did i tell you about saturday night?

After surviving the mental beating of Saturday afternoon, Jack and I went to dinner and got home just in time to play with the little girls. All three of them! Their parents were headed out for the evening, so they came over for several hours. It was the best.

Breanne and Audrey have some sharing issues since Breanne regularly reminds Audrey that everything is "MINE". (Her words--not mine.)

And not to be outdone, Audrey is very good with her never-give-up attitude. Whenever Breanne hollers, "MINE", Audrey continues to walk towards her, hands outstretched, expecting Breanne to drop whatever is MINE into her grasp, as if that happens all of the time. (Or never.)

On Saturday, Janey came for her first stay in the gardens. (Can I just say that she is every bit as adorable as the two older girls?) Apparently, Janey was so excited to be in the gardens that she stayed awake the whole time, except for about 10 minutes of nap around 10:00 pm. That was great for me because I haven't been around her nearly enough, between her rsv and my ailment. I got to hold her and change her and feed her and change her and burp her and change her and change her and be completely entertained by her. It was all delightful.

I wondered if all of the time I was spending with Janey would cause the other girls to feel abandoned by their Gramma, but my fears were completely unfounded. The girls spent the majority of the evening chasing each other around at toddler high speed, trying to catch up with the cats, and playing with a variety of toys--sometimes even allowing the other to touch a treasured toy.

At one point, Breanne brought a puzzle to Audrey and then got a puzzle for herself. They were sitting right next to each other--so close in fact, that when Breanne wasn't looking, Audrey reached over and quickly grabbed a piece of Breanne's puzzle and threw it towards the wall behind her. Over and over. Breanne was obviously confused about what had happened to half of her puzzle pieces, but once she started putting her puzzle together, Audrey was delighted to be able to produce them so that Breanne could finish the puzzle. It turned into some kind of team project. I almost expected them to high-five.

That little-girls-playing-together-thing was so right.