Today T decided to take K to get presents for mommy. At dinner we were chatting about the adventures (I took the afternoon to wander around Los Gatos for some final shopping) and T is telling K to not tell Mommy what they bought... It is a secret!!!! K points at my feet and says sock and then looks at me and says buy sock buy socks mama... I guess we know what one of my presents will be... It was really funny. Of course the laughing just made her keep repeating that I will be receiving socks. (I found a beautiful horse picture for her room in downtown Los Gatos today. She is going to love it).
This morning I told her there are two days until Christmas. All day whenever you ask how many days until Christmas she says two very excitedly.
K's school party was a giant hit yesterday! She loved the presents and the sweets and singing Christmas songs and dancing. We have a great great daycare. The teacher's helper gave K a purse which she just loves. She is carrying it around everywhere and keeps telling us bye because she is going shopping to buy apples... She then brings us back apples to eat.
She also got to see one of my closest friends who lives in LA... She told her she loved her and played train. It was really cute to see.
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
SO excited!!
We took K to see holiday lights earlier this week... Giant hit. She loves Christmas.... Loves the lights, loves the presents, parties and loves not talking to Santa! Today we are going to a party at school and she talked about the party all morning.
She also has developed a great interest in dressing herself... We have gone to school with a pair of pants (dress on top, shirt on top of dress, followed by her favorite tank top and two different colored socks.) She looks amusing. Who knew I should have been dressing her exactly as I wanted at 6 months as now she is busy picking her own fashions. Setting trends I guess. No skinny jeans or tunics yet, but she does like her round toed boots...
Pmogi and I went to Carmel for a lovely lovely day yesterday. We stopped of in Gilroy for our favorite outlet shop (banana republic) and then headed to Carmel for a yummy lunch at a French cafe, wandered around town and the beach, and finished with a great dinner at Spanish Bay. The gingerbread house above is one of many on display at the inn created by their pastry chef. They were really pretty and pmogi and I decided we would make one with K next year. Ours will have more of an artistic flair...
K finishes school today and is off through the 2nd so a lot of family adventures ahead...
The biggest news (we are no longer sleeping in Siberia).... Tmobro gave me one of my Christmas presents early.... (FLANNEL SHEETS!!! K loves them and pets the soft sheets. She has also requested a pair... Must get looking) Thanks tmobro!!! We love them.
Monday, December 18, 2006
weekend fun!!!
It is hard to believe the year is ending and Christmas is just around the corner. K is so excited about Christmas and has been asking us to take her for walks every evening to look at the Christmas lights in the neighborhood. She loves LOVES to sing Christmas songs, particularly Jingle Bells. We look at all lights and trees wherever we go. Today when we were on the way to school she looked at someone’s display that was off and said nice! It is quite funny. We didn’t expect her to understand Christmas this year, but she loves all of it!
We had a nice weekend finishing our holiday shopping, meeting friends and visiting the farmers market. T and I even snuck to the city for an awesome dinner and late night light viewing thanks to pmogi and grandma. K really enjoyed buying presents for everyone and of course tried to convince us of a couple purchases for her by saying buy buy with some random thing she picked up as we wandered. We also took her for a coffee which she is really starting to love as we have been allowing her to get some whipped cream.
K was not too traumatized by our Europe adventure. The last couple days she has been asking to go back to the airport and to get on an airplane. I think she must want to go to Hawaii in January…
The weekend ended with a wonderful Christmas party with the mommy group. K loved the rocking horse they had and was really disappointed when it ended. As were getting in the car she asked to go back to the party and decided we had to have a party at our house! It is amazing to see all the little babies as they are now such toddlers. We got really lucky to be with such a wonderful group of people. Pictures soon.
We had a nice weekend finishing our holiday shopping, meeting friends and visiting the farmers market. T and I even snuck to the city for an awesome dinner and late night light viewing thanks to pmogi and grandma. K really enjoyed buying presents for everyone and of course tried to convince us of a couple purchases for her by saying buy buy with some random thing she picked up as we wandered. We also took her for a coffee which she is really starting to love as we have been allowing her to get some whipped cream.
