The sparkly curtains

The last element of Peeps' room are the sparkly curtains for her windows. We added double rods so the light darkening curtains are behind while these are to the fore. We all like the effect a lot.

Is this too much?

Despite attempts to pair one or the other with a solid, I was told these match "because the flowers and butterflies were pink and purple." No arguing with that...

Catching Up

Life at Chez Bubela has been busy. Here are a few things that we've been doing:

1. Getting the girls' rooms ready. Here are some shots of Peeps' room. I have to add some for the sparkly curtains. We still have a few items for Little Peeps' room to finish before I post pictures.
Thank goodness we got the queen size bed, otherwise, where would Shawn (the bear), dollies, and friends sleep? Also, it's a great place for family snuggling.

New light and ceiling fan.

Bailey sleeping on the rainbow rug.

New lamp with cute model.

Can you tell pink is one of M's favorite colors?

2. Peeps is fascinated with one of my pregnancy books that has illustrations of the baby developing as well as how it grows inside the mommy. Here's a pictures. On Monday, she read "the baby book" at least 4 times by herself and at least twice with me. Funny Girl.

3. Conversation last night while snuggled together in bed:
"You know what Riley was doing today at school?"

"What?"

"She was being sassy"

"Really? We don't know anyone here who is ever sassy, do we?"

"No"

"No?"

giggling "Sometimes, I'm a little sassy. I'm just teasing."

4. New game called Switch - where M runs from one end of the living room to the other. A great game given we're not getting as much outdoor time. Especially fun when it involves snorting like a pig, walking like a duck, galloping like a horse.... we're only limited by our imaginations.

Welcome Family & Friends

Welcome to those of you who are visiting as a result of the email T. & I sent. We hope you enjoy these glimpses into our family.

Halloweenie Beanie

Click here to view our Halloween Slide Show.

Our Halloween fun began last night (Tuesday) with wax fangs from our neighbors.

Today (Wednesday), Peeps & Big Daddy (also known as T) when to school for the party and a field trip to a farmer's market (seriously, about a 1/4 mile up the road from the daycare) to go on a hay ride, have lunch, and pick out a pumpkin. Peeps was a Ballerina Kitty.


Then, for the evening festivities of trick-or-treating, Peeps & Big Daddy - as Princess and Prince Charming - hit the neighborhood for candy. (He totally won the best parent costume, not to mention the adoration of his girls forever).

Here's E.'s first costume, provided by her big sister.

The Harp

A couple weeks ago, T started on the closets for the girls' rooms. While adding shelving and brackets and such to make them more functional, Peeps decided that the shelves were really harps and proceeded to show us how well she snapped her fingers on the strings. T cut one down for her and she carries it around playing it.

When we asked if she'd like to play the harp and maybe be the harp lady on Mackinac Island, she said, "No, I want to be a server (waiter)."

She is Her Father's Daughter

More and more I notice that Peeps has a lot of her daddy's personality. Sure, she may look like me at that age (although there are elements of T.), and at times what comes out of her mouth is pure me. More often than not, though, I think she's all Daddy.






Things such as:

• Fashion sense
• Mobassa's carrying apparatus (crafting solutions out of what's at hand is a huge T trait and one of genius in this case.)
• Looooong wake-up time
• Active sleeping habits
  
• Mad speculating wildly skills
• Ability to make me look forward to what's next

All from her Daddy.

The Not Napper

On the way home from picking up my car from the shop after a long day at school.

Paradise Lost and Found

In finding out that our second daughter would have Down Syndrome when she was born, we lost:

• Our imaginary second (genetically perfect) child that really only ever existed in our minds and hearts
• Our innocence that anything would ever be okay with our girls again
• Knowing that the heartache of parenting would be a constant
• Dreams and assumptions for the future
  

What we found was:

• A perspective that recognizes that for all the challenges of raising both girls, there are equal (and exceeding) measures of joy
• That our perspectives and assumptions about our lives are forever changes
• That our little family is more important than anything else and we'll work to keep it that way
• That while the death of dreams is hard, there will be new ones and they'll be as good, and probably better, than the ones that died
• That our hearts continue to expand with love despite fear and being overwhelmed
• We still feel ridiculously lucky and blessed to have the life we live. We wouldn't trade it for anything
  

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