More Reading

Here is a video of Ella and Juliette reading on the white chair. Maybe Juliette got tired of Ella grabbing the books from her and so she decided to dive off the chair. Nobody was injured during the making of this video.

Reading Time

Ella loves to "read" books. Juliette loves to do whatever Ella is doing. Lately the girls have been spending lots of time reading together. They love to share the white chair and flip through their books. It is so cute to watch.

As of a few weeks ago, Ella no longer takes a nap. When she was taking a nap in the afternoon she would really struggle to go to sleep at night, it seemed like she just wasn't tired. Then she stopped napping during nap time. She would sit awake in her crib and sing songs or would ask for a book to look through. We decided to try 'quiet time' instead of nap time. To our surprise, it has worked out really well. The rules are that she needs to stay in her room, and she is not allowed to break anything. I go in and check on her after about an hour and she usually has a stack of books on the floor and tells me she would like "a little more quiet time please". Some things we have learned the hard way (such as not leaving the container of wipes in there), but for the most part quiet time has been a great thing for Ella. Also, she is tired at night and goes right to sleep and often sleeps in a little more in the morning!

Laps

Here is a video of Hudson and Ella doing laps around the ottoman. Hudson, Ella, and Juliette will often do laps for long periods of time... once I timed them and they did this for 20 minutes. They find this activity very entertaining. Every now and then one of them will switch directions and then find it hilarious when they almost run into somebody.

Changing Diapers

Ella's baby has been keeping her busy. She is constantly having to go upstairs and get her a clean diaper. The baby often "does a pee, a huge poop, and has a red bum".

Reading to Juliette

Here is a cute video of Ella "reading" to Juliette.

Grandma Jo-Ann

Grandma Jo-Ann came to visit us this weekend. She spent some great time with the girls and they were disappointed not to see her when they woke up this morning (her flight left early). Ella said "where did Grandpa Jo-Ann go?" and Juju said "amma, amma?"

We went to White Spot with Grandma and had lots of fun colouring and eating eggs!