Where DID the Summer Go?
I can't believe we're already into September. It seems only yesterday we took the girls to our neighborhood pool for the Memorial Day weekend "Opening Party." Since then, Sydney and Sarah have become real "water babies." Sydney loved the pool from the beginning but was also very cautious. Now, Sydney makes her way to the middle of the "big" pool and floats around all over the place wearing her little life vest. For weeks, Sarah would lose interest in the pool and want to just sit in her stroller, eat Goldfish, and just watch Sydney play. She finally became comfortable walking around in the kiddie pool and realized it really WAS fun.
Sydney started her new Mothers Day Out this past Thursday. I was so concerned that she would be confused or have trouble adjusting to the new surroundings, the new teachers and the new children. Worried for nothing, as Sydney didn't bat an eye when I left and, when I picked her up that afternoon, she acted like she'd had a good time.
Sydney is full of curiosity and is so inquisitive. When she hears others having a converstation without her, she's quick to jump in and ask, "What you saying?" I hear that question all day. She's not afraid to say anything which means sometimes she gets her phrases mixed up. She seems to use the phrase "I miss you" in the same context as "I love you." When I give her a hug, she says "I miss you, Mommy." Another favorite question she asks when she sees someone yawn is, "You get up too early?"
Potty training is touch and go. As long as she has no diaper or pants on, Sydney's very good at remembering to sit on her potty when she needs to. It's the pulling pants down that needs some work. Here, she makes use of her potty as a piano bench. Or, maybe she needed some musical inspiration to get the pee-pee moving.
Well, it took much of the summer, but Sarah finally looks more like a toddler than an infant or baby. Once she was off the bottles and onto real food she began to put on weight and really fill out. One of the strangest physical changes in Sarah is that she went from having almost black hair from birth until she was about 10 or 11 months old, then suddenly it quickly turned so blonde that it's almost white in some places. I'm just waiting to see if it will darken. No one in our families has blonde hair.
Sarah's really trying to talk but we're a long way from really understanding her yet. She uses some sign language, which is very helpful. She says "Da Da" all the time. She doesn't say "Mommy" anymore for some reason. She tries to say "Sydney" and her most used word is "duck." Don't know why "duck" seems to be a frequently used word for her. She calls most animals "duck." However, her favorite animal sound is "ROAR." She roars for every animal sound. "Sarah, what does a dog say?" "ROAR!" "Sarah, what does a cow say?" "ROAR!"
I can't believe we're already into September. It seems only yesterday we took the girls to our neighborhood pool for the Memorial Day weekend "Opening Party." Since then, Sydney and Sarah have become real "water babies." Sydney loved the pool from the beginning but was also very cautious. Now, Sydney makes her way to the middle of the "big" pool and floats around all over the place wearing her little life vest. For weeks, Sarah would lose interest in the pool and want to just sit in her stroller, eat Goldfish, and just watch Sydney play. She finally became comfortable walking around in the kiddie pool and realized it really WAS fun.
Sydney started her new Mothers Day Out this past Thursday. I was so concerned that she would be confused or have trouble adjusting to the new surroundings, the new teachers and the new children. Worried for nothing, as Sydney didn't bat an eye when I left and, when I picked her up that afternoon, she acted like she'd had a good time.
Sydney is full of curiosity and is so inquisitive. When she hears others having a converstation without her, she's quick to jump in and ask, "What you saying?" I hear that question all day. She's not afraid to say anything which means sometimes she gets her phrases mixed up. She seems to use the phrase "I miss you" in the same context as "I love you." When I give her a hug, she says "I miss you, Mommy." Another favorite question she asks when she sees someone yawn is, "You get up too early?"
Potty training is touch and go. As long as she has no diaper or pants on, Sydney's very good at remembering to sit on her potty when she needs to. It's the pulling pants down that needs some work. Here, she makes use of her potty as a piano bench. Or, maybe she needed some musical inspiration to get the pee-pee moving.
Well, it took much of the summer, but Sarah finally looks more like a toddler than an infant or baby. Once she was off the bottles and onto real food she began to put on weight and really fill out. One of the strangest physical changes in Sarah is that she went from having almost black hair from birth until she was about 10 or 11 months old, then suddenly it quickly turned so blonde that it's almost white in some places. I'm just waiting to see if it will darken. No one in our families has blonde hair.
Sarah's really trying to talk but we're a long way from really understanding her yet. She uses some sign language, which is very helpful. She says "Da Da" all the time. She doesn't say "Mommy" anymore for some reason. She tries to say "Sydney" and her most used word is "duck." Don't know why "duck" seems to be a frequently used word for her. She calls most animals "duck." However, her favorite animal sound is "ROAR." She roars for every animal sound. "Sarah, what does a dog say?" "ROAR!" "Sarah, what does a cow say?" "ROAR!"
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