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Little Isles will be the baby of the family for less than 4 months. I'm taking advantage of the increased one-on-one time we have the 2 days a week that I'm home when M is in pre-school. Today we played outside for a long time after dropping Mae off. She ran all over until she got tired and then snuggled and laughed in my lap while singing songs and telling me stories.

She loves music and interjects songs into her daily routine. Take me out to the Ballgame is a particular favorite. Sometimes when the two of us are alone she'll sing me a song ever so sweetly as she rocks back and forth. They are always a compilation of many tunes thrown together. What a dear.

She continues to be spirited and strong and climbing and balancing continue to bring her such joy. Ms Jo told me she balanced walking along a piece of pvc pipe while holding Alison's hand a couple of days ago.

She loves to read books, play hide & seek and work puzzles. She speaks in simple 5 & 6 word sentences sometimes and it still catches us off guard. Sometimes she'll say something we don't quite understand and Mae has translated for us a few times.

Time with her sister continues to be a lot of fun for her, although there certainly is conflict between the two as well.