Happy Easter!!
Katherine is still talking upstairs and calling us. She’s been very difficult to put down lately. Tonight we went thru 6 or 7 books and then she clung to me like a monkey when I tried to put her in the crib. I had to detach her before she went down to sleep. Her naps have been equally as difficult – with her crying a good 10 minutes or so and saying “dadadda” before drifting off to sleep.
We had a fun Easter – two egg hunts. We went to brunch with friends and Katherine tried to play with them. This ended up with Katherine and one other friend standing in a plastic house looking around :). She figured out after a couple times that the key was to pick up a brightly colored plastic egg and stick in one of her fuzzy baskets. Funny enough, she wore her beautiful velvet pink dress which got ink on it after she played with stamps (her eyes just lit up when a friend said “lets play with stamps!”) and she must have stuffed down a dozen blueberries and a handful of grapes at lunch. By the time we headed home it was 1PM, which is very late for a nap, and she finally fell asleep after a good cry at 1:40. She woke at 4:10 and then we went to a family Easter celebration. Katherine hung with her cousins Will and Grant – played with the toys including a trike and xylophone. She ran around the back yard and Steve would follow her, scooping her up before she could reach the sand play area. We must have spent half the time running after her and keeping her from playing with sand and then sticking her thumb in her mouth! Nevertheless, she wore herself out and ended up asleep by 9:35 or so.
Animal Fun
Yesterday, we showed Grandma Bush the nearby animal farm. The pig at the farm had just had 10 or 11 piglets and the goat was extremely pregnant. Lots of exciting things to see at the farm. Katherine spent time staring at the duck (“ducg”) and saying “baa” at the goats and sheep. The ponies were exciting as well. She’s really learning her animals – she can now say “woo” for dog “ducg” for duck “baa” for sheep and “whabbt” for reader rabbit program and “moo” for cow (I think). She says “buss” for the wheels on the bus book and I think she even said “egh” for egg today. She’s definitely picking up words, although she’s not what I would call conversant.