Doing lots of new things

Kaylee has had fun recently with mixing colors with bathtub paints. She smooths the colors all over saying “color, color” then she splashes joyfully as she finishes her masterpiece.

Kaylee seems to have learned a motion for “wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round.” When we pointed out the neighbor girls and their bus, she says “bus” and then rotates her arms around in a circular motion. Then we caught on and started singing “wheels on the bus” song to her, meanwhile she happily accompanied the song with the arm motions.

Kaylee sang some new words for “twinkle, twinkle little star.” She said “ How I wonder” and “Up above” – the first couple words to each new verse. She sang them with me, in harmony! She has a beautiful, sweet sounding little voice!

She paraded around the house the other day with a bowl on her head, pushing her walker proudly in front of her. She loved this novel idea and reaction it got out of us. She also has been trying real hard to put on her sunglasses. She puts them on upside-down and raises her head up in order to try to balance them on her face. She wants to use my toothbrush each morning and not hers and cries when she doesn’t get her way. She also prefers to use big forks instead of forks made for a toddler in order to be a “big girl.”

She loves to practice the opening any doors – esp. the sliding door out to the backyard. She says “door”. She goes to the other side of the door, closing herself in the room and says “bye” to us. Then she cries for help when she can’t get out a moment later.

I got a report from a teacher at daycare on her behavior the other day. She said she was trying to get Kaylee from climbing up on a chair and had told her to get down twice. Kaylee cried because she didn't want to be told no. The teacher was leaving the rooms and was shocked when Kaylee pointed over to her, smirking and saying "Ha, Ha, Ha." She can be a bit of a stinker. She is very stubborn at times.

Kaylee has accidentally hurt me a few times, jumping up into my face or by unexpectedly putting her finger up my nose way too hard. She feels sorry after she hurts us, and comes over to see how you are doing, offering a kiss to consol you. She also uses this as a method to get out of trouble. She knows if she does something wrong, a way to get you away off track is to lean in, kiss you and offer a real sweet smile. Very clever! It is working well on us! We try not to let her get away with things too much – we also have to teach her how to behave as well!

New words:
Stinky
Bus
Down
Squirrel
Paint
Dance
Door