The Winner!

Whenever we leave our house, Sophia calls out, "First one to the door wins! I win! Haha!" 
Sophia always wins because she's the only one playing. Well, Thalia tries to race her to the door, but she doesn't stand a chance. 

Nevertheless, I love how Thalia shouts "I win!" and sincerely celebrates her victory no matter where she is behind Sophia. It drives Sophia nuts.

Thalia now celebrates winning everywhere she goes: Walking into the kitchen when I'm getting her a cup of milk, or to the bathroom to brush her teeth, or getting her into bed for a nap...."I win!" 

I didn't know we were racing, but okay, kid, you win, and if you win, I win...Yay! I love this game!

Mega Negativity

Thalia has increased her vocabulary significantly. Unfortunately, too much of what she says is in defiance of everyone around her:

No, don't do dat!
I don't like dat!
Stop dat!
NO!

I'm afraid that she is merely parroting our own negativity since she gets herself into a lot of mischief. Nonetheless, I invented a car game to see who can get her to say something, anything, positive first.

Me: I love you, Thalia!
Thalia: No! Don't do dat!
Laura: Hello, Thalia!
Thalia: No! I don't like dat!
Sophia: Do you want a hug, Thalia?
Thalia: Stop dat! NO!
Me: I love you, Thalia!
Thalia: I wuv you.

Daddy wins! Haha! Well, we'll all win if we can get a positivity streak going...

Block Love

Last night I put the girls to work picking up toys and books off of the living room floor:

Me: How does the house get cluttered so fast around here! We just cleaned up, yesterday!
Sophia: I don't know.
Thalia: I don't know...

This morning I caught Thalia removing blocks from a toy box and giving each individual block a ceremonial "I wuv you" followed by a tender kiss and then a wild toss onto our once uncluttered living room floor...