It's been so weird with just Ashten at home during the days while the boys are at school. It's very quiet. I can tell Ashten misses them a ton. The first week she was acting out a little bit, I guess because she was upset they left her. The second week she was feeling a little sick, so we did a lot of watching Tangled, playing the iPad and reading books.
I also watch another boy 2 days a week, which has been really good for Ashten to have someone to play with and to get used to not being the baby and having to share mommy a little for when her little sister comes home. She has kind of reverted back to a little babyish-ness herself though too, which I hope will pass when she realizes that her position as baby of the family isn't not over. Yet, at least!!
It's been fun to have some one-on-one time with her as we haven't ever really gotten that yet and she's finally old enough to have a little personality and interact beyond me just meeting her basic needs. She is very sweet, but very bossy, so we've been working on saying please and using words.
Funny story: one day we were playing hide-and-seek (which means that I find a place to sit with a blanket on my head while she counts and then she comes to find me). I told her, "okay, Ashten, I can't play anymore, I need to go get dinner ready." "Okay mommy, I'll just play by myself!". Which she proceeded to do for the next 5 minutes by counting to 10 and then running back to her bedroom or another room and yelling "I found you!". Apparently you don't need 2 people to play hide-and-seek?
I'm sure it's a big adjustment for her to go from having 3 older brothers at home all summer to play with to being alone all day now. She's doing pretty good though and we are enjoying our time to bond alone!
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