We Survived Christmas!
Raising Paige makes me feel old and young at the same time.
This Christmas was Paige's second, but really the first one she truly experienced. She was able to tear off Christmas wrapping and actually enjoy the festive atmosphere. Watching her open her gifts and see the excitement on her face when she sees a doll or, of course, a snowman just warmed my heart. That's the stuff that makes me feel young.
Chasing her around and hearing her (occasional) angry fits, plus getting up in the middle of the night then trying to get back to sleep afterwards, is what makes me feel old. But as the saying goes, you have to take the bad with the good. In this case, the good totally makes it worthwhile.
Right now Paige is going through a stage where she doesn't want to eat very much. Well, I should clarify that. She doesn't want to eat very much when she's sitting at the table. She was good these past few weeks at snacking throughout the entire day but if we put her at the table with a plate of food she would barely eat.
One thing she definitely loves to eat right now? Christmas oranges. I can't blame her, I like them too, but it's surprising to me that she will eat an entire orange. We will give her a few pieces cut in half and after she stuffs them down she'll make the sign language sign for 'more' and say more at the same time. Yes, she is learning some sign as well as Russian at child minding thanks to an employee that speaks 5 different languages. That's pretty cool I think.
Then again, in a few more years I'll have to learn it too just to make sure she isn't calling me an angry name. LOL.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and I wish everyone a great New Year!
This Christmas was Paige's second, but really the first one she truly experienced. She was able to tear off Christmas wrapping and actually enjoy the festive atmosphere. Watching her open her gifts and see the excitement on her face when she sees a doll or, of course, a snowman just warmed my heart. That's the stuff that makes me feel young.
Chasing her around and hearing her (occasional) angry fits, plus getting up in the middle of the night then trying to get back to sleep afterwards, is what makes me feel old. But as the saying goes, you have to take the bad with the good. In this case, the good totally makes it worthwhile.
Right now Paige is going through a stage where she doesn't want to eat very much. Well, I should clarify that. She doesn't want to eat very much when she's sitting at the table. She was good these past few weeks at snacking throughout the entire day but if we put her at the table with a plate of food she would barely eat.
One thing she definitely loves to eat right now? Christmas oranges. I can't blame her, I like them too, but it's surprising to me that she will eat an entire orange. We will give her a few pieces cut in half and after she stuffs them down she'll make the sign language sign for 'more' and say more at the same time. Yes, she is learning some sign as well as Russian at child minding thanks to an employee that speaks 5 different languages. That's pretty cool I think.
Then again, in a few more years I'll have to learn it too just to make sure she isn't calling me an angry name. LOL.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and I wish everyone a great New Year!
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