Sorry for the long break with no posts on BobbleHeadBaby.com.  Peter was gone on a work trip from Tuesday to Friday last week and Lydia suddenly decided to forgo all daytime naps on Monday and Tuesday (not sure what was bugging her), so between being a single parent for most of last week and not having any time to myself during the day this week, I’ve been a little, well… busy.

I did intend to do a post about what I learned during my ‘just me and my girls’ week, but single parenting didn’t leave much time or energy for blogging.  Maybe now that Peter is back (and Lydia has hopefully returned to her normal nap schedule) I’ll get around to it, but other posts seem more worthy of my time at the moment, so on to the subject of the day: Alethea.

She has been doing and saying so many cute things lately that I just had to write them down, otherwise I know I’ll forget them.  Here’s a few that made me laugh…

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Conversation between me and Alethea the other day:

Me: I smell something funny.

A: No

Me: Yeah, I do smell something, it smells like a poopy diaper.

A: (Thinks for a minute, then…) Ee-ya poopy diaper!

Me: So Lydia is the one with the poopy diaper, huh?

A: Okay!

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On Sunday when I got Alethea out of bed I told her we needed to get ready for church.  She was exceptionally cooperative as I got her dressed and served her breakfast.  Then I went to feed Lydia.  Alethea didn’t think that was so great.  She pulled on the handle of the door to the garage and said, “Church!”

I patiently explained that Lydia got to have a turn getting dressed and having breakfast too.  Alethea accepted this rather reluctantly and as soon as Lydia had finished eating, she again said, “Church!”

“You are ready and now Lydia is ready, but Mommy has to get ready too,” I told her. “Why don’t you come upstairs with me and help me get ready?”

As we walked into my bedroom Alethea exclaimed, “Quick, quick!”

I brushed my teeth.  Alethea came in to check on me and then left again.  I put on make-up.  Another check from Alethea.  Then I went into my closet and started changing.  Alethea came in and said, “Church!”

I said, “I’m getting ready.  See, I have my pants on!”

Alethea started digging frantically in a pile of laundry on the floor and said, “Shirt! Shirt!”

We made it to church 15 minutes early.  It just might be a record for me.

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This last one isn’t exactly funny, but it really touched me, so I’ll share anyway.  The other night Alethea was upset at having to go to bed, so I asked her if she wanted me to sing her a song.  She said, “Yeah.”  Then I asked her which song she wanted me to sing, expecting her to say The ABC song or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  Instead her reply was, “Amazing Grace.”

I was surprised because although I do sing it to her, I didn’t realize she knew the name, or that she even really liked it that well.  After fighting so many bedtime battles lately, it was a heartwarming to hear my child ask for a hymn as her bedtime song.  Yeah, it made me cry…

Maybe we’ll survive the terrible twos after all.