Ever little thing she does is magic...

Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. 
                                                      ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

As a parent I feel blessed  that I am privy to a wonderful world. It's like having the best seats in the circus, with two resident clowns. A long time ago, when Elle was much younger, I was trying to explain to her what the 'magic words' are. I thought I did a pretty good job of it until I asked her "So what are the magic words?". Pat came the reply "Abracadabra?"

And now I have a budding comic in my 28 month old. The best thing is she has a great sense of timing and she knows when she's being funny. It's a treat to watch her break into giggles at just that moment.





Her unsuspecting victim is almost always daddy, Jason. Daddy likes nothing better than a kiss from his little girls when he gets back home from work. His princess Elle usually obliges, but Angel - the little monkey that she is - makes a game of it. She comes up to him, mouth puckered and then she runs right past him, laughing her head off.

The girls also enjoy some rough play time with their daddy who has just one rule - no tickling. AngelicA listens to him very intently and nods. But when daddy isn't looking, she goes right up to him and tickles him.

Recently, she peeled off some stickers and stuck them all over her face. Elle found it so funny, she couldn't stop laughing. And since then, AngelicA never lets go of stickers, plastering her little face with as many as she can to amuse her older sister.

Sometimes, it's the things she says. She's busy reading these days and it's kinda cute when she makes up stories. We can't get all the words she uses but we're pretty much sure that she's quite a story teller. A few days ago, she signed she needed a drink. "Would you like a glass of water," I asked her. "No," she said "Juice." It was the first time she said two words together. I was so excited.

And then there are times when she's quite naughty. She waits for mommy to be out of sight so that she can annoy her big sister and then pretends to be completely innocent when mom steps in. This Angel seems to have traded her halo for a pair of horns :)

Thanks for reading,

JD