On Facebook, Lately

I recently realized that as my posts go from essays to snippets, more and more are landing on facebook instead of here.  So I'm doing that weird, uniquely modern thing of posting facebook status updates to the blog.  I just love all these littlest bits and pieces.

January 19
latest Eleri-isms: she would like to have a "forest field" (force field) and does not like when we get stuck in the "jelly jam" (traffic jam.) Love this age.

February 17
The girls are watching Dora for movie night. Dora: "does a lizard live in the desert or in the snow?" Eleri: "snow." Dora: "that's right, desert!" Eleri: "they're wrong." (Repeat with each question posed.)

February 18
sent the girls outside to play for 10 minutes to get some fresh air while the weather is still in the 40s. They are sitting on the deck, WAILING, in stereo. WAILING.

The girls are back inside, and all the little dolls and animals and small things are out playing. Clio says "all of the kids are watching TV, and all of the grownups are in a meeting!" I asked her what the meeting is about, but she doesn't know.

February 23
Eleri, age 3: "Delicioso is Spanish for 'yummy'"

March 8
Clio: "Liar, liar, pacifier." Me: "Don't you mean liar, liar, pants on fire?" Clio: "no. PA-CI-FI-ER."

Also, Eleri's Barbie is doing yoga. Apparently there is only one yoga mat, and all the (little plastic) animals were sent invitations to the yoga class, but some of them haven't received theirs in the mail yet.

March 11
Just found a little card that Clio made. The outside says "OPNE" with a heart and an arrow pointing to the inside. Inside says "Little bit spicy." I swear. Can't make this stuff up.

March 13
the girls are drawing mazes with sidewalk chalk. Clio's "leads to the sun" and Eleri "wanted hers to lead to an alien." Just one more way these girls are so, so different.