This week was a typical week with work, daycare, and trying to fit in as much fun family time as possible - got a few fun pics during the week, then today we went to Sasha's 6th birthday party at a bounce house place. The girls ran around like crazy and had a blast.
Overall update:
SOFIA - is definite Miss Social, loves other kids especially big kids because she feels so grown up playing with them. But she also loves her little sister and yes bosses her around a bit but it's getting to the point where they can play together which is really great. They definitely push each others buttons (and literally push each other at times). Sofia is a girly girl and insists on wearing a dress every day which during the summer was OK with a little pair of shorts under it, but it's getting cold so we're having the pants/tights fight every day. She's not really a morning person. The biggest battle is bedtime, she says she is afraid of being alone at night so most nights it takes us an hour (or two) to put her down. It doesn't help that she naps at daycare, so she isn't very tired, and on the weekends she doesn't so she'll go down faster.
It's funny to watch her listen to Gabby and to her dolls, the way she orders them around makes me think she is copying me which is not the most flattering thing ever :) but it's a good "mirror" to watch myself a little more.
She is a little fish. She graduated earlier in the week from her second level swim class, and she starts her new class next week where the average age is 5 1/2 and she's only 3 1/2. She can pretty much swim from one end of the pool to the other.
Sofia's favorites are still Disney Princesses, Strawberry Shortcake, Dora, plus she loves other Disney movies like Peter Pan, and she recently has started really liking Wizard of Oz and wants to be Dorothy for Halloween.
She is starting to help with basic household chores like putting laundry in the washing machine, clearing the table of dishes, and cleaning of her room/the playroom.
GABBY - starting to talk so much. It's super cute. She insists on picking out her own clothes in the morning which Sofia never did at this age. We are starting to talk about potty training, she tells me when she goes "poo poo" in her diaper which is a start. We'd like to get her potty trained earlier than Sofia - we waited with Sofia because Gabby was born right around the time we would have started.
Based on her measurements, it seems that Gabby is going to be taller than Sofia. She is about 2 inches taller than Sofia at this age.
She loves to watch shows with Sofia but always tries to convince Sofia to pick Super Why ("WHY!!") She just loves to eat more than anything else, she wakes up saying "nack" for "Snack".
She also loves to brush her teeth, both girls do, which is great!
Gabby is going to be a bumblebee for Halloween. She doesn't get what's going on but I'm sure she will be stoked to get some candy.
