family weekend

E and I have been visiting family this weekend, and she played with her cousins WITHOUT ME for long periods of time, and quite happily! No outbursts to speak of. Either the cousins were tolerating her extremely well or she was actually following some social rules, or some of both maybe. She had one good, long, happy day today. I would describe her mood as "joyous" almost the whole day. Too bad I didn't take a single picture.

One cute saying: when she wants to get everyone's attention from another room, she shouts "Hey, everyguys!!"

One small triumph for me: at the family reunion I got her to take a few bites from a fried chicken leg by calling it a chicken nugget on a stick.