It had been quite awhile since my last post, but hey, there is really no excuse. Here are some of the highlights of what Alena has been up to:
- Alena is really into pretending. She recently really understood how to do it. She and Daddy play a game where an imaginary snake is slithering across the living room floor. They use the cats' mice and an oatmeal container to trap it.
- Alena almost exclusively will read Mo Willems books right now. She is really into Piggie and Gerald the Elephant books.
- Alena loves monsters. Her favorite Piggie and Gerald book has a picture where Gerald is imagining Piggie was eaten by a monster. She wants to read that page over and over. When I say, "Piggie really didn't get eaten by a monster because monsters aren't real," she says "no." Of course I don't think monsters are real!
- Alena is really talking now. She will try to repeat anything we say and is getting better at trying sentences. She can make the "s" sound, but not at the beginning of words. Then she replaces it with a d or b sound or just eliminates it completely. Sleep=peep Snake=nake Soup=poop Sick=dick Monster=moner Snack=nack
- She loves watching videos of herself. "More Alena, more Alena!" as soon as one is over.
Matching pajama pants we got from Grandma Diane for Christmas. Alena loves wearing matching pants but wonders why Daddy doesn't have any that match.
Before her haircut (check out the ball pit pictures for her new 'do). Friday night Alena and I were bored so I asked if she wanted her hair cut. She said she did so I cut her bangs. She wanted me to cut them a little shorter so the hair wasn't in her eyes so I did. She sat pretty still but I am worried (even though I told her that only adults use scissors) that she thinks she might be old enough to try cutting hair by herself.
