A wonderful weekend

Didn't want my weekend to end on such a sad note by only writing the previous post.  SR and I had a wonderful weekend.  People always stop me to ask me how old she is.  To look at her, it's obvious she's still a baby.  But to hear her speak is mind boggling.  I have recently been asked if she is three.  She's not even two yet.

On Saturday, we had our second Monkeynastix program.  SR LOVES it.  She follows all of the instructions.        She even went up to the instructor to give something to her and said, "Thank you, Jessica."  This is without prompting from me.  It's only a 30 minute class, but SR soaks up every minute.  There is circle time where SR follows the stretching instructions.  Then there is a rotation of activities.  SR followed the instructor around the rotations while she was explaining, soaking it all up.  B/c we live in a condo, she doesn't have stairs here.  She will crawl up (and sometimes down) the stairs at my parents house, and she loves to step up onto the curb or climb the stairs at the park while holding my hand.  But this isn't much practise.  One of the rotations was three little stools to step up on, then down, and then onto the next stool.  She could have done that the whole time.  There was a trampoline, but SR only wanted to practise climbing onto and off of it.  She's not so adventurous, so she never tries to sit on the couch - which means I don't need to worry about leaving her alone.

From Monkeynastix, we went to a fire station open house that my friend told me about.  It was great - but SR would have enjoyed it more next year.  There were fire engines and police cars they could sit in (she didn't want to).  We tried to have our picture taken sitting together on the front of a fire truck, but she didn't want that either.  She just wanted to walk around and look at everything.

On Sunday, we were at the shoe store to exchange her new boots for the next size up (I didn't know that rule when I bought them on Friday), and she started to talk to me.  I don't remember our exact conversation, but all of a sudden she said, "...because....I'm thinking."  WHAT?  WHEN DID SHE LEARN TO SAY BECAUSE?  And she's thinking?  Too cute.  Then she went through her entire repertoire of songs.  Entertained the whole store.

A comment about SR at the park.  We are usually one of few who bring sand toys.  Needless to say, we always end up sharing with complete strangers.  I don't usually mind - except when parents think that I'm there to babysit their children.  But I have to say, for 21 months, she is wonderful at sharing with complete strangers.  I always tell kids that they can use what SR is not using.  And she can share if she wants to.  I praise her for sharing.  And when someone asks her to use something, she almost always passes it over.  Often not receiving a thank you for sharing.  Yet when the child gives it back, SR always says "thank you" before carrying on.  I'm so glad she doesn't get upset when other people want to play with her stuff.  I know that could change as she gets older, but for now, I just am bursting with pride.

ONE MORE THING...SR is noticing "daddy" more and more.  We've been reading Robert Munsch "I have to go".  There is a daddy in the book.  She points him out and says "daddy".  So I say, "some people have a daddy, and some don't."  Then I ask her, "Does SR have a daddy?" and she says, "nooooo" and I say, "SR has a mommy."  "Does _______ have a daddy?" and again we say, "nooooo" (choice mom family).  Then I choose a different family who does have a daddy and we say, "yes...____________ has a daddy."  That seems to work for now.