Sweetness

Two of a Kind

When Anna was only a few month old we decided to have another child very close in age, so that she would have a playmate. So that the two could grow up together and have an always friend to play with, day in and day out; two of a kind, or so we hoped. Well, Elise was born one year ago, 14 months after Anna, and it has been a challenging year raising two “babies.” They haven’t been quite old enough to play together.

However, something changed in the last week it seems….. They all of a sudden started doing things together, to our delight. The other day as Anna headed down the sidewalk she called out in her toddler-ese, “E-ise, come on.” And they toddled down the sidewalk together looking for the neighborhood cats; I was amazed.  Even so, they are just beginning to play together but we are excited.

Here are some fun pics of the girls:

In this pic below both girls wanted to put on their dad’s socks.

 

Rock Climber and Grapefruit Girl

One of my favorite things to do in my young adult years was rock climbing. I found challenge in trying to use my muscles and body to scale walls and rocks and cracks. I absolutely loved it and actually still do. Well, I think I must have passed along some of my genes to a certain daughter of mine….and she is not even a year old yet.





I hope taking the photos of these did not reinforce the behavior. I wanted evidence, but then quickly got her down and told to her that we do not climb chairs. Don’t even think about climbing onto my computer desk Elise.

I have always loved citrus, I can eat it and eat it. I know it is one of my weaknesses, sometimes I get carried away and the next thing I know I have eaten 10 oranges. Well, I think I must have passed along some of my genes to a certain daughter of mine…

And yes, she did eat that many grapefruit and wanted more when she was done.