Why Every Toddler Should Own One of These!

 Look at the absolute joy on these faces!

Screams and shouts of happiness!

Every toddler needs to experience this, including their parents. The sheer joy of hundreds of bubbles (effortlessly) flying through the air! You would hyperventilate before you could blow this many bubbles. The best part was sitting back, watching their wonder and awe as bubble were all around them. For under $10 the girls screamed, ran and chased bubbles all over our front porch...until the fish bubble maker was left out in the rain one unfortunate day.

Today She Said "No, No No!"

Five months ago, I sadly had to say "no" to blogging to maintain my sanity, the balancing act of working mommy became too much. As you can imagine, much has happened since my last post in March. Recently over the past few months, as the girls have become more curious and more active, a certain phrase has dominated our interactions; "no touch"! This phrase works wonders for all areas not baby proofed, while in the checkout line grocery shopping, when one little angel tries to steal a toy from her sister, when they are near the oven, or try to make a move for my cup of tea. The phrase was so effective, it would halt my daughters in their tracks, followed by big brown eyes searching for an explanation to which I would reply "Hot", or "Molly's", or "Careful".

Today however was different.

For the first time, and no less than 20 times today, Abigail told us NO! No she didn't want to be picked up, no she didn't want her towel and no she didn't want any more to eat. While this increased level of communication definitely makes her intentions more clearly known, she now also knows that I know what she means. After about a dozen NOs, it has become clear my daughter has no problem telling me all the things she doesn't want to do now that she's finally figured out how to tell me.

I'm sure it will only be a matter of time before Molly starts to echo her sentiments. Perhaps the terrible two's are upon us already!! What are we going to do about it? We have NO idea!!