say what?

aunt susu is here. and she is always ready with an M&M, gummy bear, mint, tic tac, etc. this morning ellory started asking her for some, "squiggles." townsend came over and very smartly said, "ellory, they aren't called squiggles! they're called squiggles!"
about 7 seconds later he quietly said, "i mean skittles."

snow day

sometimes i just get tired. it's quiet time and although townsend is pretty good at staying in his room and playing by himself, marin makes it a battle every.single.day. there is never, i repeat, never, a day that she just goes in her room and plays by herself. i try to be consistent and just keep putting her back in without emotion. but like i said, sometimes i just get tired. and when i do, i usually regret it. like this particular day. marin had come out and ran to her brother's room and slammed the door-like i wouldn't figure out that she was in there. and i just gave up and let her stay in there. they weren't being too loud or anything so i let it go. should have known. townsend and marin had started breaking apart one of townsend's creations from preschool. a big styrofoam square glued onto a board along with a bunch of other stuff. and as you can see, it looked like we were having a blizzard in the house. for some reason, i didn't get mad. just got the camera to document. :)
and where was ellory during all of this? sweetly sleeping in the back room. like she always does. every day. so grateful for at least one child who loves sleep.