Keeping Up With The De Oliveiras: Time Goes By

I've had these entries queued up for ages but haven't had a spare moment to get them posted. Sorry for the delay. I'll get caught up eventually, I promise!

We got into more of a routine as September went on. At first, Aimy only went to school in the morning, but we started progressively adding a day per week where she would go back for naptime in the afternoon. She didn't seem too bothered by napping at school, even though her naps are much shorter. In fact, she was pretty proud the first time she went back to school for naptime. By the time we got to the holidays in October, she was doing two afternoons at school per week.

Alixe was happy to have time alone at home with me, and started trying to speak more and more as September went on. By mid-October her favourite words and phrases were "Ah dah!" (all done), "Ta" (but usually to ask for things, not after she had received them), "Gook!" (look), "More", and "Hah" (yes) when we asked her questions. She also gained a few new teeth - three within a week, in fact! - and started trying to use her fork at mealtime. And one day she even surprised us by doing all the hand gestures to "The Wheels On The Bus". She enjoyed going to school to pick Aimy up every day, but she was still very shy around people she didn't know and I usually brought her in the carrier so that she could hide her face and stay in my arms - in the stroller she would just cry and ask to come up!