Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Fun at Great Play and a Bottle Free Day!

Mommy tried to keep it exciting yesterday and started the day by taking a long walk on the OCA to Irvington. After their nap and lunch, the Gornstein girls hit the supermarket and after their afternoon nap and a new food, rice pudding, visited Trader Joe's. The ladies seemed to like the rice pudding, but didn't eat too much of it. Emma couldn't get enough of Brown Bear Brown Bear and made Mommy read it again and again. As the ladies were eating dinner, Daddy came home early so Mommy could head out.

This morning, Mommy woke up early to get ready for the day and as part of her routine, went outside to get the paper. When Mommy opened the door, she saw the coolest thing- about 5 deer running down the middle of the street with a bus slowly following them. Clara and Emma had a new food this morning, almond butter. Yummy! Clara and Emma enjoyed Great Play this morning. The doctor said that it was okay to take them out and for them to be around other kids. Mommy was brave and let both Clara and Emma go down the slide themselves- they loved it and wanted to do it over and over and over again. Emma loved the activity where she could bang the pots and pans. Both ladies loved riding the little catepillars and then going down the "hill." Tonight, Mommy decided to try something different. Mommy gave Clara and Emma bigger straw cups without handles with their milk right after dinner. Mommy changed them downstairs and let them play and drink their milk. Even Emma drank some! Then, Mommy read some books- today's favorites included "That's Not My Dolly," and "Brown Bear," and took Clara and Emma up for bed. And, they went right to sleep. So goes the first night without a bottle.