As Clare is becoming more and more toddler, she’s getting really funny and verbal. there are a bunch of stories that I’ve been meaning to write down so that I don’t forget them. I figured I’d combine some of Adam’s pictures from December with a stories post.
Clare is on a pretty regular routine where she goes down for a nap at noon every day. A few weekends ago we were running errands and weren’t quite home in time for nap. At 12:03 on the dot Clare yells from the back seat “Blanky! Binky! Milk!” It was as if she looked at her watch and knew it was nap time.
Clare has started adding an “y” to a lot of her words. She has quite a vocabulary these days and when she gets comfortable with a word she starts to customize it. Examples include “moon-y,” “boot-y,” “nap-y,” and just about anything else that takes her fancy. It’s pretty funny but it adds another layer of deciphering to figure out exactly what she’s saying. She is starting to string words together and has said “Wow, look at the moon,” “open the door,” and “up the stairs” lately. Some of her favorite words lately are “No! Stop!” She particularly likes to yell this to the dogs, but she’s been known to say it to J and I, her toys when they aren’t doing what she wants, or anything else.
Speaking of stairs, Clare can now walk down them without holding onto anything. This scares the bejesus out of J and I so we watch her pretty closely and remind her to slide down on her tummy. She’s also really getting into climbing, and over the weekend figured out how to climb into her high chair. Yikes…
Ever since Clare saw a real elephant and the lighted elephants at Zoolights she’s been a little bit obsessed with elephants. We bought her a stuffed elephant with a baby and she carries them around everywhere. She also makes the elephant noise (which is kind of like a raspberry) and lifts her arm up over her head. She’s also a little bit obsessed with zebras, so I think a stuffed zebra may be next. I’m also looking forward to a dry weekend soon so hopefully we can go to the zoo again and see the real elephants and zebras.
