Lucy has learned how to safely climb up and down our furniture. It's a relief, really, because I used to worry she'd just go back down "head first". But she knows the phrase "feet first" now.
And our sweet Eli has begun smiling (and sparring like Rocky Balboa. Daddy is, after all, from Philly!)
Lucy has also begun serving timeouts for the first time. She knows this word and will go to the timeout place upon simply hearing it. She goes to timeout for blatantly disobeying us more than once in a row, be it for antagonizing the dog, standing on the furniture, or swatting at Eli. She seems to understand that the timeout is a break from the "fun", but it doesn't necessarily stop her from repeating the offense. We are definitely heading towards those terrible twos that I keep hearing about. Lucy, terrible? I guess we all have our sinful streak, huh? :)