K was not too traumatized by our Europe adventure. The last couple days she has been asking to go back to the airport and to get on an airplane. I think she must want to go to Hawaii in January…
The weekend ended with a wonderful Christmas party with the mommy group. K loved the rocking horse they had and was really disappointed when it ended. As were getting in the car she asked to go back to the party and decided we had to have a party at our house! It is amazing to see all the little babies as they are now such toddlers. We got really lucky to be with such a wonderful group of people. Pictures soon.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Reading to her friends
K has taken a really mommy approach to her doll and kitties. The poor little ones go to the bathroom a lot and need lots of fresh diapers. She spends much of her time with them mimicing us " see, careful big fall" "oh no poo poo" "one minute" "lay down" "full diaper - throw away" "sit still - eat" and the list goes on...
Yesterday I caught her reading to them on her favorite blanket...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
A few highlights
K goose’s European adventure! A few highlights:
Having MoCa bring Mommy a bird the day we were to leave
Getting over a nasty cold
The swings in Hyde Park
Having a cup of tea with Grandma in England (more sugar than tea)
Dog watching and rock collecting in Hyde Park
Listening to musicians in Covent Gardens
Meeting Santa for the first time at a French Christmas Market (buying my first very own hairbrush complete with flowers and polka dots)
New beds to try out and jump on
My new Anna stroller (my doll has an umbrella stroller)
Trying chocolate samples in Brussels (decided my apple snack was unnecessary)
Visiting every toys tore in Brussels and learning about Thomas..
Going to the Natural History Museum in London and looking at the dinosaurs (wanting to touch them and not being able to – bummer)
Seeing Grandma after too many weeks away… Spending time playing with her. Singing songs with her.
Eating ice cream at 10pm in Amsterdam after walking through the rain to look at Christmas lights and boats on the canals (way past my normal bedtime due to a very late nap)
Getting all sorts of neat toys, new tastes and treats along the way
Meeting Mommy’s friends who live in England and eating noodles and ice cream with them at a yummy lunch.
Being back together with Dada and being a family.
Having a fun fun lunch with Mommy in Dusseldorf while all the servers talked to me and shared lollipops.
Watching police horses in Dusseldorf for 40 minutes until they finally left. Following them and then trying to convince Mommy to buy pearls for them as they would love necklaces.
Showing meow meow the airplanes at the airport
Going to a beautiful church in Aachen and looking at the stained glass
Not having a normal bedtime and learning to be flexible about where I sleep and when.
Pretending the safe in the hotel rooms was a microwave and using it heat up my tea
Enjoying German Christmas celebrations, lights and decorations
Meeting more horses in Amsterdam and getting to pet them for an hour
Seeing boats and water in Amsterdam
Having MoCa bring Mommy a bird the day we were to leave
Getting over a nasty cold
The swings in Hyde Park
Having a cup of tea with Grandma in England (more sugar than tea)
Dog watching and rock collecting in Hyde Park
Listening to musicians in Covent Gardens
Meeting Santa for the first time at a French Christmas Market (buying my first very own hairbrush complete with flowers and polka dots)
New beds to try out and jump on
My new Anna stroller (my doll has an umbrella stroller)
Trying chocolate samples in Brussels (decided my apple snack was unnecessary)
Visiting every toys tore in Brussels and learning about Thomas..
Going to the Natural History Museum in London and looking at the dinosaurs (wanting to touch them and not being able to – bummer)
Seeing Grandma after too many weeks away… Spending time playing with her. Singing songs with her.
Eating ice cream at 10pm in Amsterdam after walking through the rain to look at Christmas lights and boats on the canals (way past my normal bedtime due to a very late nap)
Getting all sorts of neat toys, new tastes and treats along the way
Meeting Mommy’s friends who live in England and eating noodles and ice cream with them at a yummy lunch.
Being back together with Dada and being a family.
Having a fun fun lunch with Mommy in Dusseldorf while all the servers talked to me and shared lollipops.
Watching police horses in Dusseldorf for 40 minutes until they finally left. Following them and then trying to convince Mommy to buy pearls for them as they would love necklaces.
Showing meow meow the airplanes at the airport
Going to a beautiful church in Aachen and looking at the stained glass
Not having a normal bedtime and learning to be flexible about where I sleep and when.
Pretending the safe in the hotel rooms was a microwave and using it heat up my tea
Enjoying German Christmas celebrations, lights and decorations
Meeting more horses in Amsterdam and getting to pet them for an hour
Seeing boats and water in Amsterdam
Monday, December 11, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Phew!
