Favoritism or ????

As I dumped this batch of pictures from my camera to my PC and clicked through them, my guilty conscience once again reminded me that Lexi needs a bit more "mommy time". She is constantly trying to fight for my attention and figure out how to share my time with Lillian. Quite frankly, I do feel guilty that we don't get more chances to do Lexi things together. She loves to play Candyland (hmmmm...where did that come from?), she loves to "perle" (place little beads on plastic shaped templates that you then iron to connect them together), she loves jigsaw puzzles, she loves to have someone color with her, she loves to work on her alphabet in some of her workbooks, etc. But...first child syndrome...she wants someone to do all of those things with her (still not sounding familiar?). Anyway, many of her "Lexi activities" are hard to do with Lillian around. Lillian either tries to get right in the middle of them or she gets mad and frustrated that she isn't allowed to play with the same. The result? We spend a lot of time playing things Lillian can play and don't spend enough time on Lexi's big girl stuff. This makes me sad and a teensy bit guilty. Anyhoo...back to the pictures. As I dumped this load of pics from my camera, they were primarily Lillian. Kick in the guilty conscience. Hmmm... this could be a result of being at home all day with Lillian while Lexi goes to barnehage or, it could confirm my suspicions that I am a bit to focused on our nearly one year old. Something to think about...

Here are the latest pics from this last week of random activites. Two princesses...

Lexi taking her first ride in our new fishing boat

Lillian and I in the fishing boat

Lillian at badeland (the indoor water park) in Lyngdal. She spends lots of time standing solo...
We visited Linn, Luna and Samuel one evening this week. Samuel is nearly 4 months old and will be Christened this Sunday.
Lillian didn't seem too happy to have her pic taken. It was nearing bedtime and she was getting tired.
Thanks Grammy and Pops! Lexi loves her new dance leotard and we had a little purple sweater to pair with it since it is cold in the dance studio! The toulle skirt twirls...that is the coolest ever!
Big sister ALWAYS tries to lend a helping hand... Little sister doesn't necessarily always want it :)
Posing for the camera in her new favorite chair
Eating her first ever hot dog at the combined 1 year birthday party for all of the babies in my barsel group. This is the group of local Norwegian moms that had babies in Oct/Nov 2010 and all live within a 5-7 minute drive from my house. She loved the hot dog...devoured it!

We started the pumkin festivites a bit early

I'm sad...the local farmer that had a small pumpkin patch seems to have not harvested this year. I drove by and she didn't have a single pumpkin on display. So, I bought a couple at the local store and we took a few pics.

Love this pic...