I love watching the kids and seeing how they react to things. How they view the differently from their siblings and how they might view them the same.
Alice keeps surprising me with how smart and clever she is. Not like book smart (even though she may be that as well), but how she can figure out things with only the barest of clues. How she can separate truth from fiction. She's going to be a hard one to fool with magic tricks. She loves cuddles, but on her own terms. During a cuddle you're likely to get a flailing elbow or foot to your face.
Isaac has clearer cause / effect feelings and actions. He needs his cuddles, his attention. When he doesn't get them he physically hurts someone or something. I've got a lot of things that I need to glue together. He'll say "You look beautiful today" to anyone and means it. The moment we're out of eyesight of Laura, or even before, he'll say how he misses her very much. However he can also drive me nuts. Example: the other day he snuck inside the neighbours unoccupied and unlocked house. I thought that he was there but he wouldn't come when I called. He was hiding under the 7yo's blankets in bed. That was a wasted 35 minutes. shakes fist at sky
Lucy is a happy child but is very vocal if she's protecting something or wants something. She'll give a running hug like her big brother. She's sporty like Isaac too. She loves shoes and clothes like Alice. She's a tidy baby and doesn't want things to be a "mess". She'll try to collapse my windpipe while I'm trying to get her to sleep just to make sure that I remember who's boss. Unlike her siblings, when I make a hand puppet she looks at my face rather than my hand.
They are all a joy. They are all different.
And they have a plan.
(wait, is that the children that have a plan or the cylons?)
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