My two girls are inseparable now. The first thing Saya says these days when she wakes up is "Aly?" , "Where is Aly?" Alyson is terribly bored when Saya is napping and sometimes tries to intentionally wake her up. They are very cute together, but they do fight quite a bit. I have to break fights between them about ten times everyday. I grew up having no disagreements (except with my parents) at home, so I am intrigued that this is how children with siblings learn to express themselves and resolve conflicts! I have to remind myself that the fights between siblings are normal and the kids will make the same mistakes over and over again. I just have to be consistent with explanations and consequences so that eventually the kids would get it. I am glad that the girls like to play with each other and enjoy each other's company. It's fun to have two girls close in age (only 14 months apart). I can't wait till I move Saya in with Alyson so that we can set up the girls' bedroom with pink and yellow!
Something to remember:
After dropping Noah and Sean off at Lakeside for therapies in Issaquah, I took the girls to the used baby and children's goods store. I thought if they have a cheap used tricycle, I would buy one for Saya. There was a yellow tricycle displayed outside (there was no avoiding...) and the price tag was $50! I told Saya that I am not going to buy a $50 used trike and she threw a major, glass-cracking tantrum then! So, I told Alyson that I can't go inside the store because Saya is throwing a tantrum and then Aly started to throw one, too. Oh, boy. I had two uncontrollable screaming children with me and I stood there at loss. I told them that I can't go to the grocery store, either, because they are very loud. That didn't help. They wailed even more, so I had to put those uncooperative children in the car and went home. I asked Mike to bring home some take outs because I couldn't buy ingredients for dinner. That was a lot of fun.
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