Mirror mirror on the wall....

Finch: Mom, I have to go look in the mirror.
Finch: OOOooh!!  I am BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

On!

No, this has nothing to do with certain rival football teams.  Angel really, really, really wanted to wear the red one....and then Seraph wanted one, too.
Seraph has been sticking up for herself more lately.  Angel was drinking from Seraph's sippy cup earlier...and Seraph made a HUGE stink about it.
 She's also tall enough to grab all the spoons out of the drawer and throw them on the floor.  She pretends she doesn't know she's not supposed to do it, but I know better!
I used to avoid putting Seraph in blue at all costs....(it makes her skin look even more purple)...but she loves this jacket and often brings it to me and makes me put it on her.  and I'm a sucker for every bit of effort she puts into communication.

Seraph's Vocab

 Words: moo, meow, ruff, tweet, oh oh, up, down, jump, more, purple, thank you, ma, da, Elmo, blue, woah!

We watched the first half of the game.  Go team Go!!!

What I did NOT do today

• I did not rush Seraph to the hospital when I saw that the bruise over her eye had doubled in size over night
• I did not take pictures of Beautiful Rabbit sledding in the foothills
• I did not send off the final full-color illustration for a book 
• I did not get the kids to go to sleep (or even stay in their beds) at bedtime
• I did not watch a zombie kiss garlic or hug a walnut tree.
• I did not watch the series finale of Medium for the third time
• I did not withhold any tears while watching that finale for the second time
• I did not cover Angel's entire bed with duct tape
• I did not make lasagna for breakfast
• I did not have a bad day

What I did today

• found the what I did today blog
• played make-up with my "dolls"
• "camera me!"
• tickled Bear
• ate sushi
• a little shower/water therapy with Seraph
• listened to that lil stinker (Seraph) empty the spoons out of the drawer ....twice!
• reminded the kids about the "no water out of the tub" rule and made them clean it up.
• walked Bear to the corner for school
• hugs and kisses
• "run for our lives!" (that's what Finch says every time she flushes the toilet....and you just have to run! She grabs her pants on the way out...and comes back to wash hands)
• learned about a heart defect that doesn't affect my life
• opened a late Christmas present that was beautiful (and my favorite color) with a note that make me LOL (thx, M)
• watched the first Yin/Yang episode of Psych w/ Beautiful Rabbit.
• mourned the loss of "Dora Saves the Day" because of a huge scratch......though Dora will always be with us in our hearts.....and also with us because Angel can recite the whole thing start to finish and does so almost every night at bedtime and then again at 4am.
• ran out of room on my camera's memory card!
• enjoyed being happy

Not again!

I have sooo many things crammed into each day.  That doesn't count changing diapers or dealing with icky insurance problems.  So I'm big on multitasking.  But, kids know when they're being multitasked.  They know you're not really comforting them if you're clicking your mouse.....or not really reading them the book if you're folding laundry. You can double up too much and then no one feels like they got any time even though really everyone got all the time.
So, today I did it the other way.  Instead of juggling all the kids, I grabbed the closest one and gave her 10 minutes of all my attention.  It was Angel.
She taught me a new game: you say "not again" with different nuances giving it a slightly different meaning each time you say it.  Clever girl.
Later I gave most of my attention to Finch (while I was preparing meds).
Instead of trying to split my attention fairly, I tried to give it out in bigger/more focused chunks.
Potty training went better.
The girls were happier.
I'm happier.