Finally...

Mika had her first haircut tonight. It only took about 12 months of convincing. She just had a couple of inches trimmed all the way around - nothing radical. Mika is very much into being a grown-up (as she calls it) and when I told her that she still had her baby hair, she was all good to go for a haircut to get rid of it. As usual, she conducted herself very well. She's more mature than most people I know. :)
Declan has hit the vocab explosion stage - although he still only calls Mika 'Dora', he learns what seems like 20 new words a day. Both kids must have just had growth spurts as we noticed this morning that shoes are not fitting, pants are too short, etc.