But, you said a little piece!

Here's Cora showing off some chic new "footwear," the colored rings from her stacking toy.

She was quite impressed with herself, and walked around on tiptoes with the rings on for a few minutes. She also is modeling the Easter hat that she gave up in favor of the fireman's hat on Sunday.

Next, a couple of photos from an Easter party we attended on Saturday at the home of one of Stacey's coworkers. They had a jumper out front, which Cora loved, and some Easter egg games. Cora is attempting to carry an egg on a spoon, and then she and I are trying some fresh cotton candy.

The next two photos are from Easter Sunday, when Cora was chatting to Stacey's Nan. Usually, Cora isn't very enthusiastic about talking on the phone. She is slow to warm up to people in person, and on the phone she is very likely to yell "No!" and turn away.

However, the last two times Stace and his Nan have spoken, Cora has been wonderfully communicative. She takes the phone and wanders around with it, chattering away. On this occasion, she also let Mary have a word with Somer.

I'll share a cute Cora story. I was preparing two chickens for the oven last week, so my hands were very messy. Cora needed her nose wiped - she's cutting her back molars now, so maybe that's why. I suggested she go to the bathroom and get some tissue to wipe her nose. I should have guessed what was to happen next - she brings to me a ton of tissue - actually, the whole roll, which she's unraveled as she's dragged it along behind her. The whole "tearing the tissue off" concept hadn't sunk in, apparently. I should have taken a photo of the pile, but I was a little too aggravated at the situation.

Fast forward to the next day. She again needs her nose wiped, so this time I carefully instruct her that she is to go tear off a very little piece of toilet paper. So she tromps away - and brings back a half-inch-by-half-inch fragment. Stace and I could hardly stop laughing.

On the potty front, Cora's streak stretched to five days before I ended up changing a dirty diaper. The last few days, she's been inconsistent with asking to use the potty. But, in general, she definitely gets the idea.

On the other hand, we've had several instances of bedtime or naptime problems because she wants to stay on the potty, or return to the potty, rather than go to or stay in bed.