All About Gracie

Gracie has a great imagination.  A few weeks ago she had just woke up from a nap and was very groggy, sitting on my lap on the couch.  Suddenly she sits up and says, "I have a mouse in my backpack.  Want to see it?"  She reaches back to her invisible backpack, fiddles with the invisible zipper, and pulls out a mouse!  There ended up being about 10 mice in there and she played with them for quite awhile.  =)

I hear her repeating things I have said, down to the tone of voice, all the time.  If she gets a timeout, within about 10 minutes one of her stuffed animals is getting a timeout for the same offence.  

She spends a great deal of time making funny faces, being goofy, and doing off-the-wall things to make you laugh.  And it works!

She has great conversations with her babies and stuffed animals.  I love to overhear them and hear her say things like, "I have a blue shirt on, says the dog."  "Don't push me, says the monkey."

She has a handful of special stuffed animals and will be attached to a certain one for a few days, then a different one for a few days, etc.  She only likes to sleep with an animal who has 'jammies' on.  I'll say, "Are you going to sleep with Abby tonight?"  "No, she doesn't have her jammies on."  

She likes to line things up:

She likes to boss Ava.  The other day Ava kept asking me something and I kept responding with, "Not yet, Ava."  I guess Gracie got tired of hearing her asking and the next time she asked, Gracie answered with, "NOT YET, AVA!"  Sometimes Ava gets very offended/hurt by the way Gracie talks to her but this time Ava patiently said, "Gracie...you are NOT my mommy's mother.  You are Gracie."  HA!!

They are quite a pair and I love them beyond words.  So thankful God blessed me with twins.  Can't imagine life any other way!