Yesterday Eden was at the other end of the house screaming. She yelled, “Private parts! PRIVATE PARTS!!!” Elisa explained that she was OK. She just knows that she is only allowed to talk with “potty words” when she is in the bathroom. So sometimes she walks in the bathroom and binges on saying the words that she’s not supposed to use. Then when she’s done, she comes out of the bathroom and doesn’t use them anymore. For us, it’s fine, because she’s following the rule to the letter, and it’s nice for her to have found an outlet.

Alden lets us know when he’s having a good time by screaming. He is a loud little kid. He waves his arms and pops your eardrums. That’s usually when Elisa says that he’s total boy.

Eden said she was going to sing Happy Birthday to Alden. Then she started making up a song: “Happy birthday, Alden! And we’re going to have cheese… and Jesus… and Noah, and then it’s time for a boat ride, and then there’s a little rain… Boom! Crash!” I guess Elisa and Omi had told her the story of Noah a few hours earlier, and so it made its way into her narration.

Eden woke up sad from her afternoon nap. I asked her what happened in her dream. She said, “Somebody was going to push somebody, and somebody popped the bubbles.”