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Eva is walking and running like a champ.
She's nodding her head no, which drives me crazy b/c I wonder how my girls learn that word/action so quickly.
Plays peek a boo and loves giving kisses(very sweet).

Ella received her first progress report and did a great job. She is officially reading and I we are so proud. We are working on consistency with her(being nice and learning to be patient, which is really tough. I struggle with figuring out if we expect too much from her and if are expectations are realistic for a five year old. We talk to her and ask her what she thinks will help and she doesn't have answers but when we suggested that we bring back the sticker chart she started crying and told me she didn't want it. I asked her why and she said b/c she doesn't like remembering the bad things she did at the end of the day. I told her I could respect that. She really loves listening to her Spotify(internet radio) so I said if she does her job of listening then she could listen to her music every morning before school. Let's see how it goes.

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