Our little gal is 17 months old. Here’s what she’s up to:
* Singing! She is OBSESSED with The Little Mermaid. She can sing the Ariel song…one of these days I’ll capture it on video. She loves to read about Ariel in her princess book…in fact, that’s the only book she enjoys reading these days. She tells me that she wants to Ariel book by pointing wildly at it and singing the Ariel song. (Her Daddy is very proud that she can almost sing the Star Wars song…I was hoping that special talent would be reserved only for her brother. Oh well.)
* Talking. Whereas her brother was already stringing words together and had 50+ words at this point, Molly isn’t as big of a talker. That doesn’t mean the girl is shy. By no means…she’s a little social butterfly and is loud as they come. She “talks” all the time. Using words that you can understand is another story altogether. Here are the words in her repertoire: daddy, mama, goggy (doggy), cah (car), bah (ball), key cat (kitty cat), cookie, gaga (her paci), uh oh, uh huh (her way of saying “yes”), uh uh (her way of saying “no”), more, again. When she’s not saying words we understand, she’s babbling in her own Molly language.
* Understanding. She may not be saying that many words, but she understands so much of what we say. For example, I can tell her to go get her shoes and she’ll come back with her shoes. (Maybe this has more to do with her extreme love for shoes.)
* She loves to watch me put my makeup on. She loves it when I share a dab of blush or a swipe of lipstick. She’s a girlie girl already.
* Purses. She loves to walk around the house carrying her purse. Her Ariel purse is very favorite. What a surprise.
* Baby dolls. She loves loves loves her baby dolls. She loves to feed them bottles and try to get them to suck on her gaga (paci). She takes them in the car with her. She pushes them around the house as fast as she can in her baby stroller. She holds them on her shoulder and pats them on the back. I love playing dolls with my little girl.
Now for an update on Owen…
* Owen LOVES school. He really likes his teachers and comes home with stories of what he’s learning every day. Last week he told me the entire story of Adam and Eve. The snake was his favorite part.
* Playing pretend. His teachers told me that he was playing Daddy and Mommy with some of the girls on the playground at school yesterday. He told me that he was being “Twavis” and Ella was being Mommy. His friend, Kate, was the dog. And they were chasing bad guys. I’m not sure if the girls were chasing bad guys or if it was just Owen. But in his words, “Mom, it was pretty intense.”
* No more naps. So sad. They’re officially over. This doesn’t mean that he hangs out with me while Molly sleeps, though. I still make him rest in bed for an hour (hoping that he’ll maybe fall asleep!). At the end of the hour, he has to read for 15 minutes. When the dinger dings, he can play in his room for 45 minutes. At the end of 2 hours, rest time is over. This is working pretty well. I miss the days of 2 uninterrupted hours of time to get things done. Those days are gone.
* Dressing himself! This has become one of his chores on his chore chart, and he’s really doing great! He still needs some assistance, but he’s doing really well at getting his underwear and shorts on when I lay them out on the floor for him. He very rarely throws fits when I ask him to get himself dressed…a huge accomplishment.
That’s all for this month!
I love Molly’s special little language – she’s such a character! And it’s so fun to hear Owen give his interpretation of the Bible stories he’s learning in school – he doesn’t miss a thing! These two get cuter every day!!