New Words/Phrases: She knows all her colors really well now and asks for specific ones to color with. One day when she was coloring we had the following conversation:
She had the black crayon and seemed to be getting bored, so I said, "Do you want another color?"
Grace: "Luller lollar" (another color)
Mommy: "What color do you want?
Grace: "Red"
Mommy: "Okay, here you go." (handing her the red as she hands me the black)
Grace: "Bye-bye, Black."
She does this kind of thing all the time, always remembering to say good-bye to everyone and everything. :) She has also become very good at handling the "just one more" thing. As long as I remember to inform her that she can just have one more of something, then she knows she's all done after that. She still sometimes asks for more, but she doesn't whine when I tell her no. Some of her other new words are
moose - moose
plop - buh-lop
papaya - papaya
Hawaii - Hawaii
leaf - leaf
There's a funny story to go along with "leaf." We were walking outside a few weeks ago and she discovered a bunch of leaves that had fallen off the tree. She had fun picking them up and letting them drop. When it was time to go inside, she had to take a couple to show Daddy. Later I heard her saying, in a very serious voice, "Leaf--flies" (I thought). She kept doing it over and over, and then finally I figured out what she was saying. "A Bug's Life" was her favorite movie a while back, so she watched it all the time, and the leaf made her think of the part when Hopper tells the ants that they'll be back "when the last leaf falls." As he does this, he holds up a leaf (ok, really it's a piece of his brother's molting skin) and lets it fall to the ground. So now she re-enacts that scene many times a day, holding up a leaf (or piece of paper) and saying, "Laff--leaf--walls" or "Last--leaf--falls." We think she'll make an excellent drama queen someday.
New Injury: She fell off the ottoman the other day because she was tired and misjudged the distance between it and the couch. No serious owies, but she was very sad for a few minutes. :(
Favorite Foods: I got to bring some leftover hamburgers home from Enrichment last week, so we had those for a couple of meals, and Gracie really liked them! She ate the burger and bun separately, and the burger had to have a lot of ketchup on it, but still! It was nice to have her eat something other than a frozen burrito for dinner. :) She is also really loving pomegranites. We are lucky enough to have several pomegranite trees near our apartment that are just getting ripe, and Gracie loves to eat the seeds as a snack. :)
Favorite Books: Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Goldilocks and the Three Hares (not a favorite of mine--too many puns for my tastes--but she enjoys it)
Favorite Movie: Monsters, Inc. is her newest favorite.
Other Developments: She is now the official gift-giver-outer at family gatherings and is very good at her job. Here she is in action:
Last week while playing at the park she learned how to climb up the slide all by herself! I know I probably shouldn't encourage that, but I figured she'd try it whether or not I helped, so I opted for being there to help avoid injury. Here is a video of this new trick:
Several months ago when we visited my family in Arizona, my mom bought Gracie some really cute pink flip-flops. I tried to get her to wear them back then, but the part between her toes bugged her, so I gave up and put them in her closet. A couple weeks ago she found them and had to wear them, so I put them on her and couldn't get her to take them off! They looked adorable, and she liked them so much that she walked differently to make sure they made as much noise as possible. :)
She even had to wear them for naptime:
Finally, we got to watch a friend's baby a couple times last week, and Gracie has had so much fun with her! That didn't really surprise me, but I was surprised that Gracie started getting in touch with her inner baby. I laid a blanket down for the baby to lay on, and Gracie had to lay on it; I got the thing out that has toys hanging off of it (don't know the name of it--see picture below), and then Gracie had to "lay nown" under it; the baby sat in the SuperSaucer, so Gracie had to sit in it (even though she had to bend her knees to fit).
I'm pretty sure we've got a goofball on our hands, but we sure love her! That's it for now!
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