Twins Capers

Maggie in the toy basket

Getting out...

Emmett the tailor?

These two are constantly coming up with new tricks or finding something to play with that they haven't seen before. Maggie has taken to climbing -- scary little adventures -- and not really appreciated by the adults. There is a glider on the deck and I was sitting there with her when she started putting her little toes into the spaces between the wooden slats and climbed right up the back of the glider! If I had not been holding onto her, she would have just gone right over the top. Heather reported today that she even climbed on top of the coffee table at their house. Gotta watch that little rascal. She has recently taken to climbing in and out of the toy basket (one of her safer maneuvers).

I am sewing a little dress for Maggie, and I was measuring her (not much to measure on her!) and she grabbed the tape measure and starting playing with it. Emmett thought it must be a good idea, so he gave it a whirl too -- who needs conventional toys???

Emmett is the walking guru now -- he can go the entire length of the room, stop and bend over and pick something up, and stand back up and keep going --and go around corners with no problem. Maggie is definitely standing all by herself now and she takes 3 or 4 steps before she decides that it's easier to just crawl. But it won't be long until there are TWO full-time walkers in the house.

We are enjoying seeing all the new things they learn each day. They understand what we say; we don't always understand what they say, but they say it with such conviction, we are sure it is something very important!