Running

This morning Willow was having an apple for breakfast, and handed me one.  I said “No thanks” and she replies, “Why?  Are you not a fan of apples?”

Later, when I was dropping the girls off at daycare, Jessica’s Mom was standing beside us and said to Jessica, “I have to run!”.  Willow turns to her and says “My Mommy runs too!” to which Jessica’s Mom replied “Well I wish I ran like your Mommy, but I mean that I have to run to work.” Willow then turned to me and whispered, “Is she going to run to Mississauga?”

Candy Canes

This morning Willow wanted to eat her Reindeer candy cane from the Christmas tree.  She has been asking every morning for a week now, and I keep reminding her she doesn’t like candy canes.  This morning I gave in and opened it for her. She ate a small piece, and then was in the bathroom washing out her mouth. She comes into the kitchen and says “Mommy, do I smell bad?” so I told her she didn’t.  She replied “No you have to smell me.  Do I smell bad?”  I gave her a big sniff, and told her that she didn’t smell bad at all, and asked her why she thought she did. Willow then replied “Oh, because I thought I smelled like candy canes.”

Silly Twin Comments

I was at the dollar store with the girls yesterday, and this is my conversation with the cashier:

Cashier: Twins?
Me: Yup!
Cashier:i I thought so.  I should have known… my boyfriend is a twin and it is so hard to tell them apart.
Me: Mine are fraternal
Cashier: Oh ya, I keep forgetting which is which.  Fraternal or Infraternal.

Manitoulin

We were camping in Manitoulin in August, and the girls had a GREAT time.  They loved the swimming, trees, animals, rocks, etc.  Hailie is quite a good little swimmer, and Willow was dubbed “Willow the Explorer”

The girls spent a lot of time naked, in the woods.  We couldn’t keep their clothes on them!  They kept stripped down, and running around.  Luckily the property has lots of privacy!  They were also extremely intrigued by the camp toilet, and various bathrooms and outhouses across the island.

All that time together also caused some sisterly tension.  At one point, Willow was calling for Hailie, trying to her her attention, and Hailie yelled out, “Willow stop using my name!” The next day, Willow and Dave were sitting on the dock having a quiet moment.  Suddenly Willow turns to him and says “Sometimes Hailie drives me CRAZY!”

Willow had a long nap one afternoon, and she wet herself while she was sleeping.  Hailie walked into the room, and woke her up by saying “Willow, you had an accident!” Willow, who was still hal asleep says “No, I just… I just… sat in something… watery.” Hailie replies “That’s ok I did that yesterday. You have to remember to use the toilet.”

Dinosaurs

I was reading Willow as touch and feel book about dinosaurs tonight, and this is the conversation we had:

Mommy: Have you ever seen a real dinosaur?

Willow: Yup.

Mommy: Really?  Where?

Willow: At the zoo.

Mommy: There wouldn’t be any dinosaurs at the zoo, they are all extinct!

Willow: They stink?

Mommy: No, they are extinct.

Willow: They stink?

Mommy: No, extinct.  Extinct means there are no more left.  They all died, and now there are no more.

Willow: Oh.

We read the rest of the book, and at the end, Willow grabs the book from me, takes a big sniff, and says “Yup, they stink.”

The Hug

On Saturday afternoon we went to play at the local wading pool.  We arrived at the pool, and it was really crowded, but Hailie spotted a woman on the other side of the pool that looked a lot like one of her teachers at daycare.  She ran over to the woman and gave her a BIG hug.  The woman was quite surprised, but hugged her back and said “Do you think you know me?”  The woman took off her sunglasses, and that is when Hailie realized she had made a big mistake!  Her face just dropped, and she buried her face in my leg. It took about 10 minutes for her to get over her embarassment, but eventually she forgot all about it.

Do you want to hear a song?

On the weekend I took the girls to the park in the morning to check out a nice wading pool that I had heard about.  The girls were playing for about 20 minutes in the playground, when Willow put her hand down her pants, and started digging around.  I said, “Willow, get your hand out of your pants please!” She then pulled out a harmonica from her pants.  A harmonica!  Apparently she had no pockets, so she was carrying it in her underwear.  “Do you want to hear a song?”, she asked?