Maddie and Faith are so immersed in their crafts lately. They get so excited when we go to Michael's. They made some more bead necklaces and bracelets this morning, and I commented to Maddie that they should ask Santa for a jewelry box to keep all their new creations in a safe place. We went to Michael's this afternoon with the intention of looking for removable stickers/decals for their bunkbed and a wall shelf that we could paint for Faith, but instead used our little coupon to get them a $2.99 wooden paint-it-yourself jewelry box. They LOVED this idea.
They each picked little wooden decorations that you can easily attach with glue, and they each picked a color paint. Everything together was $5. Perfect. We came home after dinner, and they both wanted to paint the box awhile. It's now painted, and tomorrow I told them they could decorate it. There's even space on the top for a picture, and I think it will be so cute. Their first joint creation in their shared room.
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Dinner was especially nice. We went to Chili's which is quite a treat these days. Maddie insisted that she and Beebster could sit on one side of the booth by themselves, and so I sat with Dan on the other side of the booth. It was awesome. Faith hasn't been using a high chair, and just loves the independence of sitting like her big sis, the "big kid." She and Maddie were hilarious checking out each other's tongue color from their slushies and drawing pictures of our family on their menus. Then they would carefully divide the sugar packets between the two of them and pretend to sell Dan and I some sugar. It was the coolest feeling sitting across from them and watching them together. It's crazy to think that Faith will be two soon, and that they're at the point now where they can do some things independently of either one of us. Of course, getting to sit next to Dan itself was fun too. All by ourselves.
Their antics are so hilarious when they are combined. They make each other giggle uncontrollably constantly. Faith would stand up and wink and do her "cute" face to the unsuspecting patrons sitting in the booth next to us. Her cute face is hilarious these days. She flashes us this face whenever she knows she is in trouble, and her eyes are squinted so that she removes eye contact from the situation (I think she does this because she knows she doesn't want to see our disapproving faces!). Maddie, not to be outdone, tells us quite loudly at one point when of course everybody is within earshot that "I need to go POOP." Then she tells us, "I love this family. We're all in love." Haha.
The bond between my little women is amazing. Maddie chose "Berenstain Bears Trouble with Friends" today as her afternoon book of choice. She asked me why Lizzy and Sister were arguing, and I told her that that is what friends do sometimes. Even sisters. She looked at me and tells me, "No. Me and my Beebster are best friends. We don't fight. We're in love." I'm so glad that they have that intense sisterly bond. It's what quiets my fears when I start to worry about this 3rd baby affecting them. They have each other. They have us, and they also have each other. And, this baby will be so incredibly lucky to have two awesome big sisters!
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