ding dong the nanny is gone....almost!

Carl talked to the nanny today, and I'm thrilled to report that she too is ready to move on! She may be with us for another couple weeks, she may not. She thinks she might already have another job lined up! The girls started going to Brooke's a few weeks ago on Fridays and seem to be doing really well there. There are other kids to play with, which has started to make a difference in their speech (I am shocked how only a few visits has seemed to encourage them to use more words). Sending the girls to Brooke's also allows them to get out of the house, even if its just to go to someone else's. There are times, especially during the winter months when the girls are always home (except for the weekends)...yuck!

My daughters are becoming increasingly smart, which is really exciting for me to watch. They're associating pee pee to the potty now, which is great. They both seem to really like sitting on the potty in the morning and before bed. No one has done anything in the potty yet, but they are getting the general idea. Alison likes to wipe ;) I'm not pushing the potty training thing at all, as they are both still pretty young.

I am loving dinner time now that Carl is home for it. It is wonderful to be able to sit down as a family! The girls are getting really great at using their silverware. Alison loves to clap when she and Laney get a big piece of food into their mouths using either the fork or the spoon. My Laney is developing her own opinions about things, especially what she wears...which is so cute to watch!

The favorite toys of the minute: play dough and their magnetic drawing boards.

In other news (not really since we planned this a few weeks ago), Bri and Cirucci are coming to dinner tomorrow night for mac n cheese. Oh, and my online classes are sucking ginormously. We are having internet issues at my house, AND one of my profs seems to be technologically challenged.