... and my car and home suffered the effects of sand digging. I had to rinse the kid off in the bathtub tonight. The splashing zone didn't go over well with any of the kids, and particularly Lily was not interested in getting wet, which surprised me. She usually loves to get wet and dirty and touch everything (she is the one on the sidewalk in the photo below).
Claire had a pretty good time at the farmstead, but as always the activity level is "dumbed down" to the toddler level so boredom does set in. Lily, however, was not interested in much of anything other than staying in the wagon and buckling herself in ...
... which meant Molly was stuck playing with other more sociable toddlers in the sand pit. There are some benefits to Molly and Lily having such divergent personalities, but the biggest negative to me is Lily's less-developed social skills and non-stop activity level often mean that the full benefit of having twins is not realized - the girls don't interact like many twins do, entertaining each other on a regular basis, because Lily is a lot more self-focused than her two sisters. This afternoon Lily either sat in the wagon, or walked and walked around with no purpose it seemed. She just refused to get interested in the sand whereas I couldn't pull Molly away. While Molly plays, here's Lily walking around ....
and around ....
while Molly has razor focus on her activity and stayed entertained for a good half an hour. This was not a day for cutesy twin photos, but a day of photos that captured the reality of juggling a super active toddler twin and another twin who can sit still and concentrate on one activity. This is my daily reality. I dream of the day when I can find one activity that pleases all three girls and everyone stays in the same spot.
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