So K's Sunday cold took a turn for the worse and she was up all night Sunday. I took her to school on Monday only to get a call while in a meeting to pick her up. She came home and within an hour had a fever and was not our little girl. We had a really really hard 24 hours and it was a bummer to not have T home to share the care, but we made it. K slept 11 hours last night and went to school with a big smile on her face (minus the drop off, of course). She did get to watch her first video with me while we waited for the medicine to kick in. (Barney goes to the zoo - a huge favorite in her eyes).
She really misses T and keeps talking about him. When we were driving in the car I heard her say hold dada, love you dada. It was very cute! She thought he was still in bed when I went to get her this morning and ran into the room saying dada bed, but realized dada was still at work. She is now saving blue crayons for him. Normally we only get yellow and she was saving yellow crayons for him on Sunday, but clearly things have changed. It is interesting to do this by myself even though my mom has offered to help and came over last night when K was in bed so I could run errands.
She still loves to brush and so when I gave her the toothbrush with toothpaste and told her to go back and forth she stuck the brush in her mouth and started to move backwards and forwards. I guess you have to be careful what you say.
She is also getting more into Anna, her doll. She looked at Anna and exclaimed "oh no poo poo" and quickly tried to get her underwear off. When she took a peek she decided there was no poo poo and so she told Anna and quickly got her dressed. Anna did everything yesterday including pet moca.
We have also gotten an attachment to this blanket we got as a shower present from SR. She keeps taking it around the house and saying stretch out before laying it out and plopping down. She had to take it in the car today to school. Luckily we got to leave it in the car.
Wish me luck - we are flying to England tomorrow.
She really misses T and keeps talking about him. When we were driving in the car I heard her say hold dada, love you dada. It was very cute! She thought he was still in bed when I went to get her this morning and ran into the room saying dada bed, but realized dada was still at work. She is now saving blue crayons for him. Normally we only get yellow and she was saving yellow crayons for him on Sunday, but clearly things have changed. It is interesting to do this by myself even though my mom has offered to help and came over last night when K was in bed so I could run errands.
She still loves to brush and so when I gave her the toothbrush with toothpaste and told her to go back and forth she stuck the brush in her mouth and started to move backwards and forwards. I guess you have to be careful what you say.
She is also getting more into Anna, her doll. She looked at Anna and exclaimed "oh no poo poo" and quickly tried to get her underwear off. When she took a peek she decided there was no poo poo and so she told Anna and quickly got her dressed. Anna did everything yesterday including pet moca.
We have also gotten an attachment to this blanket we got as a shower present from SR. She keeps taking it around the house and saying stretch out before laying it out and plopping down. She had to take it in the car today to school. Luckily we got to leave it in the car.
Wish me luck - we are flying to England tomorrow.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
A nice Sunday
We had a great Sunday although it was definitely quieter not having T around...
K loved the market and spent some time chatting with twee twee. When he said good bye she asked him for a stamp on her hand - he almost forgot. He provided one for K and mommy. Lucky mom! I even got the standard neck adjustment. K loves the grapes and being able to go to the table and just pick one up at random. We also hit the bookstore and coffee shop before heading home. K was very disappointed to learn that the life size dogs had been purchased. K hung with grandma for the afternoon as I had plans to meet a friend for an artist's open studio, which was a nice break. Unfortunately K and I are both fighting colds. Yuck!
We spent part of the day breaking the grunt request and are transitioning to help please instead of the double grunt. She was really great about it.
The funniest part of the day was her newest expression "yes I do" (Do you want a banana, Do you want me to read you a book were both answered with a "yes I do." Too cute!
I put the two girls to bed tonight (Moca fast asleep on K's changing table and K in bed. I am hoping for good sleep even though the cold is pretty bad.) Tmobro we miss you!
K loved the market and spent some time chatting with twee twee. When he said good bye she asked him for a stamp on her hand - he almost forgot. He provided one for K and mommy. Lucky mom! I even got the standard neck adjustment. K loves the grapes and being able to go to the table and just pick one up at random. We also hit the bookstore and coffee shop before heading home. K was very disappointed to learn that the life size dogs had been purchased. K hung with grandma for the afternoon as I had plans to meet a friend for an artist's open studio, which was a nice break. Unfortunately K and I are both fighting colds. Yuck!
