Some fun thoughts

Spending time together in an unhurried setting allows more time to just observe. So here are a few observations...

1. Megan's newest cell phone is made from three lego pieces. I have no idea how good the reception is; she seems happy with it.
2. Tonight, she fell asleep with her sunglasses on. Good ol' girl of the 1980s..." I wear my sunglasses at night..."
3. I think it was yesterday when Megan approached Dan and said, "Daddy, can I play the chicken game on your iPod?" Dan wasn't sure what she was talking about, so she expounded. "The green chickens, the red chickens." Ah, Angry Birds...
4. While on vacation, Dan and I heard a lot of new jargon:
     squirrel--as it relates to ice cream--it means "swirl" (Emily)
     cabinet--where one stays on vacation (Emily)
     balloons--those pretty Minnesota birds (Megan)
5. Lauren's voice has changed since her surgery. It's now higher-pitched and a tad more nasally--ironic, I think, since her nasal passage is supposed to be more open.
6. Megan is always ready with a song. Often she serenades us while on car rides.
7. Lauren is content to fish for hours, even when not catching anything.
8. Annika, however, is much less patient. She hates fishing when not catching keepers and hates shopping if she can't buy.
9. Megan's latest meltdown was tonight at bedtime--when Dan wouldn't let her continue chewing her gum while in bed. This after we had to cut a chunk of her hair to extract the last piece...
10. All four girls are daddy's girls, but after getting to spend more time concentrating on them and not tasks to be done while at the "cabinet," I think I've carved a bit more of a niche where they are a little more mommy's girls.