Eric has been traveling a lot lately, so I have been holding down the fort which means I am constantly juggling Amelia's needs & Madeline's needs. For the most part, I do a pretty good job of it, but with Amelia's recent reflux issues, I have had to give Amelia a lot of extra TLC. Unfortunately, that leaves Madeline to play on her own more frequently, fend for herself a tiny bit, and not to mention, this Mama's nerves are more frazzled than normal. It makes me feel terrible that I am snappier with Madeline or not giving her the attention I feel like she needs. I like to be able to split my time as equally as possible.
So having said all that, I decided last Monday to have a special evening with my sweet girl. Madeline took her bath right after dinner, got into her jammas, and came back downstairs for popcorn and movie with Mommy! I had a Blues Clues hour long episode on the DVR, and since Madeline has never watched a full movie before, this seemed like a movie to her. Not to mention, I didn't want her up until 10 PM on a random Monday night. Madeline thought she was something else, and I was glad to be able to spend some one-on-one time with her. She really loved her popcorn snack in the red bowl she picked out from the Tupperware cabinet!
Eating the popcorn while waiting for more to pop in the microwave ~ she ate her weight in popcorn that night!
Eyes glued to the screen and intense popcorn eating!
A self portrait post popcorn & movie before we went upstairs to read bedtime stories (please excuse how awful I look)! It was a really fun night, and I look forward to carving out little snippets of special time with each of my girls.
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