Gaby has really turned a corner recently in her ability to communicate and interact with other kids. Now she plays with Annabel and Annabel's 3-4 year old friends whenever they are around. Although she is younger and smaller, she makes up in enthusiasm everything that she lacks in maturity.
She woke up on Sunday morning in s grumpy mood. When Kristin suggested an egg hunt, she had no interest in the idea. She needed to be carried unwillingly into the hunting grounds before she started to get the thrilling gist of it. Within seconds, she was racing around the living room giggling and trying to get to the eggs before her sister.
As much fun as the hunt turned out to be, it was nothing compared to the discovery a few minutes later that the eggs contained chocolate!
I would put Gaby's candy consumption over the next few hours somewhere between impressive and astonishing. In fact at times it seemed like the holiday was an experiment in the effects of mainlining sugar. Legend would have it that a terrible stomach ache should ensue. I actually hoped that there would be some consequences for that kind of candy intake that could be used as a teachable moment. But no. All that happened is that both girls fell in a sugar coma half-asleep in a daze on the couch at about 6:00pm.
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