We have officially started back to school this week. I have been feeling so sad about our lazy days coming to an end. I am not however sad about the constant mayhem and destruction that these two tazmanian devils cause. OMG!!! How can two little girls make such a hurricane of a mess every day. As August rolls around, we typically travel a lot and keep slower days when back home. The means, loads of endless eating, fort building, slime making, scrapbooking, etc. SO MUCH MESS!! My girls are generally pretty messy all the time but they love to play together and are super imaginative. As I write this they are converted two large boxes into forts and are closing each other into them with tape and "shipping" each other off to exotic lands. They are giggling so hard that each of them has basically peed themselves. While I'm scrubbing surfaces and sweeping slime supplies I can't help but adore those giggles. That is what imagination is all about right? With that said, I think my melancholy about back to school has worn off a bit. A quiet house for 80% of the day is pretty heavenly!
This week we got the girl's room lights installed. They both have pendant lights now above their beds for reading. I adore how they turned out! While they love their new additions they are both total scardie cats when something changes in their rooms. Peyton was first with her imaginary fear. As I was tucking in Capri for bed and discussing her day, in comes sissy worked up about something in her room. Of course I knew it was the new light. Capri offers to share her bed with her for the night so she wouldn't be scared. Big sissy protection. I wash my face and get into bed so giddy to binge watch Game of Thrones and in comes my two little babies. Both now are spooked by something so in my bed they come. While I know I'm getting no sleep that night I can't help but love them all cozied in with me while daddy was gone. I remember the feeling of calm that would come over me as soon as I was let into mommy and daddy's bed when scared. I'm hoping they are over it tonight though! Peyton likes to sleep on my head for most of the night and Capri grinds her teeth out of her head. It's super restful!
'til next week....