princess... and glass slippers.

as previously mentioned, nora loves wearing my shoes. and she's darn good at it. she can walk better than me!! the other night, did i mention this?, she wore them to bed. but, today, when going to the doctor, i put my foot down. she could wear her pink princess dress, but not my glass slippers! she actually did just fine with that. and told everyone she was ariel!

meanwhile, james can now cruise the couch. and, he turned to me, let go of the table he was holding on to, and stood for the briefest of seconds. then, fell...

my big kids!!

also... today, i didn't feel very good. i think jamey shared his cold. i put the kids in bed and fought nora to go to sleep. finally, i was so frustrated, and tried to convey that to her. then, i realized we should pray. we did (thanks cnb...), and it really helped. we prayed mommy would know how to help nora obey, and that nora would make the good choices and obey. and, i put the lock on her door. (which only brought kicking and crying). wait, lock before praying. i was trying to sleep, and keep james asleep. so, we prayed and i got to fall asleep. then, some guy rang the doorbell. no car in driveway, front window blinds all closed. and he rang the doorbell. well, sadie thought we were being attacked! jamey started crying. i could hear nora. i wasn't a fan. finally, everyone fell asleep. i woke up to hear nora singing, "obey mommy. she's frustrated. if i obey, she's not so frustrated". and, she just told daddy the same thing. "mommy was frustrated and i obeyed and we prayed that she wouldn't be so frustrated and she wasn't".