Lately Maggie has been talking a lot more. Most of the time, it’s just jibberish, but I have been picking up some new words and phrases from her.

I have an alarm set on my phone for 10 minutes before Adam’s bus arrives, just so I don’t get caught up in things and lose track of time. Each time she hears it, Maggie announces, “Time get Adam!”, and then runs to find her shoes.

She gets so excited when she’s able to get me to understand her. The other day when I figured out she wanted me to refill her water cup, she clapped and jumped around like I just solved the final puzzle on Wheel of Fortune.

She’s definitely got spunk, from her sometimes wild hair all the way down to her little pink toes. I recently painted her toenails for the first time (I’ve been wanting to for ages and am amazed I held out as long as I did).

The downside with her “pretty toes”, as she calls them, is now she doesn’t want to wear socks or shoes.