Weekly Highlights

New favorite songs: Chuga-choo-choo from a Parents "When I grow up" CD and Choo-Choo Soul's main theme song. Also Rock-A-Bye Baby, strangely enough. That's one we just never used when she was actually a baby. Also her latest favorite: "Clementine". That one is REALLY cute to hear her sing.

She sings her heart out, very seriously, and even the eyebrows mean it. It amazes me that she can sing this well at this age, really. It's so adorable and she is so serious. She has learned her ABC's this way and can almost count to 10 because of it. She shouts at me in the car the titles of the songs she wants to hear: "Bus! ABC! Puppy! Quack Quack! Bumble Bee! Twikle Twinkle!" and back and forth I go between the songs, even when she's changed her mind as the song starts. When she's cranky, we sing. We sing when she's going night night, and sing during diaper changes. We sing in the tub and on the potty. She will look right at me with those deep grey-green eyes and sing her heart out with me. It's the sweetest thing ever. I keep trying to record her singing but I never get a good one. This singing stuff is something I know I'm m going to miss after she gets older.

Right now everything she does is for real. I love this age because she doesn't fake anything.

She's learned the word, "tickle" (tee-kil). It took me awhile to figure out what she was saying but then I got it. I think it's something SpaceDaddy must have worked on her with. Otherwise, she's heard it from me but not with much emphasis. She will say "tee-kil" and we know we're supposed to go tickle her. It's hysterical.

She's getting better about wanting a bow in her hair. I'll put it in, with her consent, and when she does pull it out later, she'll exclaim "UH-OH" with concern until I put it back in.

And latest achievement: she is trying to HOP. Everywhere. Especially down the stairs. I am also learning that this new skill can also disrupt their sleep habits. So we're in a rough patch. She really squats down low and tries to hop. She can *almost* get both feet off the floor together, and she may have done that at the Little Gym this morning, actually. Mostly, she just leads with one foot and jumps up while the other foot follows. And she is very proud of this. I don't know what started the hopping, but she's digging it and apparently on schedule with that skill.

She can count almost to 10. She can do 1, 2, 3 and then lags until 7, 8, 9, 10! It's really cute. We count the steps on the stairs as she goes up. Today's Little Gym class was all about numbers so that was a fun bonus for her.

When you ask her if something's funny, she'll laugh. She knows what "funny" means.

She LOVES to help with chores around the house. It's fun, though it can slow us down sometimes.

I am sure I'm forgetting something so I'll have to update this again later...for now I have to go plan the meals for the week. I hate that.