... and a wooden spoon, which made a nice gong sound when she it it against the side of the mixing bowl. By the time we were done, she was wearing a lot of the flour she had played with.
I have started to realize that Maia watches what I do every day (better be careful!) and will start to imitate me more and more. One of her new things is to put water on her hands and run it through her hair (like I often do, with this particular hairstyle). So I added to it, and we gave her a bit of a mohawk.
We let daycare know that she is starting to show interest in using the potty at home, and asked how that would be handled at daycare. They said they would be happy to ask her throughout the day if she would like to use the potty (they won't push the issue either). So the next day, the asked Maia if she would like to use the potty (which is right in the diaper changing area, and so not far removed from the rest of the classroom). She did, and friends Celia and Claire decided they too wanted to use the potty (their parents had not mentioned interested to the staff yet), so Maia became an unwitting trend-setter!
Miscellaneous Favorite Things and Funnies:
- Maia is now calling blueberries "boobies" which I can't help giggling over. So the blueberry pancakes I made, were "boobie cakes." Hot dogs are "ot god!".
- She is very fond of playing little tricks, playing peek-a-boo or hiding something and grinning at you: "I funny?"
- She is now saying "I wuv oo!" with frequency. Who doesn't love that? "Wuv oo dada!"
- She likes to share food with you: "I shaawwe?" And you will get a big grin in return for eating what she is offering you.
- She loves to walk up and down the steps like a big girl ("beeeg grrr-oh!")as long as you hold one of her hands (she can't quite reach the hand rail). If she decides she'd like to go downstairs, she will grab your hand and say "Teps!" and lead you to them, where she will go down (or up) alternating feet, holding onto your hand.
- She has also discovered the book Llama Llama Misses Mama (and the series) through reading time at school and loves it. She often asks "llama llama?", and it may be rivaling Seuss' One Fish Two Fish and Hop On Pop ('op-pop-pop!) as favorites. Unfortunately we don't have the book, so this request has to be turned down, but she's been pretty good about it.
- She loves to jump on the couch or ottoman and jump into our arms. When we do this on the ottoman downstairs (for example while watching Olympics), she will even take turns... "Daddys Tuuwn!" jumping to Ray, and then when she gets back on to the ottoman and stands up "Daddy... Momma tuuwn!"
- She is very pleased when people have large writing on their shirts, as this gives her an opportunity to find letters she knows well. She pretty much knows all her letters by sight - upper and lower case (they don't need to be in order) but does get Us and Vs along with Is and Ls mixed up. She will often should out "G!" and you'll look around and see she saw it on a box of Huggies.
- Last week on Friday I didn't have to go into work, so I thought we'd spend a nice day together. We did spend a quiet morning, and after breakfast when I asked her what she'd like to do today, she said: "Ceeeelya? A-dia? Ceeeelya?" (Celia, her friend, and Andrea her teacher). I asked "Do you want to go to school today instead of playing with Momma? " "YES!" And she rushed off to get her shoes. So I brought her to school, and we got there they were eating their breakfast/mid-morning snack. When she walked in, it was an absolute chorus of "MAIA!" which was pretty cool. She happily walked in and started "sharing" her friends' snacks.
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