First Pigtails

Alathea says, "I'm struggling to compete with my cousin Nina's rate of hair growth, but you can see from these photos that I am trying to have enough for a feminine hairstyle..."

 

Worth 1,000 Words

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Here's a video of Alathea saying, "I love you, too." Now Daddy tries to elicit this response as often as possible.

Very Sensible

The one cloud marring the VERY bright sunshine of attending "big school" was dispelled today! Sophia's teacher writes the names of children in her class who are being "sensible" that day under a smiley face on the board. This status alluded Sophia for the first week and a half, and she often came home sad about it. But today when I picked her up, I quickly learned that she had made the list, when she pulled her cardigan aside to show me her sticker (another reward for being sensible). In fact Sophia even got a check by her name today, indicating that she was being "very sensible." Way to go!

Melts My Heart

I've had a couple such experiences in recent days:

1) I'd put the girls to bed Wednesday night and was just leaving the room, saying, "I love you," to which Alathea replied in her little baby voice, "I love you, too, Mommy." She could've asked me for just about anything at that point and gotten it!

2) In the middle of the night Alathea was crying and couldn't stop coughing. As I was trying to settle her, Sophia said groggily from her bed, "It's okay, Lay" and then started singing Rock-A-Bye Baby to her--yes, this is how I was hoping these sisters would relate! (But at the risk of presenting an overly rosy picture of their relationship, there's also plenty of toy-snatching and whining at each other, too!)