Forgot a few words that Annie can (sort of) say:
No
Fish
Hi
Milk
Juice
Bear
Up
Bath
Bird
Really, with most of them I am probably the only one who knows what she is saying, and mostly she repeats me, although with some of them she says them on her own...I am glad I did this because it makes me feel better about what she really does say....
Monday, January 25, 2010
An Annie update
My little Annie is growing by leaps and bounds lately. Since moving into the Toddler Room at school, I have really seen a difference in her. She is definitely now a toddler and no longer my little baby....here are a few things she is working on:
*Talking! Finally, finally, I think she is starting to understand that she needs to SPEAK to get things! She is starting to make different articulations, and has a few words now, instead of just "more"! So far, she can say Mama, Dada, more, dog, cat, shoes, fish, bark, socks (although this sounds like shoes, but I know what she means). She can also make the sounds for monkey, horse, dog (bark), cow and chicken. Although many of these words and sounds are recognizable to only me :)
*She can walk down the stairs holding my hand and walk up- sort of.
*She is drinking from a regular cup at school- no more sippy cups- at school, at least
*She is a hand-washing pro. When we get to school, I take off her coat and we walk in the classroom- she goes right to the sink and starts to do it all by herself. She LOVES to wash her hands.
*She is starting to put together puzzles- sort of. I sat down with her this weekend and we worked on a few new puzzles from Grandma and Grandpa Buckley and she can recognize where the pieces are supposed to go- she can't quite get them there yet, but she knows them. And she can identify pretty much every animal and lots of other pictures in certain books.
*She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES certain books and wants to read them over and over and over. I think I wrote about that before. Right now her favorite book is Where is Elmo's Blanket? It is a book with little doors that you need to open....if we only read that book repeatedly all night she would be happy!
*She can eat an entire peanut butter and jelly sandwich by herself, and she has sweet tooth, like her mama!
*She has occasionally let me put her hair up in a pony tail- it sticks straight up! She usually wants it up when she sees Riley getting her hair done. When I put it up, she walks over the mirror to look at herself! And she loves to take a bath and have her hair washed. The only way I can get her dressed after the bath (since she also loves to be naked) is to tell her that we need to blow dry her hair!
*She likes to sit on her new potty, but nothing has come out yet :)
*She still loves her big sister, but sometimes gets upset with Riley when she wants to hug her too much or does something she doesn't like. Then she screeches at the top of her lungs. She does this with the dog, too!
*She is starting to like watching TV- I know it is bad, but it buys me precious minutes of peace! So far, she enjoys Sesame Street, Yo Gabba Gabba and the Wiggles. Yesterday was a rainy, miserable day so we watched the Wiggle CD and I think she made us watch the Monkey Dance about a million times....every time it ended she would point to the remote and say "ah, ah, ah, oh, oh, oh" (that is what a monkey says!).....
Ok- that is all I can think of right now....my little babe is growing up!
*Talking! Finally, finally, I think she is starting to understand that she needs to SPEAK to get things! She is starting to make different articulations, and has a few words now, instead of just "more"! So far, she can say Mama, Dada, more, dog, cat, shoes, fish, bark, socks (although this sounds like shoes, but I know what she means). She can also make the sounds for monkey, horse, dog (bark), cow and chicken. Although many of these words and sounds are recognizable to only me :)
*She can walk down the stairs holding my hand and walk up- sort of.
*She is drinking from a regular cup at school- no more sippy cups- at school, at least
*She is a hand-washing pro. When we get to school, I take off her coat and we walk in the classroom- she goes right to the sink and starts to do it all by herself. She LOVES to wash her hands.
*She is starting to put together puzzles- sort of. I sat down with her this weekend and we worked on a few new puzzles from Grandma and Grandpa Buckley and she can recognize where the pieces are supposed to go- she can't quite get them there yet, but she knows them. And she can identify pretty much every animal and lots of other pictures in certain books.
*She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES certain books and wants to read them over and over and over. I think I wrote about that before. Right now her favorite book is Where is Elmo's Blanket? It is a book with little doors that you need to open....if we only read that book repeatedly all night she would be happy!
*She can eat an entire peanut butter and jelly sandwich by herself, and she has sweet tooth, like her mama!
*She has occasionally let me put her hair up in a pony tail- it sticks straight up! She usually wants it up when she sees Riley getting her hair done. When I put it up, she walks over the mirror to look at herself! And she loves to take a bath and have her hair washed. The only way I can get her dressed after the bath (since she also loves to be naked) is to tell her that we need to blow dry her hair!
*She likes to sit on her new potty, but nothing has come out yet :)
*She still loves her big sister, but sometimes gets upset with Riley when she wants to hug her too much or does something she doesn't like. Then she screeches at the top of her lungs. She does this with the dog, too!
*She is starting to like watching TV- I know it is bad, but it buys me precious minutes of peace! So far, she enjoys Sesame Street, Yo Gabba Gabba and the Wiggles. Yesterday was a rainy, miserable day so we watched the Wiggle CD and I think she made us watch the Monkey Dance about a million times....every time it ended she would point to the remote and say "ah, ah, ah, oh, oh, oh" (that is what a monkey says!).....
