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Amelia is taking a dance class at her school. Here she is practicing her stretch.

She also showed me “butterfly” and “tippy-toe, (hop over) alligator, spin”.  We got an email from the teacher and we are very excited that there is a recital in the spring.
Daphne likes to take the step stool places to peek at things that were at a previously undiscovered altitude.

Lots of counter surfing going on, and lots of climbing.  Unrelated to the step stool, but related to climbing, she fell on her head twice today, really, from couch and chair height.

The big news is that Daph went potty a few times this week!  Ethan went to a conference in Vegas all week, and Daphne pulled a new trick out of her pocket.  (She learned to walk the last time he traveled for work.)  She likes to try and once in a while it works out.

In between all of her “no”s, she’s singing a lot of songs, her ABCs, Happy Birthday, and her famous “Where is Daddy?” that we all joined in on this week.  She made it up all by herself.  “Where is Daddy?  Where is Daddy?  He’s at work! He’s at work!”  We made a variety of lines to the second half of the song.  She can spell d-a-p-h-n-e, s-t-o-p, and now d-a-d-d-y.  And she counted to 14 going down the steps today.

Speaking of all by herself, Amelia played a great joke on me today.  I was in the kitchen with Daphne, and Amelia came in and said “mama, your water spilled!  Your water spilled.”  And when I went into the living room to clean it up, it was just fine, and she HOWLED laughing.  Good one!  And the inspiration was all her own.

Click here to see Amelia’s magic trick with magnets.  (I taught her that one.)