She LOVES solid foods now and rarely has baby food anymore. She does NOT have a shut off gauge though...the girl loves her food, a bit too much. We're "helping" her figure out when enough is enough.
The other day at bedtime I was on my own with the girls and had to get Pumpkin's bottle ready but the girls were in their room playing. So I told Peanut I was running down to the kitchen for just a minute and would be right back and to NOT open the bedroom door at all. As I was on my way back up the stairs I found Peanut pulling Pumpkin back into their bedroom. Needless to say, Peanut and I had a LONG talk about why it is important to not let Pumpkin near the top of the stairs...it went something like this, "It would be very dangerous because she doesn't know how to go down the stairs. She would have a really bad fall." So my always thinking daughter who really, really does love her baby sister says, "Then we can get a new baby." Oh. My. Word! I promise, she loves her baby sister. I promise!
It's her tongue. It is ALWAYS sticking out. It attracts quite an admiring audience when we are out and about!
Have we mentioned how ornery she is? In the following pictures you see that "I'm up to something" look in her eyes! In the first one she is also "snorting" at us. She continually does this...more like heavy breathing through her nose.
Peanut is full of new things too. She has become so independent and such a little girl. She is fully potty trained. We've only had a couple of accidents so far. (I should know to expect one now if I am on here bragging about her, right?) She is always thinking and saying things that just blow us away. Her memory is amazing. She can go someplace new once or meet someone new and then days or weeks (even months) later remember specific details about the place or person. She loves to do craft time at the table. She is mastering the art of scissors these days.
She was ecstatic about our recent snow fall and had fun playing in front of our apartment during Pumpkin's nap time. We tried to make a snowman but the snow would not pack so she settled for making snow angels and throwing snow at Mommy.
She also LOVES to help in the kitchen. She can pass an hour "washing dishes" if we let her. (We do not let her run the water that long in case you mortified by that.) She loves to help me bake yummy things too. Of course her favorite thing is to lick the beater when our mixture is created.
She is quite musical too. Most of her day is spent in sing song. She sings about what she is doing whatever it may be. Some of her songs cause Mommy and Daddy to turn away to hide giggles. She loves to sing and just loves music in general. I have NO idea where she may have gotten this trait from. HA! ;)
She has really started praying and says the sweetest prayers. Her most typical one right now is, "Dear Jesus, I love my baby sister. Amen." She also will include Mommy and Daddy in that too. Twice now in the past week we have had two different friends who were having a rough time and she wanted to pray for them. This gives me more joy than anything!
Two funny Peanut stories to end with.
Daddy and I really like antiques. We are so blessed to have many family heirlooms from Daddy's side in our home and things that we have found over the years. The other day Daddy walked into our bedroom to find Peanut holding on to this antique jug. She said, "Daddy, is this junk?" He replied, "No Peanut, it is not junk, it is something old called an antique." Heehee!
Last night I turned from washing dishes to find her standing on the bar on her toddler bike that the seat is attached to. She was hanging on to the freezer door and counter. I quickly told her to get down and not to do that again because she could fall and seriously hurt her head. She replied, "Then I wouldn't have a head, Mom?" To which I replied, "Yes, Cora, you would be a headless child."
We are so blessed by these little girls. Just today at Wal-Mart an older woman stopped to admire both of them and said, "They are beautiful. That is your most priceless treasure." So true!
-Mama
