Maddox had her first watercolor experience last week. Gammy also sent her this paint smock so we had to try it out. She painted about 6 pictures and then I wanted to clean up and put it away. She threw a huge fit when I wouldn't let her paint anymore. Huge. And now she goes to her pictures, and says "paint?" almost everyday.
We bought a frame and hung her first real artwork. She thought that was pretty cool.
Jeremy ran a 5k on Saturday for the first time in quite a while. Maddox, Jessi, and I cheered him on, chilled. He finished 5th overall and won his age division. Next race is Thanksgiving! Garrison/Wheeler family . . . get ready!
Already, we have an overflow of books. Couldn't be because Maddox loves them and I love to buy them, could it? This shelf is in her room, but she can't get to them, and there's books on top of books . . . She has another shelf in the toy shelves we have in the living room and that one is overflowing too. It was time to get another book shelf that she could get to and choose her own books at night.
A little thinned out and not stacked on top of each other now. I didn't want to give her access to too many of her books. I know where they all will be if she could reach them all.
Her new shelf that she saw this morning when she got up. She's been thrilled with it all morning, pulling books off, reading, putting them back, another, another . . .
See? Thrilled!
Let's see, what else is she doing? Talking, a lot. She talks gibberish ALL the time, just like she knows what she's saying. But she's also saying a lot of words. We're already having to spell words in front of her. Like cookie. If she hears you say that she's sure she must have one and cries if she doesn't get it. others: pumpkin, boo (if she see's a ghost),night night, moon, apple, pee pee, poo, potty, please, kank koo (thank you), up, down, all done, constantly bossing around "jessi, jessi", Gabby, Gady (Grady), knows most of her body parts and will point to them. Even obscure ones like her elbow and shoulder. She's to the point that if you ask her to say something she'll try and she's starting to put two words together. "bye bye pee pee" "mo cookie?" "jessi jessi, sit"I've been trying to teach her to fold her hands and pray and say Amen. She'll sit on my lap at night, reluctantly fold her hands and bow her head for a few seconds then look around while I bow my head and pray. Then I say Amen and ask her to. She wouldn't do it at first so I'd put my finger on her chin and move her mouth and say A-men for her. Now at the end of the prayer she puts her finger on her own chin and says "may men". She figures the finger must be part of the deal.
I just asked her "What else can you say Maddox?" And she said ppllllbbbb (buzzed her lips, how do I spell that?) We went to the zoo twice in one week that last time we went and talked about what the elephants said a lot, buzzing tight lips really hard. Now anytime she sees an elephant on a cartoon, book, movie, picture, stuffed animal she points and says ppplllblbb. That new nickelodean cartoon Jungle Junction just came on that has an elephant, she loves it.
You can also ask her just about anything and she'll say "no" in this cute, quick voice. Maddox, do you want to take a bath? "no" Maddox do you want to go outside? "no" Maddox, will you give me a kiss? "no" Maddox, do you want a cookie? "cookie?", and she runs towards the kitchen.
Well, that's all the cute things I can think of for now. I think we'll get dressed and spend some time outside!
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