Floating through February

 Claire

I really noticed how much this girl is an entertainer and loves to be the center of attention, and is so social! Whenever someone comes to the door both girls want to be there when I open it, but when we have guests, Shay gets bored of them while Claire gets more excited. She was the main entertainment of our meal with the Missionaries in our ward this week and brought out her xylophone and recorder to play music for them. She loves when there are new friends at the park to introduce herself to and play with as well, even though it's been a bad week for getting to the park. We enjoyed the less rainy days in the back yard mostly, and I've noticed both girls don't always want to do everything together which splits my attention usually. One of the shows she watches sings baby shark all the time and she has learned how to sing it herself! I only got the video of baby, but she did do momma, dada, nana, and even grandpa too!

Shay

I think she has become a collector because she likes to line up a collection of toys or random objects that she has claimed as her own, and then take them all to another place and line them up again. She also gets very upset if Claire tries to take one of those collected items and expresses her distress very vocally. Chris got her to repeat "I love you/daddy/mommy/Claire" but then when I tried to get her to do it to get it on the video it didn't turn out as good. It's still cute though. She made a desk out of our bookshelf and the stool we usually use for brushing their teeth in the bathroom, although she wants any stool or chair she can get a hold of usually. There was one morning we had a silent argument where she wanted the iPad located on the counter and I wanted her to watch a movie on the TV (because I can control the volume) and her face is hilarious.

Scriptures

We try our scripture time with a book I got a long time ago that teaches about the people in the Book of Mormon and Claire gets really into it sometimes. I got a fun video of her being very excited about the time Chris read about Abinadi, where Shay is usually only excited about books if she gets to turn the pages. Its good to know I'm at least trying right? Even if they only get in the habit of brushing teeth, then we all read the scriptures, then we say a prayer as a family. I feel like it is a start and I heard about a new app that I can download to help with some too that has scripture with pictures! If anyone has a suggestion on how to teach a short attention span 3 year old and a 2 year old that knows her letters now, let me know.