So after my lovely metaphor about colds and cold medicine...guess who got a cold? Yep, that would be me. I guess I was asking for it? The girls have both had slight colds, nothing too bad and now I have the sore throat/congestion thing going on. No fun. David let me take Tylenol PM last night and made his first debut into the middle of the night feeding for Anna. It was so nice! I think it built his confidence a bit. :)
ANYWAY, this post is really about my little helper, Miss Natalie. She's always saying, "I hep you mom?" And she is a pretty good helper. Here are some ways she has helped me lately:
-After I feed Anna I usually leave the bottle on the couch while I'm entertaining Anna and such. Then when I put her down for a nap, I go get the bottle to rinse it out. A few times this week, I went to get the bottle and couldn't find it. I asked Natalie where it was and she replied, "I put it on the sink mom" and there it was, sitting on the counter next to the sink.
-When I change Anna's diaper I leave it on the stool while I am feeding her, etc. Again, sometimes it has mysteriously disappeared. So I ask Natalie and she tells me, "I frow it in the trash Mom"
-I get Anna dressed for the day on the couch after her morning feeding and I put her dirty clothes to the side while I take care of her other needs. They also disappeared one day, and later I found them in the dresser drawer in Anna's room. I need to show Natalie where the Anna's hamper is. :)
-The other day Cyrena was playing at a friend's house and Natalie was hanging out with me. I left the room to put Anna down for a nap...literally I was gone for maybe 3 minutes. I came back in the kitchen and Natalie was seated in her booster seat with a yogurt, eating away and said. "I got a yogurt Mom!" She's never done this before. She had gotten the foil lid off herself and thrown it in the trash, got a spoon, and got into her booster seat. The only thing she forgot was a bib. I burst out laughing at my big girl.
-Natalie also helps me make my bed almost every morning, puts ingredients into the blender for smoothies, is starting to get her own water out of the fridge and flushes the toilet for Cyrena when she goes potty.
-Sometimes in the early morning hours, we hear the pantry door slide open and closed. Then we hear Natalie bedroom door close. When this happens we know she has helped herself to a bowl full of something. Usually it's Craisins or goldfish. We need a pantry that locks.
Natalie can be very mischievous, she can sure throw a tantrum, and she is BUSY but she's also a lot of fun!
ANYWAY, this post is really about my little helper, Miss Natalie. She's always saying, "I hep you mom?" And she is a pretty good helper. Here are some ways she has helped me lately:
-After I feed Anna I usually leave the bottle on the couch while I'm entertaining Anna and such. Then when I put her down for a nap, I go get the bottle to rinse it out. A few times this week, I went to get the bottle and couldn't find it. I asked Natalie where it was and she replied, "I put it on the sink mom" and there it was, sitting on the counter next to the sink.
-When I change Anna's diaper I leave it on the stool while I am feeding her, etc. Again, sometimes it has mysteriously disappeared. So I ask Natalie and she tells me, "I frow it in the trash Mom"
-I get Anna dressed for the day on the couch after her morning feeding and I put her dirty clothes to the side while I take care of her other needs. They also disappeared one day, and later I found them in the dresser drawer in Anna's room. I need to show Natalie where the Anna's hamper is. :)
-The other day Cyrena was playing at a friend's house and Natalie was hanging out with me. I left the room to put Anna down for a nap...literally I was gone for maybe 3 minutes. I came back in the kitchen and Natalie was seated in her booster seat with a yogurt, eating away and said. "I got a yogurt Mom!" She's never done this before. She had gotten the foil lid off herself and thrown it in the trash, got a spoon, and got into her booster seat. The only thing she forgot was a bib. I burst out laughing at my big girl.
-If Anna is fussy or upset, Natalie strokes her head and says, "Don't be sad....it's ok....don't cry..." These are things she hears me say and it's pretty cute coming from her.
-Natalie also helps me make my bed almost every morning, puts ingredients into the blender for smoothies, is starting to get her own water out of the fridge and flushes the toilet for Cyrena when she goes potty.
-Sometimes in the early morning hours, we hear the pantry door slide open and closed. Then we hear Natalie bedroom door close. When this happens we know she has helped herself to a bowl full of something. Usually it's Craisins or goldfish. We need a pantry that locks.
Natalie can be very mischievous, she can sure throw a tantrum, and she is BUSY but she's also a lot of fun!
8 comments:
aww that is so stinkin' sweet! What a big girl she is already!
First, I like the changes to your blog template. Also, Ashley made a comment on my blog saying she wanted to see who this person is that Jenna's raved about. Haha.
As for Natalie, she's such a little sweetheart! I love that she's becoming more independent and I'm sure you do too. You'll have to put those snacks on a higher shelf, unless she's confident sliding a barstool over there.
How did she get herself into her seat with a yogurt? Brady doesn't do that. Last, I bet it's nice for Cyrena to be in preschool so you have more time to focus on the other two. And yay for Cyrena that she had a play date! Oh, and sorry you're sick, but way to go David in the night! Whew, that's all...for now.
Natalie is a cutie! I love how their little independence comes out after another baby arrives... even if it's good and bad! I wish our pantry had a lock as well - we have bags of fishy crackers disappear in one day and lots of candy wrappers "hiding" in different places - as if we didn't notice??!!
Ha ha, that girl makes me smile. I can just hear her saying "I hep you mom". My kids have been rotten the past 3 days, can I have Natalie?
Love the new blog look sweets! Make me wanna change again! I get so bored w/ my background so often.
Natalie is a doll! I love that she flushes the toilet for Cyrena Dean! Can she come to my house & flush the toilet for...well for all of them really. LOL
She is so cute!! Whenever I read blog posts about your cute girlies I wish we lived closer!!! Our girls would have so much fun together--since they all were born within months of each other!!! I love the cute helpful stage!!!
Jenna, you have such a cute blog. Natalie is so cute, she definitely acts very grown up. I laugh every time I think about her showing Anna her sticker after nursery in church a few weeks ago it was so cute. "Look Anna I got a sticker"..
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