"Your Mom Is The Coolest Mom Ever!"

I was watching my friend's daughter for the evening while they went to watch Avatar. With Little One's BFF over, I was free to sit back while the two of them played happily amongst themselves. My only thought was, "I'm so getting some homework done tonight!"

Well two 2.5 year olds is even more fun than one and I realized that I am just way too involved when it comes to kids (as if there is such a thing!). I sat on my butt for a total of oh, I dunno... 10 minutes? Here's some of the good fun we had:

Tunnelin'


Messin'


Stickerin' (and yes mini-trampolinin' too)


Applesaucin' (Aren't they ADORABLE!? Look at her little outstretched arrms waiting to pass the apples to her friend.)

And then, at the end of the night we all snuggled up on the couch with some stories and fell asleep... until her parents came, woke us all up, and snapped me back into the adult world by bragging about what an awesome movie Avatar was.

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Anonymous said…
Hi! I found your blog through MDC. What are the girls using to make applesauce? I can't tell from the photo... Very cute photos!
May 18, 2010
Holistic Mommy said…
It's a Starfrit apple peeler. It's actually not that great b/c it leaves about half the skin on.

I'm trying to track down one of the big metal ones that were used in the olden days.
July 05, 2010
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