Fearless

Today Charlotte's teacher wrote, "While exploring at bike rally I was very impressed to see Charlotte riding two scooters at once. She did not even fall. To pick up speed she would put one leg in the middle and push off! This is truly a skill I would never imagine a two year old doing!" (Translate: your daughter is crazy).





Claire's disregard of historical accuracy and lack of cultural sensitivity demonstrated fearlessness about blackmail, or a decision to never seek elected office (or to do so as a neo-Tea Party candidate).




And some more random pics of Charlotte:

All Hallows' Eve

Claire is speaking in sentences when pressed, but her favorite phrase is currently "What doin'?" Rides in the car often feature conversations like "What doin', Daddy?" "What doin', Claire?" "What doin', Charlotte?"... She also likes "Good LUCK!", but she often says it with a key in hand, so she might be saying "Good Lock".

All three kids enjoyed trick-or-treating and handing out candy to other children. Claire was a bit frightened of some of the decorations, but Louise, with next door neighbour Alex, raced from house to house. After a few houses, Charlotte got into the spirit of begging too.

All better

Louise seems to be fully recovered now. She is making up for lost protein with a vengeance - this morning she snacked on deli meat in the car on the way to day care.

Charlotte is making progress on potty training. She is going diaperless at daycare these days.

Princess Claire may show an interest in potty training eventually, or she may continue to think her sisters are suckers for doing themselves what others might do for them. Some pictures of the princess from today:

Middle earth

When we were two blocks away from Mummy's drop-off point this morning, Charlotte declared: "Mummy go hobbital. Bye-bye." A block later, she pointed out helpfully "green light, Daddy. Go!"

So far this week, Charlotte & Claire have been in separate classrooms. The change seems to suit both of them, and Charlotte is apparently quite happy to leave Mummy and go to day care...

Too cool

Louise continues to be on an extremely restricted diet, after pancakes proved too fat-and-protein-heavy for her stomach on Saturday. She acts like a child who is chronically tired and hungry, because she is, in fact, chronically tired and hungry. However, she still knows her own worth. On Saturday, she acknowledged that Claire wanted to spend naptime with big sister. "I'm trying to be less cool," she told us, explaining her solution to the problem.

Some pics of Charlotte from today: