Adventures of E Squared: Fall 2010...So Far

It's been a busy fall for us so far, but we've had lots of fun. Edie has been growing like a weed lately - I put her up to the chart in her room and she's grown almost an inch and a half since her birthday 2 months ago! We've started potty training (separate post), got our first haircut, went to her first football game, and are working on the transition to the big girl bed!

Her vocabulary is rapidly expanding, and she now talks in short phrases or sentences. One of my favorite things she says right now is "Hold you, Mommy" when she wants me to hold her - it's just so sweet even though it's the wrong personal pronoun.

She's gotten really independent. She has to get in and out of the car/carseat by herself, she prefers to sit on the stools at the island over her highchair, open her banana herself, put on her shoes, etc. If I start doing something for her that she wants to do herself she says "No, Edie!"

She's been learning lots of songs which she loves to sing especially when we are in the car or stroller, and she's been working on her colors, ABC's, and shapes. Her favorite songs are Itsy Bitsy Spider, the Wheels on the Bus, and her most favorite - My Old Kentucky Home which she usually requests to sing right before going to bed!Another bedtime routine is ringing the bell in her mobile above the crib - she loves to do that!

She is REALLY into books, and always says "Read Again" when we finish, so sometimes we read through the same book several times. Her current favorite books are Clifford, Karen Katz flip up books, Goodnight Gorilla is still top of the list, Elmo books, the Animal Baby series she receives in the mail monthly, and also the Big Red Barn. She doesn't watch much TV, but when she does she loves Sesame Street and Elmo, Clifford, Thomas the Train, and Dinosaur train and her favorite movie is Charlotte's Web - the real version not the animated. She also likes to watch fishing shows w/ her dad on Saturday morning, and football too!

We LOVE her new Parent's Day Out program! She has so much fun and gets so excited on "school" days. They've been learning colors and request us to have her wear certain colors on certain days, and they do lots of paintings and crafts. She is always so proud of her paintings and drawings- she really enjoys the art! She's also really into her music class too!

Here are a few pictures from fall:

She loves going to the playground. She frequently tries to convince Sadie to play on them with her. This time she got Sadie to go up, and come down this Rock Climb - but Sadie drew her line in the sand when Edie tried to get her to go down the slide. That was a big no from Sadie!