Colors, Strawberry Shortcake, Potty

Kat can now consistently identify red, blue, purple, yellow, green, and sometimes pink and orange. She knows circle, square, star and heart... she gets a bit confused with oval and rectangle. Sometimes she does triangle, but not each time yet.

Today I found her sorting candles by color. (Aimee sends candles in the oxyfresh tins, so they have matching lids) She will take off all the lids and then put them on... and she notices when the wrong lid is on the wrong container. I'm not sure what method she is using to sort, but she is sure. She does it the same way each time. She is so smart for her age, and I am so proud of her.

Today after lunch, I took the tray off of her high chair and let her out... and right away she grabbed her bib and started wiping the tray clean. I've never asked her to do that, she just picked it up on her own. She also ate almost an entire cup of banana pudding with a spoon, and hardly any mess. She want to be a big girl so bad, and she's doing a great job!

She still says "pee pee" and points to her diaper, but nothing happens when we put her on the potty. When asked where does pee pee go, she points to the toilet and says, "there!" So she almost gets it.

Today after she finished her chicken she was apparently still hungry, so she started dipping her animal crackers in the ketchup and eating them.

EVERY DAY she wants to watch "Sha" (Strawberry Shortcake)... when the theme song comes on, she starts dancing right away... by lifting up one leg HIGH and then stumbling a few steps and doing it all over again. She's so happy and she makes me so happy.



Right now she loves boxes and containers, anything she can put stuff in... including the toilet... she dropped Daddy's cell phone in there the other day and then put her hands up like, "what? What happened?" ornery little thing!

Developmental Milestones

Okay, once again it's been a while, but there are a few new things to report about her majesty. She is very interested in using the potty, though she won't do it yet, she'll tell us she has already gone, and then want to sit on the potty for a while. After she sits there for a while, she grabs the toilet paper and "wipes" herself. It's all very cute.

Today I was putting on her Strawberry Shortcake DVD and I had to flip through some different inputs to get there. In the process, I passed by Elmo. I just kept going, but she turned around and said very clearly, "go back!" It sounded more like "go baa" but still. Using two words to make a sentence at this age, I don't know what to do with her. She's so very smart.

She takes the lid off of the chap stick, puts some on, and then puts the lid back on like a pro. She also pretend answers the cell phone, she'll hold it right up to her ear and say, "hi?" and then continue having an imaginary conversation on the phone. She tells us when she's hungry either by using sign language for "Food" or by going into the kitchen or cabinets and bringing me what she wants. She brings me juice cups when she's thirsty too. Some of this stuff is normal I assume, but some is not... like telling Mommy to "go back". She amazes me every single day.

She doesn't get sad when I leave for work anymore, she just stands at the door and waves and says, "bye bye". She blows kisses and smiles. What a big girl she's becoming.

Oh, and she loves eating her dino bites for lunch... but now her majesty HAS to dip the chicken in Ketchup before she eats it. She saw us doing it and had to do it too. Now she's hooked. She is a very good eater though. She loves her veggies, especially steamed broccoli.

And, right now she is throwing a fit for some reason... sounds like Daddy blocked her freeway into the kitchen, and she's none too pleased. She is very opinionated. I'm glad to have a strong willed child, though I may regret saying that at some point. I'm glad she can think for herself.