Cleaning

Let me just start by saying that Miki has been out of town since Sunday (went to New Orleans for a medical board review course) and this is what happens when he leaves me unsupervised.

Sadie woke up Wednesday stating that she wanted to wear big-girl underwear. I thought, "Wow! am I ready for this? Is she ready for this?" But, I decided to go along with it. Hey, if she is interested, why not spend the whole day cleaning my carpet, furniture and dozens of pairs of underwear?
After two successes and seven failures, she started to lose interest and was whole-heartily fighting it. I caved and put a diaper on her for the night and have not mentioned potty-training to her since. I see nothing wrong with waiting until she is begging me to potty train her and/or starting kindergarten to face this torture again. I have to remind myself that she is her own little sensitive, stubborn, clever person and does things in her own little sensitive, stubborn, clever way. How can two sisters be so different? My sisters and I weren't that different, were we? (Warning: lots of unnecessary rhetorical questions used throughout this post!)

Today the girls helped me mop the kitchen floor. Really, it has been needing it for a couple of weeks now. I can't believe that I put it off for this long. I consider myself someone who has to clean and have everything in its place. I think the me of ten years ago would be outraged at the me of today and the slob I have become!

My girls were so wonderful to help me and spend some quality cleaning time with me. Although Kylie did try to quit early and I told her that she needed to clean until she was breaking a sweat. That it would put hair on her chest and meat on her bones. It would make her into the kind of person that this country needs to lead us into a better and brighter tomorrow...

Okay, not really. They pretty much spilled water all over the floor, Kylie pulled Sadie around on the towel and then they put blankets over the chairs and pretended that they were at school. What a great morning!

Quote of the Day

Miki got home from work today, and as usual the girls are so excited! Screaming, running, jumping on him, and in every way making him feel loved. Miki was carrying both girls down the stairs and this cute conversation followed.
Kylie: "Look at me mommy!"
Me: "Wow! Daddy is so strong!"
Kylie: "Yeah, even though he is old!"

Glasses

Here is our beautiful Kylie, full of excitement about her new glasses!
A couple of months ago, I took her to her 4 year doctor's appointment. They tested her vision and she didn't do so well, so she got referred to an Opthamologist. I took her to that eye exam last week and he said that she had an astigmatism in both eyes and would need glasses. We were expecting this since she has been complaining of headaches and I have noticed that she hasn't been able to see some things as well as I thought she should have (she thought a doll up on a neighbor's roof was a banana).
Two days ago we were able to pick up her glasses and she has been so happy! She thought that it was funny that the ground looked like it had another step and she was trying to leap over that other step all day yesterday (I noticed this too when I got glasses to correct my astigmatism.)
It made me so happy when I was reading a book to her and she said "Mommy, I can see all of the letters!" She then proceeded to point them all out to me. She also proceeded to point out all of the blemishes on my face and the hair on my arms. She thought that it was so funny that the hair on my arms grew so fast! She just couldn't see it all that well before.
Today she was practicing writing her letters and she pulled out a legal pad of paper and wrote the letters in the small space between the lines. She has never been able to keep them so neat and tiny. I am glad that we were able to help her vision before she started school.
I am a little saddened by the fact that she will have to deal with glasses at such an early age and that it will be something that we will have to handle for a long time. But it helps that she is seeing so much better and is so excited herself. I hope the excitement lasts!