We spent this past weekend in Wisconsin, visiting with the Lau/Schafer/Hoyt families. It was lots of fun watching Marissa and Paulie play together -- the fact that they are only two weeks apart in age means they go through a lot of the same stages at the same time.
Little Paulie has glasses due to being far-sighted, a condition that he will hopefully outgrow. I found it interesting that when Marissa was smaller (and still today, sometimes), she would take pacifiers out of other childrens' mouths, she apparently just thought they didn't belong there. But she never once tried to take Paulie's glasses off. Lindsey didn't seem to notice them until the morning we were leaving she turned to me and said, "Hey Mommy, did you know Paulie wears glasses??" Wow, hadn't noticed those adorable little frames with his dark brown eyes peeping out!
This morning the kids all had one last time by and in the pool before we all went our separate ways. Lindsey used her little water wings and an innertube to dog paddle her way from one end of the pool to the other -- pretty good feat for an almost 4-year-old! (Considering she was swimming in water that is 5 feet deep on one end).
Marissa and Paulie never actually got into the water, but walked around the outside at different paces, alternately giving little toddler screeches at each other. Here's how it went:
Paulie: Aaahhh!
[pause]
Marissa: Aaahhh!
Paulie: Aaahhh!
Marissa: Aaahhh!
[giggle giggle]
Paulie: Aaahhh!
[pause]
Marissa: Aaahhh!
[more giggling]
It was entertaining an entire hot tub full of adults; thank God they were all tolerant of the noise!
Little Paulie has glasses due to being far-sighted, a condition that he will hopefully outgrow. I found it interesting that when Marissa was smaller (and still today, sometimes), she would take pacifiers out of other childrens' mouths, she apparently just thought they didn't belong there. But she never once tried to take Paulie's glasses off. Lindsey didn't seem to notice them until the morning we were leaving she turned to me and said, "Hey Mommy, did you know Paulie wears glasses??" Wow, hadn't noticed those adorable little frames with his dark brown eyes peeping out!
This morning the kids all had one last time by and in the pool before we all went our separate ways. Lindsey used her little water wings and an innertube to dog paddle her way from one end of the pool to the other -- pretty good feat for an almost 4-year-old! (Considering she was swimming in water that is 5 feet deep on one end).
Marissa and Paulie never actually got into the water, but walked around the outside at different paces, alternately giving little toddler screeches at each other. Here's how it went:
Paulie: Aaahhh!
[pause]
Marissa: Aaahhh!
Paulie: Aaahhh!
Marissa: Aaahhh!
[giggle giggle]
Paulie: Aaahhh!
[pause]
Marissa: Aaahhh!
[more giggling]
It was entertaining an entire hot tub full of adults; thank God they were all tolerant of the noise!
Your pics on Kodak Gallery show Marissa & Paulie holding hands (like here), then they're sharing breakfast in the next photo? Fast movers, those two! ; )
ReplyDeleteAren't they?! Kept us hopping!
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