We spent part of the day breaking the grunt request and are transitioning to help please instead of the double grunt. She was really great about it.
The funniest part of the day was her newest expression "yes I do" (Do you want a banana, Do you want me to read you a book were both answered with a "yes I do." Too cute!
I put the two girls to bed tonight (Moca fast asleep on K's changing table and K in bed. I am hoping for good sleep even though the cold is pretty bad.) Tmobro we miss you!
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Thanksgiving
We had a wonderful thanksgiving and week. K has been a wonderful mood and given us lots of great sleep and fantastic days. She even started saying love you.... It sounds like vuv u mama vuv u dada! She said vuv you mama for the first time on thanksgiving and love you dada right as T was leaving for the airport tonight. Last Thanksgiving was when she first started to crawl.
We went to Sacramento to see T's family on Thursday and had a great time. We missed the traffic, spent lots of time with family and snuck out for some swing time midway through the day. We even left right at bedtime and had a sleeping baby all the way home (who we transferred to the bed - a huge feat for us)... She was saying hi man to one of the uncles and so we started to tease her about saying peace man.. Of course, now K is walking around saying peace man. It is too funny!
T and I went to Stanford for some trip shopping (nothing purchased), but had a great time enjoying the Friday shopping festivities. We also visited our friends K, M & J. J is a few months younger than K and so we had a wonderful time helping them around their new house while K checked out all Js toys and snacks.
T left for Germany today.... It is my first time home with K by myself for more than a few hours... An adventure ahead.
We went to Sacramento to see T's family on Thursday and had a great time. We missed the traffic, spent lots of time with family and snuck out for some swing time midway through the day. We even left right at bedtime and had a sleeping baby all the way home (who we transferred to the bed - a huge feat for us)... She was saying hi man to one of the uncles and so we started to tease her about saying peace man.. Of course, now K is walking around saying peace man. It is too funny!
T and I went to Stanford for some trip shopping (nothing purchased), but had a great time enjoying the Friday shopping festivities. We also visited our friends K, M & J. J is a few months younger than K and so we had a wonderful time helping them around their new house while K checked out all Js toys and snacks.
T left for Germany today.... It is my first time home with K by myself for more than a few hours... An adventure ahead.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Highlights and the new stage
It looks like we are in a new stage… We have gone from caregivers to parents. We have to set more rules, boundaries etc. However now that we are aware of this we are able to deal with outbursts a bit better. We are also able to understand that it is all about K becoming a young woman as tweet wee are favorite clown would say! Not that we like having to set boundaries, but K is all about testing… If anyone has any books about this new age – we are getting ready to do our research.
K played her first game of hide and seek with some kids in our neighborhood this weekend. I went to SF to shop with a friend (had a great time shopping and shopping and shopping) while T stayed to play with K. When I came home she was so happy she sat on my lap and gave me kisses and hugs still far and few between.
Highlights of her weekend:
- Whipped cream at the coffee shop – total bliss.
- Spending time with Grandma (yesterday she missed Grandma so on the way to school she asked if she could call her and if she could come over. Grandma will be over tonight.)
- Trying and loving her first persimmon. I think she has had 5 since her first taste.
- Petting MoCa
- Showing giraffe the fog outside.
- Going to the library and playing with the beads
- Sticking her hand in the water fountain like the big kids
- Drawing and playing with play doh
- Visiting twee twee, eating grapes at the farmers market while dancing like a ballerina, choo choo spotting at the market
K played her first game of hide and seek with some kids in our neighborhood this weekend. I went to SF to shop with a friend (had a great time shopping and shopping and shopping) while T stayed to play with K. When I came home she was so happy she sat on my lap and gave me kisses and hugs still far and few between.
Highlights of her weekend:
- Whipped cream at the coffee shop – total bliss.
- Spending time with Grandma (yesterday she missed Grandma so on the way to school she asked if she could call her and if she could come over. Grandma will be over tonight.)
- Trying and loving her first persimmon. I think she has had 5 since her first taste.
- Petting MoCa
- Showing giraffe the fog outside.
- Going to the library and playing with the beads
- Sticking her hand in the water fountain like the big kids
- Drawing and playing with play doh
- Visiting twee twee, eating grapes at the farmers market while dancing like a ballerina, choo choo spotting at the market
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Hmmm...
