Isla
She is doing so well in preschool! Making friends, having fun and getting great reports from Mrs. Mitchell. She follows directions well and is generally happy, fun and easy going. She is the best big sister ever. Seriously. Emi pinches her all the time and she never ever lays a finger on Emi. She hugs her, they snuggle and tell each other "I love you" on their own. Today Isla was telling Emi how much fun she is to play with and how glad she is that she's her sister. I mean what 3 year old does that? Its pretty sweet to watch their love grow for each other. Isla also has a great imagination and we have a blast acting out all her little ideas. The other day Isla was pretending that Emi was a "hydrating snake" while Emi was running around growling chasing Isla. We also tried Ballet this last month and it turns out Isla didn't think it was all that it was cracked up to be. But thats fine with us, ballet is pretty pricey, and I'm glad she had a chance to check it out. Isla continues to be extremely verbal and remembers most words after hearing them once. She doesn't always get the meaning right though; last week she got stuck up high at the playground and she started panicking and yelling "I'm selfish, I'm selfish." It was pretty funny and I explained to her what it really meant :) We love you so much Isla and I'm thankful for every day that I get to spend with you!
Emi
Emaline has entered into that super duper cute, sweet everything-I-do-is-adorable age. I love this toddler stage! They can figure out SO many things and with my super verbal kids, she can talk enough to communicate with me about most things. She can count to 6 on her own and almost has the alphabet song down. She is also testing her limits and likes to pinch, for basically any reason, so we're working on that and trying to teach her how to be gentle with others. She remembers her friends names and can figure out which items belong to who. If there is a jacket on the back of a chair she will say "Isla" if its isla's. She can feed herself messily and can tell me if she's hungry, thirsty, or just needs a little snack. We also started time outs recently and I have to say that it's pretty adorable to see her standing with her little nose shoved into the corner. Emi is so much fun and we're so blessed by her goofiness! She is precious and we couldn't be happier to have two sweet little girls to share our love with.
