it's a little too quiet

The girls are so good to play with each other. This afternoon I was making chocolate chips cookies and I noticed that they were being a little too quiet. Usually that means they are into something. They love to unplug electrical cords, get into the pantry, and explore the bathroom wastebasket. But today I found them playing together in their room. Emma and Ava both love to crawl under stuff. They can usually be found under the end tables, under the dining table, or in this case, under Ava's crib. Emma is just relaxing under Ava's crib.
Emma and I had a little fight today, ok, we had more than one. She has been throwing little tantrums lately. I would just like to start this little story by saying that it is always my goal to make it to church on time. Well, Jeremy took yesterday off so I had extra help this morning getting the girls ready for church. All was going smoothly until about 8:30 am as I am trying to pull Emma's bangs out of her face. It started off with Emma wanting to hold the little hair elastics that I use. I usually put it in my mouth while I use both hands to comb and pull up their hair. So Emma has a little hair band in her front teeth and she continues to play. As I am combing her hair Jeremy is singing "Old McDonald" to try and distract her. The second I am ready to put the hair band in Emma's fit begins. She is arching her back, crying, twisting away from me, and attempting to move my hands with her hands. So, after 5 or 6 tries I gave up. It's now 8:45am and I have still got to finish getting ready for church. I am desperate and for my last attempt at pulling Emma's hair up I put her in her high chair. She of course doesn't want to cooperate and is throwing a little fit. But it keeps her still enough that I actually get her hair done. Whew! I usually have patience put today I had worn mine out and we hadn't even made it to church.

But we had a good day at church. The girls were very tired after a busy day of playing with all their friends in nursery. So I guess Emma and I have made up. I need to pray for more patience.

Ava is very easy going. She has been working on pulling herself up to things. Sometimes she uses her teeth to pull herself up and today she bit me twice trying to stand up next to me. She is really good at the actions to "5 little monkeys." She is especially good at the actions for "bumped her head" or as we sing it, "bonked her head." She is always trying new words she can say "Emma" and for her own name she says "Aba." It's pretty darn cute.
This clip is typical of them. If they aren't in this corner of the room they are in the other corner pressing the test button for the carbon monoxide alarm. It beeps loudly and scares them enough that they give me the "help me mom" look when I come looking for the source of the noise. Emma is in the red and Ava is wearing green.