Be Agraiya!

Vivian is now relishing in the land of pretend and make-believe. She tells me all the time to "be" someone, and then proceeds to tell me who to be.
Sometimes I have to be "Abuela" which she pronounces (agraiya) from Dora, and she is Boots and Sophie is Dora. When she tells me to be agraiya, I have to talk in the low, rumbly, accented voice of Dora's grandma which seems to bring her great pleasure.

The other day, she directed that she was to be her friend, Harper Kate, and I was to be HK's mom, Miss Lindsey.

Currently, the girls are with their cousins spending the night in DC. They were thrilled to be having a sleepover and Mommy is thrilled to get a nice little break while Daddy has been traveling.

poo poo on the potty

Today was a landmark day in that Vivian got on the potty all by herself, and did #2!
She has been going #1 for months now, on and off. She will go for like a week, several times a day, and then, want to revert back to going in her pull-up.
But this was the first time she went #2 on the potty by herself. It was awesome.

We've been keeping a potty chart and she gets a sticker each time she goes and when the line gets filled up (10x) both girls get a treat to encourage working as a team. Sophie gets stickers for random acts of kindness.

Daddy left today for a month. It will be the longest he has ever been away from us 3 girls. :(