Elena just adores her new little sisters. She loves to play with
Dora (who, with her help, we renamed
Dalia Simone --
Simone is a name from our family) and is very patient with
Aloisia (who, with her consent, we renamed
Alexandra Pearl --her old name held too many painful memories, and
Pearl is a name from our family).
Dalia loves our old colletion of fancy clothing and spends hours with her sisters trying them on and putting on fashion shows.
Sophia has turned out to be the only person
Alexandra will connect with.
Alexandra will go out with
Sophia into our backyard and play for a little while and recently we took her to the park for the first time. She was scared at first but ended up having a really fun time. We also have started her in play therapy and that seems to be slowly helping. We are all hopeful that she will be able to go to kindergarten when she is six (we think five is pushing it and her birthday is right before the cutoff date anyway).
Thank you so much for our new daughters!