That statement (from TwinkleToes) made me do a doubletake. After a lengthy discussion, I finally figured out that TwinkleToes thinks she was a boy in China, and that she turned into a girl after we adopted her. She assured me that she saw the pictures, she knows she is right. We weren’t home at the [...]

We sang “Do the hokey pokey” some last night. This morning little TwinkleToes rearranged the words. Pokey in da Hokey and turn self ’round. Right. I’m sure RK and I aren’t the only ones who let our imagination go wild with that one. Meanwhile, GlitterGirl has been almost nonstop singing the Hoedown Throwdown. If you [...]

TT’s speech therapist spent several weeks slowly working up to saying the L sound. For a few minutes at the beginning of a session they would look in the mirror and make their tongue act like the elevator that TT rode on to get to therapy. Finally, they added the sound. Magically, TT made the [...]

GlitterGirl was watching the squirrels running around up in the trees. Which would normally be okay, except she was walking as she was doing this. And there was a low concrete wall in front of her. She managed to not actually fall down, but she tore up the front of her shin on the top [...]

TwinkleToes had a little boo boo. Nothing major, just a scratch or scrape she got at school on the playground. Every day during dinner we heard “See my boo boo?” Eventually there was just the smallest bit of scab left, but we all looked at it and said, “Yes, we see your boo boo… now [...]

We’re eating dinner, a sort of Chinese dinner, so we’ve all got chopsticks. TwinkleToes is using a pair of zoosticks, blue ones with a toucan on top. TT:  Thi   i’  a pawwot?  (This is a parrot?) GG:  No, it’s a Toucan. TT: No. Ih’ noh’ a touca’. Ih’ a one ca’  (No, it is not [...]

TwinkleToes is able to dress herself in some types of clothes now.  On days when she is capable of handling her clothes I lay them out for her and leave her to it. She loves coming to me and showing me that she did it “all by self”. This morning she walked in with her [...]

I wondered the other day if TwinkleToes not actually making deposits into the potty anymore might be a control thing. I said that if I knew it was I’d take away the option for a while, but at the time I was not convinced it was. And then she did a few things that convinced [...]

The other day at a GG function one of the other moms said “who’s this?” and pointed to me. Twinkletoes said “mama” and the other mom said, “Do you love your mama?” And TT gave me the biggest hug EVER, she’s never held me that tightly before. I almost started crying right there in front [...]

TwinkleToes has decided she likes to sit on the potty and read books, but she does not like to make any actual deposits into the potty anymore. I don’t know if this is a control issue on her part, or something else. If I was sure it was a control issue I’d take up all [...]