Me & My Buddy

Whew...it's been a long time.

Life is chugging along at Casa de Rancourt. Harper's school just started the second semester and she LOVES it. Not once has she not wanted to go. She barely needs me to stick around anymore.

And she's turning 4 in a few short weeks. It's hard to believe that 4 years ago I looked like this. With a little being in my belly and no idea if it was a boy or a girl. Then our lives changed forever and here we are. Unbelievable.

Harper's school days allow me to spend some extra special mommy-time with Paisley. Without siblings myself I don't have a lot of experience in handling the daily balance of giving 2 children the attention they need. So thankfully while Harper is enjoying her mornings at school Paisley and I are off adventuring. The photo here was taken in Woodstock. We regularly attend story time at the library, walk around the local shops and recently we signed up for Paisley's first music together class.

Paisley is her own little determined person. Girlfriend will carry a chair from the kiddie table over to where I'm cooking dinner 100 times if I keep moving her back out of the way. I put the chairs up long before we get to 100 but I'm certain there would be no stopping her. This attitude is going to serve her well in life...as long as she and I can survive it at 1.

The girls are becoming such close pals. Harper's favorite game is "I'm the mom (her ALWAYS), you're the (Dad, Neighbor, Big Sister, Grandma - I'm the neighbor ALWAYS), Paisley's the baby." Every now and then she and Paisley are sisters but she's the big kid sister. Sometimes when she's the mom I say her name 50 times and tell her Paisley has a stinky diaper and she needs to change it. I'm not sure if it makes her appreciate me more but this lady loves to be a mom. We have playdates with our friends and if they have a baby in the family that is all Harper wants to do. Lucky for her we have baby Wes & Porter and we see them at least once a week. She even gets to give Wes his bottle sometimes. Lucky girl. Paisley is showing a love for babies too. She wants to kiss them a few times to many and she happy pats them with that slightly too hard movement of a 1 year old. Soon enough P...you'll be able to cuddle those babies right up just like sister. Until then...enjoy being the baby.