She's almost 2-1/2 now. She pretty much runs everywhere she goes, and loud squealing is pretty common as well. She is a constant chatterbox and really amazes me about what she picks up on. She's pretty much got her colors and shapes down, and is working on counting. Out of nowhere, and I still don't know where she picked it up, she is completely fascinated with princesses. Everything is princess this or princess that.
She's started back to Parent's Day Out after the Christmas break and is now going 2 mornings a week instead of 1. She loves going to "school" and gets so excited to play with her friends, and to make all the crafts and projects. I am sad to give up more of my time with her since she's growing up so fast, but she really seems to love school and I think it will be good for her to be going 2 days once the baby comes. I do have to admit, having the extra morning to get my errands and to-do list done is also kind of nice! In other activities, we're doing another semester of music class which she also really enjoys. We might sign her up for swimming again as well if we can find a class. The program at the city pool behind our house is closed right now for renovations, which was a total bummer because it was so convenient! And we still try to hit storytime at the library when we can make it. So, Edie stays pretty busy with all these activities. However, if you ask her what she wants to do for the day, the answer is usually "Shopping". She loves to shop!
She's a true girly girl, which I still can't figure out where she gets that! She loves all things Princess, any type of clothing that has tutus, tutu like features, or glitz , and she gets really excited about her outfits and is often pretty opinionated about what to wear. She loves to "help" me put on make up in the morning. She stands on a stool next to the sink, and hands me my make up one by one as I am applying. This is something she came up with on her own!
She's gotten even more attached to her green blanket, and specifically the corner of her blanket that bears the tag, which is a picture of a giraffe since the brand is "Little Giraffe". She calls it "My corner" and is always asking me "Wheres my corner go?" and then we sit and find it. A new must-have at bedtime are her stars. Uncle Rob gave her a little lady bug nightlight toy for Christmas that portrays the moon and stars on the ceilings with choice of red, purple, or green light. She LOVES it, and has to sleep with it on. It has a timer, so it turns off after 45 minutes. The first night she slept with it, we heard "Mommy, where's my stars go?" in a frantic voice at about 2am. So the next night i taught her how to turn it back on herself and we haven't heard a peep since. By the way, purple are her stars color of choice!
She's completely fascinated with the fact that it gets dark outside and then light outside. Every morning when she wakes up, we hear "It's not dark outside anymore" from her. And in the evening as soon as it gets dark, she makes sure to comment. There are also many random comments about whether it is light or dark outside periodically throughout the day.
Her other current fascination is that Sadie has a tail. It's pretty common for her to blurt out randomly, "Sadie has a tail, I have a back" .
She's pretty into playing with her baby dolls. She likes to give them baths, which I discovered when she climbed up on her rocking horse to get lotion off her changing table to slather all over baby... and her, and her bed, and much of the rest of the room during her naptime. "Baby needed a bath" was the explanation. So all lotions, etc have been removed from her room although there was one other unfortunate afternoon she found a Desitin tube I somehow accidently left in there. I guess Baby needed another bath. She still has yet to name any of her babies.
She loves to read Goodnight Moon and to find the mouse on each page that shows the whole room. At every page turn, she blurts out before i can start reading "Wait a minute, I find the mouse!" She's also really into the Clifford the Big Red Dog books right now too.
John took her to the pet shop to pick out a new fish for our tank. It's a plecostomus fish (sucker fish). He kept asking her what she wanted to name him, and finally she came up with Piggy. She loves to help feed the fish, and will frequently go sit in the chair next to the fish tank so she can see Piggy.
She loves to paint and make things, and she loves to show off her projects. One of her favorite things to do this fall was tracing her hand to make hand turkeys. Since then, any art or craft project that involves tracing her hand is a huge hit.
If you ask her what she dreamed about, the answer is always "waterfalls, at the caves". She has been saying that since we went to Squire Boone Caverns on Labor Day Weekend!
And her opinion hasn't changed about her sibling, she still stands by her baby brother theory. Although one day before Christmas, she told me she wanted a baby Elf instead of a sister or brother.
Happy New Year to everyone! Here are a few pictures from late 2010...
Thanksgiving 2010
Christmas Card photo
Packing it up - sometimes she really packs down her stroller for baby with anything and everything baby might need, including her kitchen cabinets!
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