Random things they do...

Nana and Grampa live in the country, so there are a lot of flies around and a few manage to get into the house. Nana hunts them down with her fly-swatter. Solanne is very interested in such activity, and after staying at her grandparents' house for nearly two weeks, she has become the official "fly-spotter" of the family: "Nana!!! fie! fie! Nana-fie!!"

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Maïa: Do you smell that smell that is happening?

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Both of them run around Nana and Grampa's huge back yard, playing with the cats. The bolla-bats (remember those??) have become a toy called "cat-ball" and the skipping ropes are also great cat toys. The kitties keep the children busy, on average, at least one or two hours per day.

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The two of them have been known to empty the kiddie pool with their water cans: they often head in the area of Nana's vines, which has never looked so well loved.

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Aunty Naomi has given them some plastic beads she obtained from a pride parade she ran into in NYC. The beads have been divied up between them, and both girls enjoy stuffing their respective hauls into their respective rain boots.

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Solanne now refers to herself as "Sa."

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Solanne has already begun using such personal pronouns as "me" and "mine" and "my." I guess being a second child will bring that about more quickly...