My Girls

My two girls have some, let's say, interesting things about them. Let's take Mae for starters. She did not name any of her stuffed animals or dolls until after she was 3. I don't know why, but we thought that it was strange that she waited so long to name anything. But that is not the weird part. When she did name things she got, well, creative. Mae had three baby dolls and decided to name them Pump, Kilp, and Lintz. Now you have to admit that these are not the typical names that little girls name their babies. This is just another example of her strong will. When she gets something in her mind then that is what she wants and nothing will dissuade her. And she's at it again, just this week she was given another doll and it has now been named. Please join me in welcoming Animal Rescue to our home!

Here is Mae with her babies

Linz, Animal Rescue, Flower Girl, Blueberry, Kilp, Pump, and Baby Boo

Isabel has her oddities too. She has quite an attachment to 3 particular pairs of toe socks. The strange thing is that is it part of her night time routine for going to sleep as well as for comfort during the day. Some kids have stuffed animals or blankies they can't leave home or go to sleep without. Isabel has toe socks! This was party my fault but I had no idea that it would become what it is today when it first started.

During Isabel's first Christmas (2005) my parents came to visit for the holidays. I got my mother, Mae, and myself a pair of fun toe socks for Christmas so we could have a silly sock day when Grandma was there. I had a pair of multi colored striped pair and I noticed that they had attracted Isabel's attention. So I laid them across the top of her bed rail so she could look at them when I laid her down. Isabel did look at them at would reach up and pull them down. She would then suck her thumb as the sock covered her face, and she would go to sleep.



Isabel ended up receiving all three of our toe socks that Christmas (for some reason my mom didn't want the ones with duckies on them....hmmmm, I wonder why?). So, what had started out as an innocent act of giving something neat for my baby to look at has now become a necessity every nap and bedtime. As odd as it is, it could be worse. At least her comfort item is not a huge one-of-a-kind stuffed animal or bulky blanket! At least the socks are easy to grab on the way out the door or be slipped into the washer while she is distracted with another pair!

I peeked in on her this evening and this is what I saw, and I couldn't pass up this kodak moment!



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