It has been quite a few days since the last blog. Hopefully we can get back into the routine again. Alex has been shouting out "home" in the middle of the night hoping she can go back to the place she spent her first 21months of life. There's no basement to play in, no stairs to climb and no place to run around in circles here at the rental apartment. At least there is a bath that Alex can have some fun in.

Mum bought Alex a DVD player for Christmas and that has also had a lot of use since moving here.

For the most part Alex has been very nice to Samantha but there has been a few instances when Alex has deliberately scratched and grabbed at her baby sister.

Dad found the Potty DVD the other day and Alex hadn't listened to it in a while so she spent a good hour watching it over and over.



Mum has been eating fruit loops on a regular basis and Alex wanted to cook some up in a pan.

With no basement as Alex's designated play area the toys are spread out everywhere and there are always some new ones popping up with the visit from Meme, Deb from Mums work and then Gran Ma from Australia.



Samantha spends a lot of time up on the table sitting in a recliner away from the dangers of Alex and her playing.

Alex has been jumping off things and her potty was a good safe height to try.

Samantha only drinks milk and Alex thought she might like one of her gold fish for a change.

Whilst Dad was out one evening Alex and Mum had a clean up with Alex on vacume duty.

Alex spent a good amount of time in both these swings when she was younger and she wanted to try it again to join her sister for a swing session.

Mum thinks Alex is going to become a runner and Samantha a swimmer. The bath has brought out many smiles and plenty of kicking and fun for Samantha so far.

With the Redskins well and truly out of the football games these days and the unexpected loss of the Patriots, Alex has been wearing Poppy's team Jersey during the playoffs. At least there is one person that likes that!

During half time of the football Alex played in the fridge for a while to see what she could find to spill on the Jersey.