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Claire

We had some really fun play days with cousins and friends this week before we had to come home with people that are closer to her age. It is funny to see her play and want to be bossy because she is usually in charge when she plays with her sister, but now learning she needs to compromise. There was one time that her cousin wanted to play hide and seek but Claire wanted to play princess so they ended up playing princess hide and seek. During our trip, she got a few scratches from the cat because she likes to carry the cat in and out of the house and be in control of where it goes. There was a pretty good hiding place for the cat in the food storage room downstairs that would upset Claire when she would hide there and we had to explain we can't reach her. Claire loves to scriptures we do together and we watched a family movie last night as our scriptures because she's been learning about Moses and will more next week. She can remember that Jesus was in the burning bush when that part came up in Prince of Egypt.

Shay

For most of the week we were still in Idaho, she would say at least once a day that she wanted to go to her home and I know the reason was that she wanted her PJ Mask toys. We didn't bring her enough Elsa and PJ Mask cloths either apparently, but she liked playing dress-up in a real Elsa dress at her cousin's house. I'm surprised she didn't try to steal it or beg me to get her one now that we are home. She did so well sleeping in her bed this visit compared to Christmas time and we had zero problems with them waking up in the night or trying to stay up later than bedtime. Shay still has some picky habits with food and didn't like trying some of the new things we had, but I was surprised when she did have a hotdog which she previously hated. Once we got home things are back to normal and I love seeing how much these girls love each other and like to cuddle when they watch a show together!