New Tricks

It took me a minute or two to catch on, but at this time I've figured out that I should always assume that the girls are opposites in every way. If Alexis liked it, Mila hates it. If Alexis did it early, Mila is neeeeeevvvver going to even try it.

They're two peas in a pod; they just don't sit in the same pod.

I have endless examples of ways they are different. And that is why I didn't think to try a little trick on Mila that always worked on Alexis.

When Alexis was little, the trick to getting her to play along for photos was to ask her to show me what different emotions look like. "Show me your grumpy face" and "Show me your surprised face" and "Show me your happy face." All of the variations worked.

I'll be damned if I didn't accidentally find out that it works on Mila, too.

More surprising, while Alexis was more like four years old when I started the trick with her, Mila plays it well NOW. And she's weirdly emotionally intelligent. Like, she was nailing every emotion and throwing in some sound effects and everything. (There will be video, I'm sure. It'll wind up on Instagram once I get it.) WHO KNEW? I thought Mila had two speeds - happy and angry. I legit had no idea that she had any awareness that there are other things in life. She certainly doesn't live any other emotions.

Anyway.

Here's her happy face. It's different than her "super happy" face, but they're both pretty much perfect.

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[hello haha narf]

THAT FIRST PHOTO!!!!