We are entering a different stage. K's teacher talked to me about her independence or lack there of... Turns out we have been doing too much for K and so she is uninterested in feeding herself or doing anything without help. Instead she prefers that an adult do everything for her and gets upset if an adult is not nearby. The teacher has had trouble making lunch or going to the bathroom without complete meltdowns from K. I guess she is getting comfy there as she does that at home. We have tantrums when one of us goes to change or she isn't being held all the time.
So today we did less carrying and more holding hands (not a big hit) and even our first time outs to try and end the paper eating. T pointed out that K is going to be the CEO of a paper company.... She loves to hold it and LOVES to eat it... She can't get enough in her mouth. Must be market analysis. Know your product!!!!
It is weird to have to say no, but we are going to have to learn to identify what are needs and wants and which wants we can fulfill.
The drop offs have not gone well this week, let's hope this adjustment period ends soon...
Sleep is still just ok - we have switched to pat downs, but overall it it just ok...
So today we did less carrying and more holding hands (not a big hit) and even our first time outs to try and end the paper eating. T pointed out that K is going to be the CEO of a paper company.... She loves to hold it and LOVES to eat it... She can't get enough in her mouth. Must be market analysis. Know your product!!!!
It is weird to have to say no, but we are going to have to learn to identify what are needs and wants and which wants we can fulfill.
The drop offs have not gone well this week, let's hope this adjustment period ends soon...
Sleep is still just ok - we have switched to pat downs, but overall it it just ok...
Monday, November 13, 2006
A fun weekend
We had a great weekend going to Rancho with the mom's group visiting pigs, chickens, ducks, cows, bunnies, goats and sheep. We also spent some time catching up with S who is a couple weeks older than K. K loved spending time at her house playing with her toys etc.
We also went to Santa Cruz for the weekend to visit our friends. K loved going to the beach in the morning and loved chasing their kitties around. She also enjoyed R and followed him around, quite a change from months ago when she was a bit nervous when he would come by. She even went in with S to try and wake him up and kept telling him R up UP UP... When we were over there was a fly in the house and so we were talking about trying to get rid of it. K decided it should go to a spider web and so it kept shrieking at it to go web go web. A lot of things that were unacceptable this weekend were sent to the web.
We also had some friends over and she considered sharing her toys with their son J who is a few months older. She tried.... and even picked out the toys she would share when he arrived, but as soon as he got here it didn't seem like such a good idea.
Drop offs are getting better. 5 of the 6 have been without tears. Yippeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We also went to Santa Cruz for the weekend to visit our friends. K loved going to the beach in the morning and loved chasing their kitties around. She also enjoyed R and followed him around, quite a change from months ago when she was a bit nervous when he would come by. She even went in with S to try and wake him up and kept telling him R up UP UP... When we were over there was a fly in the house and so we were talking about trying to get rid of it. K decided it should go to a spider web and so it kept shrieking at it to go web go web. A lot of things that were unacceptable this weekend were sent to the web.
We also had some friends over and she considered sharing her toys with their son J who is a few months older. She tried.... and even picked out the toys she would share when he arrived, but as soon as he got here it didn't seem like such a good idea.
Drop offs are getting better. 5 of the 6 have been without tears. Yippeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 06, 2006
Song titles...
K uses the following titles for songs:
Baa baa (Baa baa black sheep)
IOIOIO (Old McDonald)
Row Row Boat (Row your boat)
Winkle Winkle Star (twinkle twinkle little star)
Meow Meow Pie (three little kittens lost their mittens)
These songs are so good that she snaps (or tries to snap her fingers) while bopping her head... It looks like she is rocking out to the latest hip hop or pop song, but really these songs are much better...
Baa baa (Baa baa black sheep)
IOIOIO (Old McDonald)
Row Row Boat (Row your boat)
Winkle Winkle Star (twinkle twinkle little star)
Meow Meow Pie (three little kittens lost their mittens)
These songs are so good that she snaps (or tries to snap her fingers) while bopping her head... It looks like she is rocking out to the latest hip hop or pop song, but really these songs are much better...
Home!
