Age Old Question: Straight or Curly?

Fortunately for Leah she can have both.

Spa Treatment

We were home for the day and Leah wanted to play spa.

I got over my issues about her wanting to look like a big girl and painted her nails.

Who needs a bed or even to lay down?

Leah will generally sleep wherever. It doesn't need to be comfortable. If she is already asleep and it is after 6 in the evening? You don't move her once she is down and you definitely do not undress her or else she wakes up quite cranky and will not sleep a wink until well past midnight. Instead we let her sleep however she is until she wakes up on her own.

Nature abhors a vacuum. And so do I...but not Leah

People used to ask my parents often why they chose to have more than two kids. My dad used to joke that there are more than two chores that need to be completed on a daily basis, so there is a need for more than two children. Hahahaha so funny. O_O

I see his point now.

Leah loves to vacuum. She is pretty good at it too. At first she was just playing around but now she is serious about it. It is a great help to be able to knock a chore off the weekly list with her help.

I know she won't always be this enthusiastic about helping with the chores. She is/will learn that it is part of being a member in the family, that all members help around the house. That the mother is not a short order cook, maid, housekeeper etc.
I am happy to say that I learned a thing or two from my parents, much to my own protest. Chores were always part of our daily routine and I always complained about them. That didn't stop me from completing them and it certainly didn't stop my parents from expecting them to be done. We did not get allowance growing up because we completed our chores. Chores were part of responsibilities of being a family member.

Hopefully Leah understands the latter as a child better than I ever did.