Evie the Matador

When they're not fighting over toys, the twins play very well together. Gavin is a much faster crawler than Evie, and they seem to have invented a new type of game between them that they've been playing most of the week. Their cognitive skills have shot through the roof this month; they never stop amazing me!

So here's how their game works: Gavin crawls towards Evie very fast (like a bull, Francis says), and just when he reaches her, she spins away (like a Matador, Francis says). He zips around her, crawls back to where he started, and then does it again. Before he goes, he tosses his hands up in the air, almost as if he's rearing up like a horse) before he speeds off towards Evie. Of course, Francis calls this, "The Bull Fighting Game," although I don't recall ever seeing a bull fighting match where the bull and matador giggle like crazy during the whole event.

Here is a video I took of the kids last week. It's longer than the videos I usually post, but they were just so cute that I kept recording. Gavin does his "charge" towards Evie, then they get distracted by the wood floor grain, then some clapping and giggling ensues. They're so cute!