K spent most of the weekend at home. She had a hard time leaving the house (lots of toys to get reacquainted with due to her first full week of school). We managed to get her out to the neighorhood park, Grandma's for dinner, to Gelato to share an ice cream and downtown to the bookstore to play with the life size dogs. The pmogi suprise visit allowed us a lot of family visits and so K played at home a lot especially with play doh, which is the favorite toy of the moment.
T and I were driving by a rest that was turned into a sports bar last weekend and commented on the weird change. K was in the backseat and quickly repeated sports pause bar... It was so funny to hear her say it that we laughed most of the way home. This of course excited her and so she spent a lot of lunch Sat saying sports pause bar while waiting for laughter. T mentioned she looked like she was telling her first joke as she was so pleased with us. She is learning to understand the feeling of happy and sad and mentioned that one of the girls at school was sad. I told her the next time she saw a sad kid she should make sure they are ok. We were talking yesterday about someone being sad and I asked her what she should do. She mentioned that she should give them a hug. I left her at school today and she talked about the fact that mommy, daddy and Kaitlin were happy.
K is so concerned about dirt. We sat down at a coffee shop table yesterday - she looked at it and told me it was messy and dirty... When she spilled her o's and sat - she told me it was messy "Mama messy" (I guess I better get cleaning).
Sleep is still rough. We aren't picking her up out of bed and just doing pat downs. Let's hope this passes. Her favorite word is definitely no. Tantrums have begun... Time to get reading about this new phase...
We are still searching for the last few pumpkins leftover from Halloween...
T and I were driving by a rest that was turned into a sports bar last weekend and commented on the weird change. K was in the backseat and quickly repeated sports pause bar... It was so funny to hear her say it that we laughed most of the way home. This of course excited her and so she spent a lot of lunch Sat saying sports pause bar while waiting for laughter. T mentioned she looked like she was telling her first joke as she was so pleased with us. She is learning to understand the feeling of happy and sad and mentioned that one of the girls at school was sad. I told her the next time she saw a sad kid she should make sure they are ok. We were talking yesterday about someone being sad and I asked her what she should do. She mentioned that she should give them a hug. I left her at school today and she talked about the fact that mommy, daddy and Kaitlin were happy.
K is so concerned about dirt. We sat down at a coffee shop table yesterday - she looked at it and told me it was messy and dirty... When she spilled her o's and sat - she told me it was messy "Mama messy" (I guess I better get cleaning).
Sleep is still rough. We aren't picking her up out of bed and just doing pat downs. Let's hope this passes. Her favorite word is definitely no. Tantrums have begun... Time to get reading about this new phase...
We are still searching for the last few pumpkins leftover from Halloween...
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Last night
Last night was wonderful!! K ended up being a pumpkin as we couldn't find any cat or giraffe costumes in her size. She had a great time wandering around and checking out all the pumpkins. She said boo to a lot of folks and got very good at knocking on doors and taking candy out of the bowls. By the end she was taking 3 pieces from each bowl. Today when I dropped her to school she talked about coming home and walking around and looking at pumpkins. For some reason she was scared of the houses with the webs and wouldn't go near them even if they were across the street.
The cutest thing she is doing this week is talking about how beautiful she is. She makes sure I point out that her drawings are beautiful. She also likes to brush her hair and look in the mirror and say beutifulll... It is so great. Yesterday when I picked her up at school she was given a few treats for Halloween including a candy necklace which she had me put on. Once it was on she told me I looked beautiful! Who knew what a great accessory an orange candy necklace could be...
School is still very much a transition. I was hopeful after Monday's great drop off, but I still get tears (and lots of them) when I leave and pick her up. At the end of the day she starts to cry whenever another child is picked up as she wants to go. I can't wait for when it is better. Her sleep has also been bad due to the time change, transition etc and is up everyday by 4:30. Last night she was up 4 times during the night and we couldn't get her down till after 9 with tears.
The cutest thing she is doing this week is talking about how beautiful she is. She makes sure I point out that her drawings are beautiful. She also likes to brush her hair and look in the mirror and say beutifulll... It is so great. Yesterday when I picked her up at school she was given a few treats for Halloween including a candy necklace which she had me put on. Once it was on she told me I looked beautiful! Who knew what a great accessory an orange candy necklace could be...
