The Daily 'Do

Charlotte hates getting her hair done. She's not a super girly girl and she says she can't pretend to be Harry Potter when her hair is up. But I do it anyway. I probably should follow her wishes because it is her own body but at the same time, she just looks so sweet with it styled and it's something I enjoy doing. I made a pact with her. On days where we're leaving the house, she can choose her clothes and I choose her hair style or vice versa. She tried to add a clause that no dresses could be worn but I shot that down.

She's been such a smarty pants lately. In a cold section of the store, she told me she was "the opposite of sweltering." And yesterday, while planting flower seeds, she understood that the directions "tamp them down" meant she could walk all over them.

Lucy's been talking all the time lately. She's stringing her words together to make sentences. She brings a play cup and plate to us and ask us, "Want juice? It good? Yeah? Want cookie? It good? Uh-huh." She's also diligently working on her disobedience skills. She just loves to tell me NO in her grumpiest voice with her sourest face. She can be quite the handful. She's also so full of joy and excitement, especially when someone mentions going for a walk or seeing the babies next door.







Eli's been very excited about learning new songs on his flute. He's in band and their two new songs are the song from The Pink Panther and Eye of the Tiger. He really enjoys playing but is having a hard time deciding if he'd like to continue learning to play this instrument or move on to guitar or keyboard.