Eighteen months and snow

Dear Maya and Emi,

It's the tail end of a pretty low-key long weekend and we're hoping for a smooth week ahead. We've had our first couple of little bouts of snow and it's been kind of a nice change of pace, actually. If only it were a little bit warmer I think we would all stay outside in it a bit longer.

Emi crafting!

Unicorn Queen Maya dancing with Fox King Daddy--because she wanted to marry him! 

sorry for the blurry phone pictures but this was just so adorable!

Emi, today was your half birthday! Eighteen months old, going on eighteen years it feels like. You seem to be changing and growing at warp speed lately. Talking, dancing, climbing, playing, dressing up, getting into everything, changing settings on any electronic device you can get your hands on...the list goes on! I'm going to make a list here of some of the words you say now, though you will try to repeat pretty much anything we ask you to say. And your conversations with Maya? So cute!

Mama, Baba, Maya, Clio, Matt, Rhi, Nanny, Poppy, bye, up, down, yes, yeah, no, oh no, uh-oh, good girl, I love you, everybody (part of the clean up song which you try to sing), not nice (you told off daddy with that one for playfully teasing Maya!), cheese, juice, cookie, apple, banana, music, please, thank you, doggie, poopy, etc.
And in Japanese: mizu (water), douzo (here you go), choudai (please), sushi, etc.

Well, mommy's going to sign off and try to get a good night's sleep. Love you both!