School is still very much a transition. I was hopeful after Monday's great drop off, but I still get tears (and lots of them) when I leave and pick her up. At the end of the day she starts to cry whenever another child is picked up as she wants to go. I can't wait for when it is better. Her sleep has also been bad due to the time change, transition etc and is up everyday by 4:30. Last night she was up 4 times during the night and we couldn't get her down till after 9 with tears.
Monday, October 30, 2006
few things
Funny little things:
K now knows her name and will say K when you ask her whose dress is this etc. Before she would just stay quiet when asked her who did this or who is this. She also can identify herself in pictures.
She now calls dada daddy. Mama is still Mama or MOM!
She is very into Halloween. She loved the pumpkin patch yesterday and continues to look for boos (pumpkins) everywhere. We have to get her a costume this evening. The one store we went to yesterday was sold out last night. Yikes! She eats with the pumpkin that Grandma brought home a few weeks ago and tries to give it water, oatmeal etc. We asked her wants she wants to be for Halloween and she said a giraffe or a cat. Two of her favorite animals.
On Saturday Grandma was over for her weekly Sat visit. When Grandma wanted to take her out for their standard walk, Kaitlin asked to be held and I asked her what was wrong she told me Grandma walk… We are still in a mommy period.
Today when we did the school drop off she didn’t cry. She was so busy doing things she didn’t even focus on me when I held her to sing.
We are in a no phase. Almost every question receives a no. Do you want ice cream? No. Do you want to go outside? No. Sometimes she realizes what she is missing out on and follows up with a quick yes!
Excited about Halloween tomorrow!
K now knows her name and will say K when you ask her whose dress is this etc. Before she would just stay quiet when asked her who did this or who is this. She also can identify herself in pictures.
She now calls dada daddy. Mama is still Mama or MOM!
She is very into Halloween. She loved the pumpkin patch yesterday and continues to look for boos (pumpkins) everywhere. We have to get her a costume this evening. The one store we went to yesterday was sold out last night. Yikes! She eats with the pumpkin that Grandma brought home a few weeks ago and tries to give it water, oatmeal etc. We asked her wants she wants to be for Halloween and she said a giraffe or a cat. Two of her favorite animals.
On Saturday Grandma was over for her weekly Sat visit. When Grandma wanted to take her out for their standard walk, Kaitlin asked to be held and I asked her what was wrong she told me Grandma walk… We are still in a mommy period.
Today when we did the school drop off she didn’t cry. She was so busy doing things she didn’t even focus on me when I held her to sing.
We are in a no phase. Almost every question receives a no. Do you want ice cream? No. Do you want to go outside? No. Sometimes she realizes what she is missing out on and follows up with a quick yes!
Excited about Halloween tomorrow!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
still tears
Day two drop off and still lots of tears... Luckily she had a great time yesterday once I left and looked like such a big girl when I picked her up walking around with pigtails. She came home so full of energy and excited it was hard to believe she was the same girl who was in DC crying for mommy all week.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
We made it
We spent the rest of the weekend in DC at the National Zoo (saw the pandas), in Bethesda, at the National Portrait Gallery (amazing) and spending time with Pmogi. It was nice to see the sites, but K just wasn't very happy and needed to be held almost the entire time by mommy only. Her poor voice was hoarse from crying and in fact on Sunday she lost her voice for a brief time. It was really sad. Not the bonding time we hoped prior to starting school. She did great on the flights home and was so happy to be on the airplane and kept talking about home. Overall it was nice to see Pmogi, visit the sites and enjoy some time, but not with such a sad goose.
K started school today full time and had a rough drop off. The teacher had to take her from me while she was crying so that didn't make the week any better. I also hit a pole yesterday (it jumped out at me) and so not off to a great start. K keeps mentioning that my car is smooshed and wants to look at it over and over when we are in the garage. Grandma also left this morning and so we will now be adjusting to a new schedule and routine.
The biggest development is that she has begun to put two to three words together and is an awesome communicator. It is neat to see her language develop.
K started school today full time and had a rough drop off. The teacher had to take her from me while she was crying so that didn't make the week any better. I also hit a pole yesterday (it jumped out at me) and so not off to a great start. K keeps mentioning that my car is smooshed and wants to look at it over and over when we are in the garage. Grandma also left this morning and so we will now be adjusting to a new schedule and routine.
