Jan 16 2012
Annada Trend Watch
Imitating the Red Mango posters.
Every time Marc and I think Annada couldn’t get any more fun to live with, she grows up and becomes an even greater joy! Over the last couple of weeks Annada has grown up a lot.
Hot:
– Going to “school” – ballet, Sunday school, Kindermusik… without Mom and Dad. Not very long ago I worried she would never be comfortable going off without a family member or long term friend. Now she runs off with glee.
When I picked her up from Sunday school today she said, “Being a kid is rough. Being an adult is easy for me. I think I am ready to go to work now, Mommy.”
– Raw oatmeal. She ate at least a cup of dry oatmeal today. I kept catching her sneak back for more. She calls it “reindeer food.”
– Cantaloupe, blueberries, chocolate milk, gummy penguins, pez, buttered toast, ice cream.
– Cuddling in bed at night. Every night as I finish singing Annada calls out “cuddle night!” Then when I put her in her crib she scoots over and makes a space for me. I lay down next to her and we talk for about 30 minutes. She likes to kiss attack me by giving me as many kisses as she can all over my face. When it has been a while I tell her we can talk about “one last thing.” She draws the last thing out as long as she absolutely can.
– Matching games. It is normal for her to say, “Mom, can we pay High Five (or Brown Bear)? I am going to beat the pants off of you!”
– Long baths. Like 2+ hours. I have to reheat the water. She is so happy swimming around in there. And it gives me time to mend her princess dresses.
– Playing at the park with friends.
– Making decorations for the front door.
– Talking about heaven and death. She is still very curious about this. She has been asking a lot if we will be dead in heaven. When I explain you die on earth and are alive in heaven in a new body, she starting pulling on her body asking, “how does this body come off?” She is innocently excited for Jesus to come take her to heaven.
New:
Setting the table is her new chore.
Hiding her toys in my stuff so she can “work” with me.
Yelling “Potty Potty Potty!” when it is time to go.
Determining if things are real or fake. She studies pictures, statues, movies and then proclaims them real or pretend.
Sharing is a big deal. She tells me if she shares or the other kids share. She loves to share her things with Daddy and I. She even saved part of her cookie from Publix and carried all the way home to share it with Daddy.
Counting: she had 1-10 memorized, but now she is able to look at something 6 or less and tell me how many are there. At night when we cuddle she often asks, “How many is ___?” For example, how many is 3? And we come up with things that come in threes like our family (Mommy, Daddy and Annada).
Out:
Fish (so sad – she loved fish before)
Berries in her oatmeal (they must be separate)
Soup
Eggplant
Hamburgers
Sleeping past 9. (But she is still happy until 9:30, so no complaining.)
Size 8 shoes. She is a solid 9 or 10 now.
Help doing anything she can do herself.