Ok- that is all I can think of right now....my little babe is growing up!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Weekly recap
So, no one else got sick- yay- and aside from some lingering coughing from both girls from some mystery long-term cold, we are all relatively healthy. Now, if only we can stay that way!
We had a busy week- Monday was a holiday, which meant no work for me and no school for the girls. We didn't really do much- it was a really nice day, so we played outside and I made a honey wheat and pumpkin bread with my new mixer!
On Friday I went to "Muffins with Moms" at Riley's school, which was great fun. The cafeteria was packed, and then I walked her to class and talked to her teacher quickly. For those who follow my Twitter feed, you know that Riley will be starting to visit the 1st grade classroom on Monday for their reading lessons. She met the teacher this week and saw the classroom, and I can't wait to hear how it goes. We finally received her MAP testing scores, and I really do not know how to interpret them, or compare, but it does say she scored above average in both reading and math, so that is good!
Today we went to Riley's basketball game- she cheered- we left and went right to Laney's birthday party at the gymnastics gym. It was fun- although we weren't there for too long and missed most of the gymnastics.
Another busy week awaits me next week (they are all busy at this point), and then Sophie and Karen come for a visit- we are so excited!! I can't wait to see Sophie and Annie play together.
We had a busy week- Monday was a holiday, which meant no work for me and no school for the girls. We didn't really do much- it was a really nice day, so we played outside and I made a honey wheat and pumpkin bread with my new mixer!
On Friday I went to "Muffins with Moms" at Riley's school, which was great fun. The cafeteria was packed, and then I walked her to class and talked to her teacher quickly. For those who follow my Twitter feed, you know that Riley will be starting to visit the 1st grade classroom on Monday for their reading lessons. She met the teacher this week and saw the classroom, and I can't wait to hear how it goes. We finally received her MAP testing scores, and I really do not know how to interpret them, or compare, but it does say she scored above average in both reading and math, so that is good!
Today we went to Riley's basketball game- she cheered- we left and went right to Laney's birthday party at the gymnastics gym. It was fun- although we weren't there for too long and missed most of the gymnastics.
Another busy week awaits me next week (they are all busy at this point), and then Sophie and Karen come for a visit- we are so excited!! I can't wait to see Sophie and Annie play together.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Arizona
I left my babies for 2 whole nights over the weekend! That is the longest I have left Annie, and I have only left Riley for three nights one time! I had a work trip to Arizona, and left early Friday morning, so Todd had the girls Friday night and then Grams and Gramps had them Saturday night. Unfortunately, it was a rough weekend for the Hildebrand girls- Riley wasn't feeling weel the night before I left, so Todd brought her into school a little late...she made it the whole day, but was sick Friday night.
But, she seemed fine by Saturday morning, and they all went to her 2nd basketball game (I missed it- sad!), and then Saturday night, Annie was sick with Grams and Gramps....by the time I got home on Sunday, they were both fine. But....I guess Gramps was sick, and now Todd is sick in bed....hoping it has made the rounds and no one else gets it.
But, we all survived...some of us a little worse for wear....but we did it! Todd and I are trying to plan a trip to Las Vegas in March- me for work, and then he might come out a few days later....hoping that Grams and Gramps aren't too shell shocked and will take the girls again for us!!!
But, she seemed fine by Saturday morning, and they all went to her 2nd basketball game (I missed it- sad!), and then Saturday night, Annie was sick with Grams and Gramps....by the time I got home on Sunday, they were both fine. But....I guess Gramps was sick, and now Todd is sick in bed....hoping it has made the rounds and no one else gets it.
But, we all survived...some of us a little worse for wear....but we did it! Todd and I are trying to plan a trip to Las Vegas in March- me for work, and then he might come out a few days later....hoping that Grams and Gramps aren't too shell shocked and will take the girls again for us!!!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Someone please tell me this is just a phase...
Annie has been *such* a grump lately...I really don't know what to do with her anymore. She is grumpy in the morning when I don't sit down with her at breakfast....she cries when Todd drops her off at school....she whines and grumps on the way home from school....she throws a fit when we get Riley, sometimes I have to carry her out of Riley's school screaming....she hates when I have to make dinner- she pulls at my legs and wants no one but me.....she screams and cries when I put her in her highchair for dinner and refuses to eat if she is not sitting on my lap. It seems the only time she is happy is when she is upstairs playing or in her bath!
She is driving me and Todd slowly crazy....seriously, CRAZY.....and then she looks at me and walks up to me and gives me a big, wet, sloppy kiss....and for a moment (just a few seconds) I forget all of the screaming and crying....
(temporarily, of course, because then she is screaming and crying about something else.....)
She is driving me and Todd slowly crazy....seriously, CRAZY.....and then she looks at me and walks up to me and gives me a big, wet, sloppy kiss....and for a moment (just a few seconds) I forget all of the screaming and crying....
(temporarily, of course, because then she is screaming and crying about something else.....)
Monday, January 11, 2010
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