The biggest development is that she has begun to put two to three words together and is an awesome communicator. It is neat to see her language develop.
Friday, October 20, 2006
The last few days
Yesterday we took K to the air and space museum and the native american museum followed by an afternoon in Georgetown. She loved the two mules we spotted near the river and so we went down and petted them and looked at them until they went home (she even bought a horse ornament for the holidays and carried him around everywhere) The horse love continues... At lunch we went to this place that happened to be filming a movie or tv show so everytime the director said and action K would repeat and really loudly.
Today we went to the National art gallery which she loved and spent some time talking to a group of girls who she had to sit near (they were in their early 20s) and ran around looking for dog, horse and baby pictures. She insisted on getting her crayons and paper out as well and spent some time in the rooms and in her stroller drawing. We went to Bistro D'Oc again for a yummy lunch and Pmogi took us on a tour at the capitol. It was a wondereful tour and as pmogi is interning at a CA senator's office we got to go to their office and check out the Capitol. It was great.
Unfortunately K has had a hard time with this trip and really not been herself. A lot of fussing and frustration of the limits we have had to set because of the city. Her happiest times have been in the hotel. Last night pmogi came over after K was in bed so T and I could go out. We had a great time hitting up some of the local spots in Adams Morgan, but when we got home K had woken up. She spent 90 minutes crying to get out of her bed. Although we put her to bed immediately after getting home (she had been up 10 minutes) the concierge called and woke her up. ARGH! As we told her she had to sleep in her bed she got very frustrated and really wanted out. It was horrible to see her sad and a mistake on our parts to think she could get comfy in a strange bed. We are going to Annapolis tomorrow and are hoping to have a quieter day so she can have a bit of fun.
Today we went to the National art gallery which she loved and spent some time talking to a group of girls who she had to sit near (they were in their early 20s) and ran around looking for dog, horse and baby pictures. She insisted on getting her crayons and paper out as well and spent some time in the rooms and in her stroller drawing. We went to Bistro D'Oc again for a yummy lunch and Pmogi took us on a tour at the capitol. It was a wondereful tour and as pmogi is interning at a CA senator's office we got to go to their office and check out the Capitol. It was great.
Unfortunately K has had a hard time with this trip and really not been herself. A lot of fussing and frustration of the limits we have had to set because of the city. Her happiest times have been in the hotel. Last night pmogi came over after K was in bed so T and I could go out. We had a great time hitting up some of the local spots in Adams Morgan, but when we got home K had woken up. She spent 90 minutes crying to get out of her bed. Although we put her to bed immediately after getting home (she had been up 10 minutes) the concierge called and woke her up. ARGH! As we told her she had to sleep in her bed she got very frustrated and really wanted out. It was horrible to see her sad and a mistake on our parts to think she could get comfy in a strange bed. We are going to Annapolis tomorrow and are hoping to have a quieter day so she can have a bit of fun.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Today
We had another fun day today, we visited the White House - where we spent most of our time enjoying the horse statues in the various rooms open to the public and best of all the squirrels on the grounds. We went to Hotel Washington for a nice breakfast and enjoyed an amazing view of the mall. We went to U street (which is not quite a trendy shopping area, but will be soon) and decided to head over to Georgetown for a nice lunch at Dean & Deluca and some wandering about... We spent some time exploring the Georgetown campus where K enjoyed running up and down the ramps and climbing in the stairs while getting in the way of college students... We even got her to sit in her stroller on the walk back to the hotel while we sang Old MacDonald. Every time we asked her what animal should be on the farm - we were told horses!!! The weather has turned around and now it is in the mid 70s!
Pmogi and I have been having fun (we went to Kramers last night for a dessert and late night book run and met a friend tonight at Teaisms so she could meet K and we could catch up. very nice!)
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
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K loved the botanical gardens this afternoon as they had this amazing house for her to play in and sweep. It was just her size near 4 water fountains. K didn't think the place was really a botanical garden, but rather a water garden as she ran from garden to garden to explore. She also enjoyed our time at Bistro D' as she loved the big sheets of paper she could draw all over. She even tried leek soup - quite brave and only through ice cream bribery. The morning can't be discussed all I can say is we spent seven hours in trains to end up back in DC without a visit to Anapolis. Her cold is better and she slept through the night last night!
Sunday, October 15, 2006
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