Black Friday at the MALL

Not the shopping mall, the National Mall, of course.

We spent some time at the National Museum of the American Indian. C4 told us to head to the 3rd floor ... when we got there the artifacts in the display case were not -- deep breath -- dogs. And the exhibit ("Our Lives") that they used to adore ... wasn't the correct one. C4 told me we must have gotten off at 2 and we needed to go up one.

As it turns out, we were on 3, but we should have gone to the 4th floor. Where the dogs were and the correct exibit ("Our Universe") were.



We separated from my parents, as they headed to meet a friend over at newly reopened and wonderful National Museum of American History. So we walked over to the National Gallery. We didn't see anything in the National Gallery of Art. We didn't visit either the West Wing or East Wing, but spent our time in the café and the moving sidewalk and (me) the store.

THEN ... we went upstairs, outside and played in the reflective pyramids. The girls LOVED that. We spent maybe 30-40 minutes playing around the refelctive pyramids.





While we were up there I got a phone call. It was my mom, calling to say she could see us. Where where, my head swivelling. Downstairs in the food court, of course! We looked through the pyramids and there she was waving at us!

Overheard in DC

I mean Maryland.
I mean Hyattsville.
Oh, heck, I mean our living room.

E38 [upon seeing a spontaneously cleaned up room. No mention to Q2 was made]: Great job cleaning up, C4!
C4: Yeah, 2-year-olds aren't perfect like 4-year-olds.

Postal Museum

Much has happened, but most of it without a camera. Boring.

But I remembered to bring the camera to the National Postal Museum.

First video: C4 with Owney, the postal dog. Stuffed. She loves that dog. You can see her petting it through the glass. She really wanted me to take his picture. I love the ending of this video. C4 looks very cute. Despite the spit bubbling at her lips.





And, Q2 at the large Q. I was trying to get her to sing her ABCs. She is very good at singing the ABCs, she has rhythm, bla blah she sounds great. Except she never sings the letter J. I have a thing against the letters S & G, maybe Q2 has something agains the letter J. I don't know. But anyway, mostly you hear me & MEME in the video. Here it is.

Potentially last speech therapy session

We've been provisionally released ... The teacher will call us in about 3 weeks to see how C4 is doing.

Yippee!!

Last night

9:00 pm - C39 is asleep on the chair. Q2 asleep in her bed. E38 is writing. C4 ... bang bang bang.

C38 [run upstairs]: You OK? Did you fall out of bed?
C4 [sitting up in bed]: Mumma I need you.

So, we use the potty, I tell her a silly story, and get into the toddler bed with her. She falls back asleep pretty quickly.

1:00 AM - C39 asleep in bed, E38 asleep in bed, C4 asleep in bed, Q4 ... asleep and dreaming

Q2 [From bed]: Waaaaaaaahhhhh.
E38 [running to Q2's bedroom]: Hey, hey, it's ok
Q2 [eyes closed]: Don't take my cheese!
E38 [rubbing Q2's tummy]: Nobody is taking your cheese, it's ok
Q2 [rubbing eyes]: Noooo! Celesté is taking my cheese!
E38: Here, have some more.
Q2: zzzzzz.

4:00 AM - C39 asleep in bed, Q2 asleep in bed, E38 alseep in bed, C4 ... stuffed up.

C4: Mumma I need you!
E38 [running to C4's room]: What's wrong?
C4 [stuffed up and having a difficult time breathing]: I need a tissue.
E38 [gets a pair of C4's underwear out of the drawer]: Here, blow.
C4: It is on my FINGERS!
E38 [Wipes up fingers]: I love you. Good night.

5:15 AM - C39 asleep in bed, E38 asleep in bed, C4 asleep in bed, Q2 ... is now awake but still in bed.

Q2: Mumma I need you!
E38 [Running into Q2's room]: It's still nighttime, go back to sleep.
Q2: Where's Tucker?
E38 [Searching for Tucker]: Here, he, no ...
Q2: That's Tucker's friend, Pippo.
E38: [Finds Tucker]: Here he is.
Q2: TUUCKEER!
E38: Close your eyes and go back to sleep.
Q2: Sit in my chair.
E38: OK. Can I go get a blanket?
Q2: Yes.
E38: Stay in bed.
E38 [returned from getting blanket, sits on chair and throws blanket over her]: Close your eyes and go to sleep.
Q2: Why you have flowers on your blankie?
E38: It is my quilt. Lay down.
Silence. Some movement. Silence. 5 minutes go by.
E38: Can I go back to bed and you stay quietly in bed so you can earn a video for staying in be all night?
Q2: Yes. Goodbye Mumma.

Just before 6:00 AM. C39 asleep, E38 waking, C4 asleep, Q2 ... ?

E38 [Hearing something that sounds like "I need you mumma"][to C39]: I think I heard "I need you daddy"
C39: urrnnngss.
E38: I think it is Q2.
C39 [Gets up, gets some clothes on, walks to Q2's room]: Urrnnssaagggggaaaa.
C39 [Returning]: She's asleep.
E38: I really thought she was asking for you.


Later that morning ...

C39: Q2, did you have good dreams last night?
Q2: Unha, about puppies and ponies and kitties and turtles.
C39: Did you dream about cheese?
Q2: No! Cheese no an animal!

crafty me

FINALLY, I finished Q2's fabric birdcage. Whew. My favorite part isn't in this picture:



My favorite part is the leftover bird we had, I put legs on, and put up on a bookshelf. I think I want to use it as a pin cushion.

On another note, our house is a wee bit too cold. I figured that out becase my toes feel as if I've been skiing for about two hours.

Nothing real special going on. Just thought I'd share a quickie video of Q2 drumming. I cut it off early because she was headed toward me asking to see the picture.