Play Time

My favorite part of the day the last couple of days has been after Owen wakes up from his nap.... It does help that he's been sleeping about three hours at nap time, but that's not my favorite part believe it or not. Anyway, Owen wants Chloie to play in his bed with him after he wakes up so I sit her in the corner. Owen shows her his trucks and lets her hold them and says the sweetest things in his little singsong voice, "Coie, hold the car." "Good job, Coie." "Mama, Coie spit up (but it's really just the bubbles she makes)". Then after awhile he starts to get bored with this, and he wants to hold Chloie. He pulls her little body down by her feet, and I am horrified. I tell him that he's hurting Chloie, but I can only say it half-heartedly because Chloie is cracking up. She just laughs and laughs when Owen pulls on her. Then he'll lay on her and look at her her and just giggle. She'll giggle right back at him... then I'm giggling... and it's easy to see why that would be my favorite time of day.

I also want to write down so I don't forget how Owen randomly calls out, "Hi, Mom." when he's playing just to make sure I'm still around. As long as I answer, he goes right on with playing. But the last couple of days I've started replying with , "Hi, Love." Now Owen says, "Hi, Mom. Hi Love." It melts my heart...