Elmo's Time Out

Rice cereal for Sawyer! Yum!

Mommy and Sully make cookies while snowed in!

Sullivan out trekking the snow with Daddy.

I went to get Sullivan out of her room from her quiet time today (sadly she stopped napping regularly many months ago...) and I knew to be prepared for whatever lay ahead of me on the other side of the door. Usually, she has managed to get into what I have recently tried to organize in her room...books, diapers, linens, toys...and although I make her clean it all up each time and give her a stiff "talkin' to" about not taking every SINGLE thing out of bins and not making huge messes, alas, in the name of 90 minutes of calm I let her stay in there and do really whatever...So, today I took a deep breath and opened the door and what ensued just made me laugh!

-I enter the perfectly nap-worthy space, darkened and "sound-machined" to a nice whisper of rain. No nap has been had. Books and blankets are everywhere. Sullivan is in the corner trying to organize the books on a shelf. Elmo, Bah Bah the lamb, Lion and other stuffed animals are on the bed. Sullivan addresses me as I enter:

-Sull: Elmo make mess!

-me: Oh, Elmo made a mess?

-Sull: Yea! Elmo in Time Out! Elmo hit Bah Bah (her lamb).

-me: Oh no! Elmo has hit your Bah Bah!?

-Sull: Yes, Lion too. Elmo in Time Out.

-me: Oh, thank you for putting Elmo in Time Out! We do not hit or make messes with all the books!

-Sull: Welcome, Mommy. Your welcome.

Hilarious!

Other "bloggable" moments to remember over the last week and snowed-in days:

-Sullivan has figured out how to divide bowel moments into several episodes in order to be rewarded with M&Ms multiple times. She's a sly one, she is!

-Sawyer is rolling over from tummy to back and eating rice cereal. Wasn't she just born? Ah! She is growing up!

-Last Saturday, while Lee was out of town, I somehow locked Sawyer in our bedroom during her nap and had to figure out how to breakdown the doorknob while she was crying and while having Sullivan berate me with, "What's zat, Mommy? Mommy, What's zat?" Sigh...

-However, despite being snowed in for three whole days, I have really, truly enjoyed the forced pause; it has renewed my gratefulness for the two precious little lives from heaven that have been entrusted to my care.