Twenty One Months

21 Months

• You really like going into your room and playing with the Little People Princess set that you have. You have most of the phrases memorized in your little 1 1/2 year old way of saying them. My favorite is hearing you say, "best day ever!" from Rapunzel. When the song part comes up, you will stand up and start dancing along with it.
• You are turning more into a girly girl each day. Dress up is becoming a regular event. You will sneak into Maggie's room, take off your pants and slip into one of her skirts. The big kids will also help you with the dress up box putting on tutus and high heels. You really like princesses and Minnie Mouse in general. Funny moment: we were walking into the school and there was a post of a black girl. You pointed at her and said, "Tiana? Tiana?" 
• Your language is really increasing. Two and three word phrases are common. You brought me a library book and said, "Peek-a-boo Baby". After your bath, you asked "Naked run?" and tried to run away. We have been working with you to say prayers and ask to be excused from the table. Both the "Ahem" and "excuse" is your favorite part and you say it so loud at the end.
• Maggie left out a sharpie out in the playroom. You were down there playing by yourself while I was making dinner. I could hear you play with something that made music so I knew you were fine. But then it got quiet for a long time. I went down there to check on you and you had colored over both the cabbage patch doll and Clara the Red headed doll. There is no way that is coming off. Thank goodness it wasn't the couch at least.
• Clothing has been a struggle with you lately. It is 20 degrees outside and I am lucky enough to get a shirt on you, but a coat throws you over the edge. 
• We went to Oregon for Thanksgiving this year. It was a quick trip but we tried to do as much as we could. We had breakfast at Auntie Annie's, went on a photo scavenger hunt at the mall, and decorated Gingerbread houses at Uncle Dusty's. You and Sunny played well together. Grandma had a big Nativity Snow Globe that played music that you fell in love. She gave it to you and every day you climb up on the piano bench to twist the knob to play the music.
• We have started the Christmas season. We drove up the mountain to cut down a tree. It wasn't your favorite thing to stand in three feet of snow with no gloves on (I had them for you but you didn't want to keep them on). You do like to play in the snow with the tonka trucks, though again you get frustrated with the gloves so they end up off our hands and then within a few minutes you start whining about your hands.