(avery's drawing: she even included ears, hair, arms, and legs)What's new with our almost 2 1/2 year old:
Avery has been a bit of a 2 year old lately & I just have not had the patience I usually do. I know it is probably a combination of her age & new baby on the way (and my lack of patience). I pray that the transition for her is not too rough and we can still make her feel loved and included when the baby gets here. I have pulled her out of MDO because she was crying about going and crying while there. She started to improve and enjoy it more after a few weeks but I decided with a new baby she could possibly regress again, it may be more work on me getting her there w/a newborn & picking up 3 hrs. later, and then also not wanting to expose the baby to all the germs she would bring home from school. So I am happy with my decision and have looked into 2 preschools for the fall that will be "preschool" versus MDO. With her missing the Sept. 1st cut off for 3 year old preschool I have limited options on where to send her if I want her in a 3 year old preschool program. Hopefully we will get into one of the two programs I am looking into.
Even with Avery's 2 year old moments we still have lots of fun with her, mainly laughing at all the funny things she says. We have just been amazed with her vocabulary and fluency lately. She repeats EVERYTHING we say so we have to be careful.
* some funny things she said this past weekend were, "that's ridiculous", and "chop, chop" and used them in the right context. Philip had asked her to get her shoes on for church and said, "come on avery chop, chop" so she picked that line up.
* She has many of her books memorized and can read them to us
* She also likes to quote lines from her movies, her favorite being Tinkerbell lines like- "You've heard of a dew drop, well this is a don't drop" and she pretends to pick up dew drops in the bathtub like Tinkerbell and have them pop. She also picked up the word stupid on there- not good, and uses that in context too... don't know why those cute movies have to say words like that.
* She talks about baby Drew a lot so I know she is very aware of what's going on. She rubs my tummy, gives him kisses and tells him she loves him- so sweet. Sometimes she's not so sweet and pushes on my belly or hits it- don't know if that is anger towards me or him?? hmmm.
* She LOVES to draw- like I posted on my last post, pictures of people are her favorite. She has impressed us w/how good her drawings are.
* She continues to be such a loving, affectionate little girl. She says, "I want to cuddle" or "it's cuddle time", "family hug." She likes to take care of Philip too & will call him "sweet pea" ha!
The other day Philip and I were hugging and she looked up at us (from drawing) and said, "oh are you guys being cute?!" We both just laughed.
Well that's probably enough for now. I need to post an update on the baby next and baby room ;)
Avery has been a bit of a 2 year old lately & I just have not had the patience I usually do. I know it is probably a combination of her age & new baby on the way (and my lack of patience). I pray that the transition for her is not too rough and we can still make her feel loved and included when the baby gets here. I have pulled her out of MDO because she was crying about going and crying while there. She started to improve and enjoy it more after a few weeks but I decided with a new baby she could possibly regress again, it may be more work on me getting her there w/a newborn & picking up 3 hrs. later, and then also not wanting to expose the baby to all the germs she would bring home from school. So I am happy with my decision and have looked into 2 preschools for the fall that will be "preschool" versus MDO. With her missing the Sept. 1st cut off for 3 year old preschool I have limited options on where to send her if I want her in a 3 year old preschool program. Hopefully we will get into one of the two programs I am looking into.
Even with Avery's 2 year old moments we still have lots of fun with her, mainly laughing at all the funny things she says. We have just been amazed with her vocabulary and fluency lately. She repeats EVERYTHING we say so we have to be careful.
* some funny things she said this past weekend were, "that's ridiculous", and "chop, chop" and used them in the right context. Philip had asked her to get her shoes on for church and said, "come on avery chop, chop" so she picked that line up.
* She has many of her books memorized and can read them to us
* She also likes to quote lines from her movies, her favorite being Tinkerbell lines like- "You've heard of a dew drop, well this is a don't drop" and she pretends to pick up dew drops in the bathtub like Tinkerbell and have them pop. She also picked up the word stupid on there- not good, and uses that in context too... don't know why those cute movies have to say words like that.
* She talks about baby Drew a lot so I know she is very aware of what's going on. She rubs my tummy, gives him kisses and tells him she loves him- so sweet. Sometimes she's not so sweet and pushes on my belly or hits it- don't know if that is anger towards me or him?? hmmm.
* She LOVES to draw- like I posted on my last post, pictures of people are her favorite. She has impressed us w/how good her drawings are.
* She continues to be such a loving, affectionate little girl. She says, "I want to cuddle" or "it's cuddle time", "family hug." She likes to take care of Philip too & will call him "sweet pea" ha!
The other day Philip and I were hugging and she looked up at us (from drawing) and said, "oh are you guys being cute?!" We both just laughed.
Well that's probably enough for now. I need to post an update on the baby next and baby room ;)
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