I feel wonderful!

Last week we were looking forward to Isobel starting to laugh.  She's threatened it several times now, but consistent laughing is still not a thing.  This week, tough, she did start to successfully roll from front to back and back to front, so she gave us something.  She continues to be just a sweet kid.  She likes to sleep and only complains when we haven't noticed one of her Maslow needs is in deficit.  Sometimes all she wants is a hug and then it's back to playing.

Grace continues to march through being three by being three.  Lots of cheerful defiance and boundary pushing.  In between those more contentious times, she's really great to be around and a lot of fun.  Her drawings continue to astound us and her imaginative play can be difficult to keep up with sometimes, but we think we're doing her justice.  She starts pre-school in a couple weeks, and that will be interesting.

Some fun quotes this week:

After Isobel gave her a hug good night, in a purely informative voice:

"Um... she licked me."

Betsey after a pretty good day:

"I did stuff today, I did stuff today, I feel pretty okay."

Grace, without skipping a beat:

"I did nothing today, I did nothing today, I feel wonderful!"

No more apartment

Two weeks ago was the last week to move out of our apartment. I was basically a parent in absentia.  It didn't lend itself to having much to say.

This week it has been nice to see my girls again.  

Grace has had a bit of a tough one.  Maybe it's the new house, maybe it's the new sister, maybe we haven't a clue, but she had several really tough nights where she was up all night tantruming to two in the morning. If there are any great quotes, I'm not thinking of them. I'll blame it on the sleep deprivation. Even with this recent rash of late night screaming fits, Grace has been improving in using her feelings vocabulary and finding calmer ways to deal with the situations she finds frustrating.

Isobel has been her usual pleasant self. We've had one or two almost laughs.  That's definitely the milestone we're most excited about right now.