Quotable Quotes from C, Dessert Edition…
“Cake is cake.”
“Whenever you say banana pudding, it’s going to make me dream of banana pudding and how good it is.”

Speaking of Mental Processes…
Apparently, sometimes unpleasant stuff comes into C’s head unbidden. Usually it’s the stepmother in Cinderella. She’s working on how to train her brain to think of something else. We know when she’s working on this because she’ll be sitting there quietly and suddenly say “Stop! Stop!”

She is also big on pictures and signage around the house. The kid bedrooms are adorned with each kid’s name, which she wrote herself, cut out and taped onto each door. Our basement door is also covered with color-with-water pictures that she and M did.

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M is really, really, really, really two.

Tonight she wanted to go to the swimming pool. She would not be deterred from this desire. The whining and shrieking made for a very surly dinner all around.

Then later, R was with SBJ in the basement, bouncing with him on the birth ball (large pilates ball). M saw what he was doing and came upstairs for her large bouncy ball which she carried downstairs to bounce along with him.

This is pretty much toddlerhood, isn’t it? Totally and completely infuriating one moment, charming beyond belief the next.

Mundane stats added after her two-year ped visit today:
she is:
…32.8 pounds (90-95%ile)
…36 inches (95%ile)
…surprisingly shy at this appointment
…within the range of normal for her speech (remember I was a teensy bit concerned about her hearing)

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What can I say about SBJ. He’s 8 weeks. It’s a sweet age. The baby acne is almost gone, he’s sleeping well at night, and is even putting up with errands. And the smiles, the smiles…