Tape

There is tape all over our house. On the walls, the floors, the rug, the furniture. It drives me up a wall not only because there is tape everywhere, but because the kids kept asking me to tear tape for them. They just couldn't do it on their own. So they tried to get it themselves with scissors and only ended up letting the tape go back on the roll. Then they would come to me asking me to "fix" the tape. The whole thing was maddening.

So when Miranda figured out how to get Tape on her own even before Elizabeth, I was thrilled. She was pleased as well, but not over the top.

Then today, I noticed that Elizabeth could do it too. I asked how she learned it and she said Miranda taught her. Then Miranda kept repeating, "Elizabeth, I'm so proud of you that you learned how to do tape all by yourself. You did a really good job and I'm really super proud of you."