Oh goodness

Packing has taken a bit of a step back. If a box is not entirely closed, and AK sees something in it she wants, she takes it out and either puts it back where it belongs or makes me put it there if she can't reach. I think I will just wait until Friday night to finish packing!

AK and I headed off to the beach after supper today to play with Jenni and Matthew. We saw them walking over from their apartment building and AK was beside herself with joy and excitement when she saw them. "Yay Jenni! Hi Jenni! Matthew! Hooray!". Sometimes I think she likes Jenni more than she likes me. Ha! Matthew was kind enough to bring TWO cars to the beach, one for him and one for AK. They had fun sharing and toting those cars all over the place. AK pointed out all the "boats" in the water for me and we watched the sun set.

I was able to teach AK a bit of a lesson tonight. She threw her car and it nearly hit Matthew. She had to hug him to say sorry for throwing it at him. I'm not sure if she understood the sorry part or if she was just happy for an excuse to hug Matthew.

When I told Jenni that the hot water tank seems to have conked out on us again, she invited us over for bathtime too. We took her up on the offer and into the tub the kids went, along with the sandy cars! Matthew seemed very curious about AK's... ahem... girl parts and so Jenni was kind enough to have the "girls have vaginas and boys have penises" conversation. My goodness, I thought those days would be a ways off yet... not so!

AK fussed a bit at bedtime - she seems to be doing this more lately. It's never more than 10 minutes of crying but it is heartbreaking to listen to some nights. Almost seems like she's scared of something, or is having some separation anxiety? I'll have to do some reading to see if I can come up with some ideas. She also got quite upset with a shark toy during bathtime, one second she was playing with it and the next she couldn't get it away from her fast enough.

AK's got a wee scratch on her face from an altercation at daycare. Sounds like she had a toy that someone else wanted and AK got scratched in the process. It's not too bad but I hope it heals before next Saturday as AK and I have a Mother's Day photo shoot scheduled. It will double as her 2 year photo shoot as well as she'll be just a couple months shy of 2 year old. xo