While we were in Texas, Alice was playing with blocks at Mimi’s and she was able to stack up four blocks by herself. Of course, once I grabbed a camera she stopped, so you’ll just have to take my word for it. Alice also grew smart and strong enough to lift the toilet seat to get at the fun things inside and satisfy her toilet obsession. So now just closing the lid doesn’t keep her out as it used to.
Alice is also a chocaholic. Now, the boyen like chocolate, but they came by their affection for it gradually. I can remember conversations with Corwin about him not liking chocolate. Charles liked chocolate before he could talk, but not much before (if there is any mention of ice cream, Charles immediately announces “I like chocolate!”).
Alice is already a chocolate fiend. For easter, Mom got the boyen some easter candy. This consisted primarily of Cadbury Eggs and Hershey’s Kisses. Charles left his on the table and over the next couple of days Alice would make grabs for it if she saw it. I’m talking about major lunges where it was all I could do to not drop her on the spot. While we weren’t looking she managed to get her hands on it and started eating one of the Cadbury eggs, tin foil and all. We finally had to move the baskets to high ground, out of sight to keep Alice away from them because she’d break in to a screaming fit if she saw them and was denied her fix (classic addictive behaviour). I just can’t decide if this is better or worse than Charles’ baby wipe habit.
Alice is starting to adjust to using sippy cups. I packed up all of her bottles and put them away. She’s drinking a lot less than she used to, which has very noticeably boosted her appetite for solid foods (why, today she even ate things that weren’t on the floor!). She’s been extra cranky, because it seems that she used the bottle much more for comfort than beverage intake. Since she will now actually drink out of the sippy cup, I think we can count on her not collapsing from thirst out of protest at this change.