I spend much of my day insisting that Sabrina stop grabbing things out of Tessa’s hands and mouth.  Sabrina spends much of her day being indignant that she isn’t allowed to immediately reclaim that which is rightfully hers (whether it is truly hers or not).  Tessa is just happy checking out anything she can get her hands on.

I remind Sabrina that if she doesn’t want Tessa to play with something, she should put it away so that Tessa can’t get it.  Sabrina’s response is usually “Noooooo, I can’t put it away!”  But she is starting to get smart about it.  She has started using this toy as a fence.  She piles thing behind it that she doesn’t want Tessa to play with (basically anything and everything because she would prefer that Tessa play with nothing – not even her own toys).  I had to laugh at her creativity.  The area where we keep most of the toys is behind that black chair in the photo.