We had a wonderful time, as usual, at Steve and Suzanne's house. Rachel was a little shy around Lila at first, and then Lila was hurt a few times when Rachel crawled into my lap and Lila whined softly, "but I want to play with RACHEL!" and I had to tell Lila that Rachel needed to take a rest for a little while.
Baby Eva is around 3 months old and neither Lila nor Rachel paid much attention to her, although I suggested to Rachel that when Daddy comes home (in just over three weeks, hooray!) the binkies will go away and that she should donate them to Baby Eva. She really liked that suggestion and has started repeating it a couple of times, so perhaps getting rid of the pacifiers ONCE AND FOR ALL won't phase her as much as I think it will??
Anyway, the girls had their usual shrieking, laughing, girl-filled time while we adults snatched bits of conversation. At one point while we were in the living room, Lila and Rachel kept bringing us things from the kitchen. First, while were still at the dining room table, it was pretend cookies in colorful plastic and tin cups. Then when we were in the living room it was potatoes and other kitchen stuff. Finally Rachel resorted to asking us, "would you like blue or red?" and she started taking orders from all of us as if she was a waitress! We never figured out what she was bringing us, since everything was pretend. I love her imagination!
At one point Rachel came running to me, crying, because she had pinched her finger. We tried to figure out how that had happened, and Steve suggested it may have occurred while the girls were playing with a pop-up toy of Lila's. Rachel padded back into Lila's room and said, perfectly, "Lila, can you please not pinch my finger again?" Steve and Suzanne were incredibly impressed. "It's amazing how Rachel can communicate her feelings so well!" Suzanne said, and that made me feel great.
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