Sharing

Reagan is really good at sharing, but sometimes she really doesn't like to share. She, at times, will be playing with something that Maddy wants. This is nothing too shocking, but it's so cute. Today, she actually just dropped the toy at Maddy's feet and walked away pouting. She sat herself in the chair and just pouted. I'm so proud of her. I know it's hard to learn how to share with a little sister. After all, she was used to being the baby. But she's so good.

Building?

Reagan loves to build things. She and Jim tonight actually built a huge tower with the wooden blocks upstairs. I was shocked when she didn't tear it down. She and Jim went back and forth putting blocks in. Reagan kept trying to add doors and windows. It was cute. I love watching her brain work and figure out how to do things. It's so cool.

Biting

Uh oh. Maddy is doing the normal thing by sticking everything into her mouth. I don't remember Reagan being this way. We might be in trouble.

My girls

It's hard to believe that Reagan is rounding the corner to four and Maddy is almost one. I can't believe that this year has flown by so fast. It's so hard sometimes to think they are just growing up. Now I know why people keep having babies. They are so nice at this age. So easy.

I watch them play and I can't stop looking. I don't want to miss anything that they do. Some days I wish I could just be home with them. It would be such a change in lifestyle and my days. I love the school they get - Reagan is so far ahead. But I miss her every day.

Maddy is growing so fast. I just can't stand it. I love them both so much. I hope they know that. I can't imagine not having them in my life. I love my girls!

2+2 is 4 Mommy

Tonight, I was feed2ing Maddy a bottle when Reagan plopped right next to me on the couch and started to tell me what 2+2 is. "It's four Mommy!"

She was so proud. Then she added, "if you take away one, you only have three". Again, so proud.

So I asked, what happens if you take another away. "Well, Mommy, that's two." Hmmm.

So I went the other direction. "What is 2+2?" I was, of course, thinking she wouldn't know. She just looked at me and said "mommy that's four". (like duh!)

Then she added, "and if you take another one away, you only have one left".

That was that.

Reagan's creativity

Tonight, Jim rewarded Reagan's creativity. She had taken a fruit snack against our direction. Jim had her cornered and she had it hiding behind her back. He said "show me what is in your hand". She did. It was empty. He said "the other hand...". She switched the fruit snack to the other hand and held out the now empty hand. She smiled. No fruit snack daddy.

Then he said "show me both hands". He thought he had her.

Ha! She put the fruit snack behind her butt, pushed her butt up against the door and held it there while pulling her empty hands out. See daddy, "I don't have anything". Of course, all this done with a big smile.

After that, Jim said, "how can I tell her know when she was the creative?"

Good point.

Crawling officially

She started crawling on all fours today. She's done it some here and there, but she crawled all the way across the room without dragging her belly today.