Super Heroes

While still incredibly enamored with princesses, Annika still chose Spiderman as her toothbrush at our last toothbrush buying outing.

This last Sunday as we helped celebrate Gramma Pat's 80th birthday, Annika was playing superhero with Colin, one of the other kids at the event. The next day, Annika came and asked me, "What was that girl's name again? That Super Kitty?" I had to think for a moment and then remembered what I had overheard. Ahhh, I thought to myself, and then said aloud, "You mean Cat Woman?" I don't believe Annika knows Cat Woman is a villain. Of course, Annika still likes Darth, too, and Cinderella's stepmother.

Megan is gumming everything in sight which probably means two little teeth will be popping through in the next few weeks. She's not drooling up a storm just yet. She can now hold her own bottle which is fabulous at 5:30 a.m. We have her in the walker now as she wants to sit upright more.

Lauren is still the free spirit. Tonight, just before playing in the park, she put her pants back on. I informed her they were on backwards and she replied, "That's okay. I want them on backwards." Okay.

Tonight, Annika and I had a date night. We had a friend drop us off at the nearby park where they were showing The Last Mimzy (our car is getting its bumper replaced after a slight mishap in Minneapolis). The movie was just scary enough she was willing to crawl on my lap for parts of it. As stresses about the cafe continue to darken my emotional doorstep, I cling to the saying that the joy of the Lord is my strength and count my kids as a major part of that joy--and cling to them for all I'm worth knowing that this stage goes by too quickly.