Too bad I don't have any pictures of here walking yet, but I will. I know that I have been slacking lately and I am sorry. I have had all sorts of Adventures bouncing around in my head, but I was always too tired at the end of the day to write them down. There is so much that has been happening around here. I hope that I can remember even some of it. All of us girls are currently sub-par with sniffles and sore throats. Big bummer. As a consequence my brain is not working very well (at all). But, the Adventures have been neglected for too long, so I shall do my sub-par best. :o)
Isabela and Maya's Adventures.
Well, almost three weeks ago (11/17) Maya took her first steps. She of course chose to do this when I wasn't there. Isabela did the same thing to me. You take care of them pretty much 24/7 and who do they walk first for? Daddy. Figures. Oh well. She has been taking steps ever since. She can do about seven now before she loses her balance, but we think that she is capable of a lot more. She is very proud of herself, and her sister is proud of her too. Isabela chimes in with loud comments: "Look at Maya! Look at her stand! She is getting really good at standing! Look at her walk! Look at Maya, Mommy! Look at her! What a big girl! Isn't she getting good at walking?" Etc. It is pretty entertaining for all involved.
Isabela has been crabby. Really crabby. Or at least she was all through Thanksgiving. Everything was a tragedy and she was sassy too. I was about too pull my hair out. Then, miraculously, she was her happy self again. I don't know if she was going though a growth spurt, identity crisis or what, but I am SO glad that it seems to be over. She was having total meltdowns over nothing. Not my sunshine girl at all. The moon? The changing of the seasons? Who knows, but she has regained balance again, thankfully right after we got home. I was about to give her away (not really), but she was testing my patience to the limit.
Isabela is FOUR! I can hardly believe it, and yet, she acts so grown up at times and has such a good vocabulary that I forget how little she is sometimes. After her Terrible Transistion to four she has been helping me around the house a lot. She helped me make cookies yesterday and today and has been so good! She has been picking up her toys without any complaint and playing well with both Maya and Oberon (for the most part). Some of this may have to do with Santa Claus. She has been listening to a lot of Christmas music and whenever she hears a song about Santa coming down the chimmney she goes over to the fireplace in the dining room and peers over the screen. Then she asks when he is coming or if he is watching her. She has gotten a little paranoid about that. She is excited about leaving him out some cookies and wanted to know where he lives "on the Earth". I balled up a washcloth and showed her in relation to where we live (we were having a snack). She wanted to know if it snowed there.
She is pretty excited about the snow that we are getting. She went outside for an hour this week and just played by herself. We have been reading about otters so she wanted to make otter slides. She made all kinds of tracks out there. It was really cute. She is also excited about Christmas and decorated almost the whole tree by herself. I think that Jake and I hung up about 10 ornaments between the two of us. She has also added a bunch of rather unconventional ornaments like string from old sweatshirts and twist-tie rings, but the whole effect is very festive and makes me smile.
Maya finds the tree fascinating too. She would like to examine all of the ornaments from very close up. Thank goodness we spend most of our time in the kitchen and family room; if we were in the living room with the tree, she would have gotten her wish by pulling it down on top of herself. She is a big fan of the Christmas cookies too. She is a good eater anyway and willing to try anything. But the bits of cookie I have given her have provoked loud noises of enjoyment.
Maya is "talking" a lot. She examines things so seriously and then tells me all about it. Yesterday I was putting some things away in the pantry and she started pointing to all of the cannned and dried goods in turn and jabbering away. I don't know if she was expressing disapproval or what, but she was certainly serious about it.
Well all. If I am going to beat this sore throat/sniffles thing I had better get some rest. Good night!
Laura and the Fabulous Four Year Old and Wonderful Walker
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