Tonight I rode my scooter down the street to the ice cream place.

I tasted mom’s treat…

It was a revelation!

I’m told it’s milk, and chocolate, and shake. All my favourite things combined. Genius!

I love this creamshake drink!

• We had a boy in diapers, now we have a big boy in underwear (and the occasional Pull-Up).
• We had a babbling baby, now we have a chatty girl spouting 3 word sentences.
• We had a boy who could use ride-on’s, now we have a lil’ guy who can pedal 3 street lengths.
• We had a toddler who was happy to drop toys into a container, now we have a gal who understands concepts like “two” and “same”, who can follow instructions to go pick up an object and place somewhere in another room, and who can, at 5 in the morning, answer consecutive questions “You’re having a good sleep?” — “No.” — “Huh… You HAD a good sleep?” — “Yes.” — … and make her mother groan.

Notes: That conversation is a genuine anecdote! hehe… Seriously, I wanted to note, for posterity, that Orly started learning language with verbs, mostly — which I found interesting, because I think Xavier had started out mostly with nouns. It IS very representative of their personnality, though: Orléane is headstrong, playful and full of energy (not to say restless) to Xavier’s focused intellect. He’s 3, so we can’t say he’s “calm”, but I think it’s an underlying trait of his. He’ll be a mathlete before long…