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Derek decided to grow a beard recently. I think it looks great, and the kids love touching his face! Here he is with Miss Z this morning before we left to see the pediatrician.


After having a meltdown at the end of the pedi visit and crashing for a few minutes in the car on the way home, they managed to pull it together once we got home. Julia had cooked up some ground beef last night with tomatoes and olives, and also made mashed potatoes for us. It was the second night in a row that she made dinner for us! I ended up putting together a dominican-inspired shepherd's pie with everything she made. S&Z chowed for lunch!

While I was getting stuff from lunch cleaned up, I noticed Zoe paying a lot of attention to the little blue chairs that go with their new table. She recently figured out how to get up on the chair, even though it's a little too tall for her.


I went into their nursery before putting them down for a nap. Without me noticing, Zoe had moved both chairs into their room and put them in front of the window where the stepstools are set up!
















I found it odd and so funny, so I mentioned it to Derek later on. He said he had put the chairs there yesterday when they were playing before their nap. Zoe must have remembered and done it again today!

As the day progressed, I could tell Silas was feeling worse and worse. Not bad enough to prevent him from causing a little trouble with his sister, though! We had a diaper party before bed :)




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