Today was one of the best, sunniest days that we have had this spring. Eden and I went for a walk around the block. Eden steered us towards the apartment office along the way, and convinced the staff to give her a treat.

Eden liked the flower beds near our apartment. She bends towards them and makes an emphatic “Sniff-Sniff-Sniff” sound. The flowers usually don’t have a scent, but that’s just what she does now. Around the flower bed was a three-inch-wide concrete strip. Eden put her little shoes side-by-side on it. Then she tried walking around it. I saw her play her first game of Don’t-Touch-the-Ground.

After we got home it was bath time. Every time I tried to take off her shirt, she started to cooperate but then pulled her arms down and resisted. I finally realized that she didn’t want help getting undressed. She wants to do it all by herself!