Kevin made a very astute observation the other night. He noted that living with Leina was like living with the seven dwarfs only you never know which dwarf will greet you from the crib each morning.
Of course, we’re overjoyed when we get Happy but more often than not we are faced with Grumpy or, now that cold season is upon us, Sneezy. Lately, I’ve seen quite a bit of Doc as Leina’s new favorite past time is to ask “why” over and over and over again. Sleepy and Grumpy sometime appear at the same time and Bashful takes over when she’s approached by stranges. Personally, I like Dopey and the silly songs and antics. Each day, Leina morphs through these characters at an alarming rate. I’m begining to think that the original tale was Snow White and Her Two Year Old but old Walt decided seven dwarfs would be more fun.
I guess if Leina is the Dwarves that that leaves me with either Snow White or the Evil Queen. And, I suppose, in Leina’s eyes I’m both. I can play and snuggle with her or demand that she go to bed or turn off the TV.
Yes, we’re just a magical kingdom here in McLaughlin land. Now, if only there really was a magic apple that would send her soundless into sleep during nap time!
Hi Chrissie,
I can’t even remember now (already, and I just got here) what links led me to your blog, but I have to say your two kidlets are just about the most adorable ones I’ve seen in a long time. The thought of a six-monther crawling brought back a great memory of our younger one at about that age. It was Christmas morning, and I suddenly realized I had lost track of him in all the excitement. A rustling from behind the tree led me to the discovery that he had crawled back there and was happily slurping on his very first solid food — a candy cane, wrapper and all. So yeah, have fun with your early-crawler, and woo hoo for Leina’s phenomenal way with words — who knows…maybe she’ll follow in your footsteps one day and become a blogger 🙂