Playing without us

I love the age the girls are at right now. I know I probably say that all.the.time, but it really is great because now they're able to play with each other most of the time, which allows us to do other things like make dinner without interruptions or ::gasp:: go to the bathroom all by ourselves.

Of course there are times when they annoy each other, but for the most part they're pretty good about sorting those things out on their own without our interference. And then there are other times when Stasa just needs alone time and when she does, she'll go in her room by herself for a bit and comes out when she's ready to play with Lexi again.

Last weekend while Tom and I worked on and cleaned the cars, the girls played with their trucks in the pine needles and dirt and were quite happy.




Our trucks were picked up secondhand and are a little rusted and beat up, but after we sand and paint them they'll look better, although really the girls couldn't care less about the aesthetics of the trucks.

Then last night they both climbed up in their chairs at the dining room table and quietly played with stickers and then crayons while Tom made dinner. Stasa was being so loving and giving Lexi stickers to put in her sticker notebook. And the other day Stasa announced to us that Lexi was her very best friend. I can only hope that they'll always be best friends.