A couple of weeks ago we had Alice's friend Jacob over for a few days while his parents were at the hospital having a new baby. Jacob has a special blanket he carries around, and to our dismay, Alice also felt the need to have a special blanket. We have slowly weened her off of it so now she only uses it at night when she is sleeping, rather than dragging it everywhere she goes. It is called 'The Elmo Blanket.'
Alice and Bruce made a star cake for my birthday. Alice originally wanted to make me an Elmo cake, but I told her since it was my birthday, I wanted either a heart or a star. Bruce managed to find room for 29 candles on the cake, though it was pretty crowded.
Myra's big thing lately is a very strong desire to sit up. She is no longer satisfied with sitting in her bouncy seat or laying back to be fed--she wants to see things. Specifically, she wants to see Alice. Her face lights up when Alice walks into the room--she can't get enough of her big sister.
Alice's new thing is playdough. We also made sugar cookies today and decorated them with frosting and sprinkles, which is very similar to playdough except you get to eat what you make!
Alice has also really been enjoying playing computer games on sesamestreet.org. It's really been fun for her to look for different letters on the keyboard. She can recognize most uppercase letters, thanks to her ABC puzzle, but still needs to work on lowercase. She has also finally started counting normally. For months, she would only say "1, 2, 8, 10," even though we knew she could count to 10 if she wanted to because we would ask her what came after different numbers and she could tell us. I think she just wanted to do it quickly and figured skipping numbers was the best way.
A couple of weeks ago we had Alice's friend Jacob over for a few days while his parents were at the hospital having a new baby. Jacob has a special blanket he carries around, and to our dismay, Alice also felt the need to have a special blanket. We have slowly weened her off of it so now she only uses it at night when she is sleeping, rather than dragging it everywhere she goes. It is called 'The Elmo Blanket.'
Alice and Bruce made a star cake for my birthday. Alice originally wanted to make me an Elmo cake, but I told her since it was my birthday, I wanted either a heart or a star. Bruce managed to find room for 29 candles on the cake, though it was pretty crowded.
Myra's big thing lately is a very strong desire to sit up. She is no longer satisfied with sitting in her bouncy seat or laying back to be fed--she wants to see things. Specifically, she wants to see Alice. Her face lights up when Alice walks into the room--she can't get enough of her big sister.
Alice's new thing is playdough. We also made sugar cookies today and decorated them with frosting and sprinkles, which is very similar to playdough except you get to eat what you make!
Alice has also really been enjoying playing computer games on sesamestreet.org. It's really been fun for her to look for different letters on the keyboard. She can recognize most uppercase letters, thanks to her ABC puzzle, but still needs to work on lowercase. She has also finally started counting normally. For months, she would only say "1, 2, 8, 10," even though we knew she could count to 10 if she wanted to because we would ask her what came after different numbers and she could tell us. I think she just wanted to do it quickly and figured skipping numbers was the best way.
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