Halloween

Grana made cookie outfits for the girls. Edna also made a cookie monster onesie for one of the girls. So Macy was the cookie and Camy was the baby monster (Edna also went as a cookie).

What I like about this next picture is that its the cookie that is about to take a bite out of the cookie monster. Poor cookie monster doesn't even see it coming. When do kids cease to be fascinated with putting their fingers in others' mouths?

Yes, that is blue hair. Macy sure got a kick out of it - both seeing Camy with blue hair, and getting her own doo.

Quick learners becoming more vocal

The girls are picking up new tricks and understanding surprisingly quickly. They are also beginning to understand that somethings don't work out as planned, and they don't like that. Think about that: they are forming future expectations of their actions as a benchmark against which to be disappointed when they don't pan out. Who taught them this? How would you teach it, if it had to be taught?

Case in point. We have a glass-top table. Camy used to stand under it and try to finger all the different objects she saw from her vantage point - content to simply look and see the different objects. Now she understands that all those objects are on top of the glass. She has also learned that Halloween candy is exceedingly desirable. Combine this with her new-found willingness to express any fret with crying, and that leads you to the pictures below.

So close, but just out of reach - even though in plain sight. We have all been there at different points in life on different magnitudes of disappointment. Welcome to the club, kid.

Climbing makes sharing more difficult

The girls' mobility has introduced new situations, like the one below:

Turning 1

We did a few things around the girls' birthday on Tuesday. Edna made cakes for Macy and Camy. Camy licked the frosting. Macy played patty cake.

We received some chairs.

We also started putting together the nursery - a long time coming! Here is a video of Macy enjoying the new flooring. The difference between running and walking these days is not in speed, but in how loud she breathes...

We also played in the boxes that the chairs came in.

Simple pleasures

I never realized how fun it was to climb into a bucket, until I saw Camy's smile upon doing so.