Turning Another Corner

December 2010. After a very trying year with Lyon and Kiriana being so young and needy, I finally feel like we are getting somewhere. And by getting somewhere, I mean Lyon has entered this phase where he is so agreeable, sweet, funny, and obeying. It's amazing. It's like we have come out of a war zone into peacetime. I can't begin to articulate what a change he has made compared to the frustrations I have had with him. He finally wants to listen. That about sums it up.
As for little miss Kiri, she's always been sweet. I guess she can't help her mood swings being that she is female. She's grumpy in the mornings but sweeter as the day goes. She likes to be held and cuddled and I'll take all the cuddles I can get. One day she isn't going to want Mommy so I'm enjoying the moments together.
They have also developed a nice relationship together. They play together, they eat together, they even watch out for each other. Lyon is very over-protective of his sister. He watches her in public. Once he was sitting on my lap at the playground and I wasn't paying attention. I guess a kid grabbed Kiri's toy. Lyon silently got up from my lap, went over and fought the toy out of the kid's hands and gave it back to Kiri. Silent justice. He is kind of like Kiri's Secret Service agent and brother all rolled into one.
One more note on their personalities: right now these are scary things: robots, monsters and bugs. On the flip side, Lyon is a heavy equiptment junkie. He told me the other day (afterthoughts on our beach camping trip) that we need an excavator to move the sand around. Kiri likes to draw and prefers a balloon with helium over a doll. She already loves horses and animals. She has no problem getting down and dirty with Lyon and dump trucks. She also loves shoes, princesses and pretty things. Good mix.
Looking forward to what the new year brings. We are so near preschool time I can't believe it. Looking forward to the break it brings, but bittersweet my babies begin their journey out of the nest :(