Easter 2013

Dyeing Easter Eggs

Yesterday was Navy's first experience dyeing Easter eggs.  We had been talking about it for almost a week, building the experience up, so she was VERY excited.  I laugh because she had no idea what "dyeing eggs" actually meant, but she was determined it would be fun! 

Aunt Melanie, Cousin Josh and Aunt Sally got everything ready for Navy to dye the eggs.  At first it wasn't that messy......that quickly changed. 

 

Painting an egg with Aunt Mel

Aunt Mel touching up Navy's painted egg

 

Navy had so much fun and was really proud of her eggs.  Her favorite thing to do was paint an egg with a Q-tip. Today she gets to hunt for the eggs she dyed.  I hope she likes that as much as she liked dyeing them! 

 

 

 

A lot of nothing much

Not much has been going on in our house.  Winter is still hanging around, which means very little outside play time, so we've been making the most of indoor activities.  Navy still goes to the 4C Play and Learn two times a week, plus Toddler Storytime twice a week.  On Thursdays she started attending Kinderfun at Mesker Park Zoo.  It's a 13 week program where the kids learn about a letter of the alphabet and then get to see an animal up close and personal. 

Coloring at Kinderfun

Navy's therapy with First Steps is going well.  Jonathan says he can't tell if her talking is improving, but I have noticed improvement in some words that she used to have difficulty with.  She is definitely talking more and sometimes says the funniest things.  She continues to love to sing songs.   Her favorites are "Old McDonald," "Wheels on the Bus" and the theme song to "Max and Ruby."  Sometimes she asks Jonathan or me to sing the song with her.  Other times she sings all by herself. 

She loves her "paa" and prefers to have two at a time.  We haven't tried to take her pacifiers away yet....

Navy also has become obsessed with her "babies."  She likes to feed them, change their clothes, brush their teeth and trim their fingernails. 

 

 

Navy loves playing with her cousins, even though they fight over toys sometimes.

 

 

 





This past Sunday the weather was very nice, so we headed to the zoo.  Grandpa Greg, Grandma Wendy and Aunt Michele came too. 

Grandpa and Navy running fast

Aunt Michele and Navy

Daddy and Navy

Navy is obsessed with cleaning.  One of her favorite phrases to say is "Navy help Momma."  She insists on dusting and sweeping the floor anytime I attempt to.  She does a pretty good job too.  She tries to help me fold clothes, but that usually consists of waving them around the room and then leaving them in a pile on the couch.  We will continue to work on that :)

 

 



 

 

Snowballs

 

We woke up the morning after Christmas to find a lot of snow on the ground! Navy has never really been able to play in a significant amount of snow (last year we didn't have that much) and she was really excited to go out and play in it. 

 

Navy and Jonathan built a snowman, or as Navy called it "a snowball."  Navy's snowball stayed in our front yard for a couple of days and then fell to its death.  Navy was quite upset about her "snowball" falling over and tells us everyday about how her "snowball" fell down. 

 

 

 

We had another round of snow on Friday to top off the previous snowfall.  This snow was prettier in my opinion because it was a little icy to begin with, which made the trees beautiful.  We went to my great-aunt's house the next day and Navy was able to play in the snow for a little bit. 

 

 

 

 

Navy built another "snowball" with her daddy and my cousins, and this one looked a little like Cookie Monster.  Navy also got upset with my cousin Isaac when he threw a snowball at her daddy and was scolding Isaac, telling him "no!"

 

 

 

Navy is really talking a lot now.  She says many four word phrases, such as "Navy do it too, go in Momma's car."  She is still hard to understand , though.  This is quite frustrating for her (and us) and since she talks all the time, I finally called First Steps and set up an evaluation for her.  She did qualify for services with First Steps and she started her first session of therapy the week before Christmas.  They found a delay in her speech (dropping consonant sounds and syllables) so she will be receiving services for the next several months.  She seemed to get along well with her therapist, and I am looking forward to her making progress.