belly and I was nearing bed rest so I probably wasn’t doing the cooking but we were still eating dinner together at our dining room table just the “two” of us). And here we were now just four years later and we are a family of seven.” Even though we are in transition and have an overlap in au pairs and will only have one living with us soon, we are an extended family of 7! I never envisioned myself as having a big family, but I think it looks good on us:)