Well we've had a giant boom of development recently!
(yes, this is what happens when you try to take a photo..)alexis' talking has really come along recently, she's added a whole heap of verbs - like singing, dancing, playing, bouncing, balancing - and some adjectives too - like big, little, small, scary... and of course a big bunch of new nouns.. she's also stringing together 4-6 word sentences too.
she's learnt a few new concepts too, like big, little & the same, counts 2-6 in order & likes counting on her fingers.. she recognises when there are two of something, and matches two objects to two other objects (ie holding two stars up to her two eyes & explaining it to us), and she likes doing colour matching too.. she can recognise the numbers 2, 3 & 4, and the letter C, she even wrote a C to show me! and the cool thing is, we haven't actually *taught* her any of those things, she has just picked them up from our day-to-day activities & her play :-D
shortly after eli was born frank & yvonne came over to see the kids, and to take alexis out for some fun! (and give me a rest!) So that meant some fun trips to Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World...
a fun playdate..
and some parks & the museum... she had a fantastic time, and came back exhausted & happy every day!We've just started going to a Steiner playgroup, which alexis loves! They do lots of singing (with actions), and storytelling, the kids knead bread dough for buns for their morning tea, and all the toys & equipment are made from all natural materials - wood, wool, cotton, silk - which are SO nice to play with! She has been really enjoying playing with the other little kids too :-)
some other recent things have been...
dressing up in a very posh new outfit from our friend vicki (including heeled cowboy-esqe boots!)
helping demolish our kitchen bench for the new dishwasher...
and working very hard at becoming a very definite 'daddy's little girl'! ;-)she's been doing some fantastic art too! :-D
