A Happy Day

There's nothing quite like a break in the storm.

For the past few weeks LP has been wrestling with a developmental leap -- it has been clear in her behavior that she was frustrated a lot more than usual. There's been a lot more screaming and night-waking and whining.

And yesterday there was a breakthrough of joy and expression and she (and by extension we) had a much more fun day.

Overall her mood was upbeat and what really stood out to me was the new level of creative expression. She was a singing, storying, playing whirlwind. Goofy and delighted...and delightful too.

Most of it was in the moment so is just captured in my memory but here's a few pics anyway (as a side note, much as I dream of being an all-natural material toys home, a girl loves what she loves and currently what she loves is a Simpsons chest set we recently uncovered in a closet...c'est la vie!)

Here are the Simpsons (from a chess set) on their lego trampoline-bed reading The Mouse & The Buddha:


After that, they needed a snack of kafarla and fatooda (spellings approximate since LP can't spell yet):