I have started to feed Sophia my green smoothie - it makes her poop a ton so I am starting only 3 times a week (and barely a third of a cup if that). So she, Imee, and Bucky have it. But not Matt and Charlotte. I tried to bribe Charlotte with these Chinese New Year love letter cookies - she can only have one if she tries the green smoothie. We will see how that goes. Man she is so willful these days. Yesterday I was pushing her along as she was dilly dallying on the walk back to the car after our grocery run (and it is grocery runs where I swear to myself I will try not to take her anyway) and she says to me "Stop being bossy to me!" (we say this to her a lot). So I told I get to be bossy because I am the mom. Terrible twos it is. I look forward to three (said with some trepidation).
As Charlotte loves to dance I took her to a trial ballet class. Wow this was a disaster! I forget that ballet is a pretty formalized thing - and Char is no where close to being formalized. I could feel the heat of embarrassment inching up my neck as I was anxiously awaiting the 45 minutes to end. The teacher was a Russian girl who just stopped acknowledging Charlotte and her melancholy uncooperative ways half way through the class (she sat like a brick just observing for most of the class). I really did not care for her anyway (is it self-indulgent that I want all my kid's early teachers to be extraordinarily nice?). She suggests in six months but now I think that Char is really not a ballet kind of girl. I think she would be better suited for jazz or even hip-hop - something where the moves are a bit more exaggerated. She looked miserable in the class but I tried to remain neutral/positive andasked her if she liked it and she said she did and wants to go back! Wow! Two!
Charlotte has an imaginary friend these days - she says it is her brother! i ask her what her brother's name is and she ignores the question - though sometimes she walks out of the room to talk to him on her imaginary phone. She also sometimes calls daddy on her imaginary phone and then passes it to Sophia to talk to too!
Sunday Matt had an office blessing for his new office and we brought the kids. They slept like champs later as the office was sweltering.
Matt is in Macau for the early part of this week.
Post nap smile:
What is this?
The girls stand in daddy's new office:
Sophia chases a bubble:
Charlotte likes to bring Dora to the park:
The girls get ready for bed (pardon the ugly rental curtains):
Park slide fun:
Chasing bubbles:
Char skates (pardon the picture, I was holding Sophia while taking it!):
Char does not point her toes in ballet class!
With her friend Marie - Charlotte makes cupcakes on a rainy day:
Photos of the week:
And the videos - the girls and their friends dance to Gangnam Style in the park:
And Sophia and Marie with their cupcakes (thanks Grandpa Bob and Grandma Shirley for the cupcake mix!)
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