Maya is starting to understand the word "favorite" more. When asked her favorite color it is often blue which puts a big smile on my face. However, it is also sometimes purple, green, yellow, pink...oh and the other day blue and black! Tonight we were reading a book with pictures of animals and it asked her favorite animal. She said, "Two favorites" which surprised me and she told me the horse and the rabbits. Then she saw the cats...and the dogs...and said that they were favorites, too. Then she decided they were all her favorites...I think she loves animals.
She is asking more in depth questions, too. Today she asked, "How did that happen" when she made a mess with her food (on purpose I presume as I was cleaning up spit up from Savannah). I am starting to think she has a sensitivity to dairy because she hasn't spit up in a while like tonight and I had a LOT of ice cream. There are just too many flavors to choose from at yummy Rota Springs in Sterling and I thought Maya was going to share more than me. Anyway...back to Maya's questioning skills...she has never been a "why" kid, but she is starting to answer "why questions" which is so cute. I wish I could remember some of the answers she gave me today. She is starting to ask them, too, and I have trouble answering some on her level! I am in trouble!
We had a fun day at Davis Farmland. I decided though today that the library should have not been on our list of places to go today. We stopped in the morning to return books and I had the smart idea of getting the discount pass to Davis. When I got to the counter I realized I dropped it (or with my mind the way it is these days stuck it somewhere). Dan went back to the parking lot to look and I searched my bags and the stroller...no luck. All of a sudden the woman behind us was using the pass!!! Long story short she continued to lie about it even when confronted from a letter from the library that stated that I was the only one who checked out a pass today. I am so naive...I can never believe that women with small children lie...it is disheartining to see the example people set. Though I can also understand that things are so expensive an it was $5 off each ticket. People should need to get a license and take an exam to have children! To top the day off, on the way home we were headed to the library to return the pass...while stopped at the light we were rear-ended. The Traverse seems minorly damaged...we shall see. Another thing on the to do list!
April and May
The weather has been hot and sticky following a long stretch of rainy days. Things have been busy here. We had a wonderful vacation in the Carolinas. The girls are growing too fast!
Maya:
Maya loves to draw and use her imagination...this is a picture of Uncle Mikey with pigtails according to Maya (insert her little devil laugh here).
Talking up a storm, saying complete nursery rhymes, increasing independence, and being sweet as always. She loves to tell people her name and that she is "two years old." Of recent, she wants to now do EVERYTHING herself. Rumor has it that I was a little like that as a girl her age. She is understanding more abstract ideas and we have to be careful what we say. Although she went through a spurt of really fighting naps, she mostly goes down easily again so I am glad that I didn't give them up yet. She has a few days that she doesn't take one and goes to bed earlier. We got her a tricycle and a helmet (which she has been telling me for months tha she needed). She is doing great at pedaling.
What a great big sister - she can love a little rough, but would do anything for Savannah! She is a great help and I am cherishing that because I am sure the time when she doesn't want to help is not that far away!
You never know what will come out of her mouth..."Oh, man" just a few moments ago with such expression. One of the cutest is her joke that is similar to "Jack and Jill," but instead of fetch a pail of water it is fetch a pail of Daddy or something she thinks is funny. This originated as we were driving down a hill to meet Daddy. I love when she does something by mistake and she says, Sorry Mommy, that's not an accident!"
Savannah:
The fun is really starting now! Around 6 1/2 months she was able to sit up on the floor by herself without any props. Now she is that much stronger and rocking back and forth on all fours plus scooching backwards. So crawling must be not that far away. She just turned 8 months a few days ago and her first tooth has appeared at last! She is happy and loves to "chat." Oh and she just started to clap and wave this past week, too!
Savannah just started eating solids I don't think eating will be a problem with her. We have gone a little slower than with Maya because her digestive system seems to be a little slower in maturation. Sweet potatoes and bananas were her first two foods and they were a hit. I put little frozen banana pieces in a mesh feeder and it is nice and cold for teething! he also loves little rice rusks. She loves attention, but also just loves sitting on the floor or in her exersaucer playing with toys. She also LOVES her big sister!
They take a bath together now...this won't last longer in the little tub I suppose but it conserves water - a little.
Maya:
Maya loves to draw and use her imagination...this is a picture of Uncle Mikey with pigtails according to Maya (insert her little devil laugh here).Talking up a storm, saying complete nursery rhymes, increasing independence, and being sweet as always. She loves to tell people her name and that she is "two years old." Of recent, she wants to now do EVERYTHING herself. Rumor has it that I was a little like that as a girl her age. She is understanding more abstract ideas and we have to be careful what we say. Although she went through a spurt of really fighting naps, she mostly goes down easily again so I am glad that I didn't give them up yet. She has a few days that she doesn't take one and goes to bed earlier. We got her a tricycle and a helmet (which she has been telling me for months tha she needed). She is doing great at pedaling.
What a great big sister - she can love a little rough, but would do anything for Savannah! She is a great help and I am cherishing that because I am sure the time when she doesn't want to help is not that far away!
You never know what will come out of her mouth..."Oh, man" just a few moments ago with such expression. One of the cutest is her joke that is similar to "Jack and Jill," but instead of fetch a pail of water it is fetch a pail of Daddy or something she thinks is funny. This originated as we were driving down a hill to meet Daddy. I love when she does something by mistake and she says, Sorry Mommy, that's not an accident!"
Savannah:
The fun is really starting now! Around 6 1/2 months she was able to sit up on the floor by herself without any props. Now she is that much stronger and rocking back and forth on all fours plus scooching backwards. So crawling must be not that far away. She just turned 8 months a few days ago and her first tooth has appeared at last! She is happy and loves to "chat." Oh and she just started to clap and wave this past week, too! Savannah just started eating solids I don't think eating will be a problem with her. We have gone a little slower than with Maya because her digestive system seems to be a little slower in maturation. Sweet potatoes and bananas were her first two foods and they were a hit. I put little frozen banana pieces in a mesh feeder and it is nice and cold for teething! he also loves little rice rusks. She loves attention, but also just loves sitting on the floor or in her exersaucer playing with toys. She also LOVES her big sister!
They take a bath together now...this won't last longer in the little tub I suppose but it conserves water - a little.
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