A little song

Notes

I ask Bernadette if she's going to tell me a bedtime story. "OK, but it's scary," she says. One of the characters was named Foo Foo Fluff. A side note about the young storyteller: Sometimes she lapses into song or makes noises where you'd thing she was going to use words. There's a bit of nonsense, but I love it.

The young Mara:
Likes: mama, nursing, sleeping, snuggling, any combination of the above, Isaiah's singing in the car.
Dislikes: silverware clattering on plates, diaper changes, kittens (competition for food; just kidding; who hates kittens?).

Thinking about going rodeoing. Just got pajamas on an uncooperative 2-year-old.

Some discussion of the blood mobile today as Grandma was making brownies for the people who donated. Isaiah's theory was that the blood is squeezed from dead enemies, while Bernadette was concerned about spurting when the needles are removed and whether the people who give die.

Isaiah's prediction after the first soccer practice: By the timetbe game is over, the whole team will be on the bench.
Me: Why.
Isaiah: Too many penalties.

Isaiah: Did you know nature is a hotel?
Us, puzzled: What?
Isaiah: Well, from the perspective of animals.

As I was saying

Who's happy here?

Moments with Mara

When his baby sister cries in the car, Isaiah starts singing at the top of his lungs. (Favorite selections include "Life is a Highway" and "I Wouldn't Have Nothin' if I Didn't Have You".)  It works.  Whether she is comforted or stunned, we can't be sure.  At any rate, she's quiet.

Apparently, Mara played her first game today.  She was lying in her bassinet while I was washing dishes, and suddenly Bernadette cried, "Mama, Mama!  She's playing with me!"

"Really?  What is she playing?"

"She's playing hands!"

"Oh.  How do you play hands?"

"You just hold hands."

Big sister

Awake

First car ride

Morning

Morning nap

Alert

Toes

Thumb

Sometimes you have to poke yourself in the eye to suck your thumb.

Soaking up the world

Sisters

Mara Joy

 

    Mara Joy Friedrichs

    7:19 p.m., Sept. 12, 2014 at home

    7 pounds, 9 ounces