Eliana is up to:
-Having a mind of her own and proving it whenever possible. Luckily she's still easily distracted from her forays into mischief.
-Eating and wearing volumes of yogurt.
-Talking! She told her first story: "Book on foot, oww." after standing on a book with one foot that her other foot was underneath.
She also says:
No,
yeah, (said oh-so matter of factly.)
baby, juice, car,
more, cheese,
nigh-night,
dog, meow,
apple (her clearest word),
Lijah (for Elijah),
Yiana (for Eliana),
Detta (for Adessa),
Rella (for Cinderella- I know, how proud/concerned should I be that she already recognizes the girl?),
airplane (sounds more like "ay-pay" but it's clear what she means),
Tico-tico- means tickle me more, please.
-Grunting when things are heavy (or when they aren't).
-Climbing on everything.
-Dancing and jumping (and paying attention when the TV is on, a blessing and a curse!) Sidenote: I LOVE how she says "Yeah", here.
-Making all kinds of sound effects- she can do a pretty mean airplane immitation.
-Smiling delightfully. Melts my cockles every time.
-Swinging. For as long as anyone will push her.
-Putting on other people's shoes. She doesn't discriminate, any shoes will do. On either foot.
-Her hair is long enough for bath time fun and bed head.
Adessa is up to:
-Saying sweet things, like: "Leaves are what keep the trees warm." and not so sweet things like: "Leave me aloneeeeee." In some ways Adessa is figuring out how to be flexible and less stubborn, and in some ways we're into a whole new level of inflexibility and stubbornness. We're working hard to keep her blood-sugar constant, as she's outrageous when she's hungry, which has helped.
-Preschool, twice a week of intense fun and social interaction. She's always ready to give me a lowdown of who cried, who played with her, who took her shovel, what the puppet show was about, and what the snack was. She routinely takes 3.5-4 hour naps afterwards.
-Singing, and dancing, and telling stories, or singing a story while dancing.
-Expressing her sense of humor, and understanding our humor. Calvin always corrects my grammar (thanks, babe), and after I said: "Lay around", he reminded me that it was: "Lie around, Keidi. Unless you mean you're going to lay an egg." We didn't even know that Adessa was listening, until she started cracking up. We just looked at each other in disbelief, because, ahem, it wasn't the first time that very conversation had happened in front of her. She's starting to "get it".
-Spending quality binky time on the bed, in full princess regalia.
-Wearing rubber bands in funny places.
-Enjoying church with her Nina, Romina.
-Bubble fun.
And one for the road: Dreamy girls after an evening walk. We love the fall!
