A Fun Day in Guangzhou

Lily is finally letting Emily help her and play with her without hitting and pushing her away. She realizes that Emily is going to be nice to her and not hit her or take away her things

The Westin has a great play room with tons of really fun toys for the little ones. There were a lot of toys that we've never seen before. Anyway, Lily and the other little ones had a great play time. They actually did quite well in getting along with each other. no hitting etc. Lily tried out quite a few of the different toys that you can sit on or ride. She seemed to really like to play with the cups and forks and spoons. she liked pretending she was feeding herself and others.

Lily did really well in the water. At first she was a little afraid and would not let daddy hold her, only mommy. Later she let daddy play with her and even let him put her on her back. It took quite a while before she was ready to get out of the pool.

Another Breakthrough

Today at dinner Emily was standing in front of Lily and had her hair right there for Lily to pull. Lily grabbed her hair, looked at us then let go without pulling her sisters hair. That was great! Before she would have just yanked her hair and then laughed. She's starting to get it. She's starting to see that Emily is not a threat to her and that she (Emily) is being nice to her and she doesn't have to always be on the defense. Emily has had her own struggles with jealousy and has been somewhat impatient with Lily's behavior, but she's very aware of it and communicates her feelings to us when it happens.