The past few months have been fun. Gracie is getting to the point where she may not be able to tell you she understands, but she does. You can tell her to get a book and she'll bring you one. You can tell her to get the ball and she will. You can tell her to stop pulling stuff out of the pantry; well we are still working on that one.
What IS the fascination that kids have will pulling everything out of the pantry or cupboard. Emilee will have just put away $5,320 worth of groceries, "but I had coupons", and Gracie will proceed to pull all of them out and shake them all to death. Gotta love Lay's potato chip powder! She then proceeds to scatter the items all over the house. I found a bag of pretzels under the bed in our bedroom. I found a box of nutri-grain bars under her crib. I even found one of my flip flops in the pots & pans cupboard; so much for my theory that she never puts anything away! She even helps with the laundry.She also hits and bites. She thinks it is fun to walk up to you all sweet and make you think you have a hug coming. Then, like a ninja, she reaches out and smacks the snot out of you before you knew what happened. She also enjoys head butting. She throws a head butt and then rolls with laughter. Did anyone else raise a girl that seemed this mean in the beginning? I guess I should be happy that she does not appear to be prim and proper. I do not know what Emilee and I would do if she was some little porcelain doll.
She has also started to enjoy the water. She has always enjoyed bath time, but now she acts like it is a big wet playground. She starts swimming in the tub and even uses the back part of the tub as a water slide from time to time. It makes me happy to see her so excited about something. I do not enjoy the mess however. I swear she has the ability to splash more water out of the tub than was in it to begin with. She loves to kick and see how much noise and mess she can make! But the pool has proven to be even more fun. She already tries to swim away, and does not mind her face in the water.But sadly I can already see the days when she does not need me to have a constant eye on her. She is constantly pushing her independence. She wants to walk on her own path and at her own speed. It is amazing watching her figure things out, and I wish I had a portion of the curiosity she has. There is no fear at all! She charges head first into everything and seems not to feel pain at times. The only time she seems to feel pain is when she is tired, and then the tears flow. But I do not know who is more hurt.....her or me & Em.
Well, I hope to write more often. I hope you like the pics.
Keep Smiling and Happy 4th!
Rob
Well, I see from the one picture that you - not Em - have been involved in teaching the poor kid how to dress. Drawers on the head? I thought you were finally over that stage. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteJust remember, the smaller the child, the more strict the rules have to be as well as the consistent enforcement. Each child will test you to see if you really mean it or not.
Think of them as a circle around her meant for her protection. As she grows, the circle gets bigger and bigger as you relax the rules. Unless, of course, she is like her Daddy and continues to wear her drawers on her head. Then about all you can do is like your Mom did. Pretend you don't know them.
Cheer up. The real pain is yet to come. That will be when your circles don't exist anymore and she makes her own.
'Noid