singing in the rain

Today was a good day...
--We played outside in the yard and actually minded the boundary rule of Stay in Our Yard. We still tested the limits a wee bit; but only as far as any toddler would.
--Sissy actually sat on her potty chair without any persuasion, Squirrel asked, and she jumped right on; She even requested her new library book "Princess goes Potty".
-- A real 'Milestone' event was when the Dynamic Duo became angry at Squirrel.. for the first time.. instead of crying for parental units Squirrel heard one (cant remember which),  say in a angry voice "I wish Rabbit was home".  That is progress. We seem to take turns with the 'good cop/ bad cop' routine.
-- We enjoyed a guest for our lunch when Squirrels Mom came and ate and visited us for a while. The Duo behaved quite well for a bit. Attention from new people tends to make them a little extra frantic, and reminders 'to be gentle' had to be given a few times. They both were quite excited when Squirrel told them that she was coming for a visit.
-- Sissy is getting SO GOOD about letting us take care of her hair.  Good thing because we have our Doctor apts tomorrow and we need that paper to say bug free so we can start School and Squirrel can go back to work.

We usually take a walk after supper, Each kiddo gets a dog to walk, and sometimes we walk quite far (six or so blocks). Tonight a gentle rain was falling. So we handed each pair of hands their own umbrella to carry. (apparently it was JUST LIKE ANNA and ELSIA!). The Duo got such a kick out of our rainy walk and getting to carry their own umbrellas. The ear to ear smiles was priceless. We are going to find kiddo size umbrellas soon. Little is so little that her full size umbrella looked like it was floating down the sidewalk. I couldn't see any kiddo from behind.. just this magic umbrella meandering down the sidewalk.

Another dinner hit when we served Tacos, Refried beans, and rice. We are starting to limit the amount of food when Sissy just keeps wanting more and more. (We are NOT under feeding her by any means). We didn't for a while because, we wanted her to know that there will always be enough food. But she actually eats as much as an adult and is still asking for more.

The days frustration came when we were told that the parental visit would be in two hours. Really, that's pretty short notice for us. We said we had no way transporting them. The visit didn't end up happening. I thought it was our transportation issue that prompted the call that the visit was cancelled, but Mom may have cancelled.

Even the pets are making progress. choosing to lay next to, playing fetch, and we even have some kitty lovin going on from one cat.. The other still chooses to hide and glare at Rabbit and Squirrel with a "What have you brought into this house?" type of look. Time is passing, Time is helping.