Today Addie and I started a new routine. We started a behavior chart. She gets stickers for all the good things she does during the day. If she gets 3 stickers in a day she gets to pick a prize! They are all little things I found at the dollar store. So far she's pretty excited about her stickers!
She's been such a good girl with Evie and following directions but there are days where she wants to poke Evie a little too much and throws herself on the floor when hearing the word "no". This is hopefully going to help some of that since now there are consequences and rewards. In fact, after her first sticker this morning she decided to go and throw away her dirty diapers and then go to the stickers and say PEEES? I love her!
She also started going to story time at the Albert Lea library today. She wasn't overly interested in sitting down and watching a lady read a book but she did "sing" the songs. She also participated in the matching game, craft and snack. The Albert Lea library was quite impressive. They had a totally separate area for the kids books, DVD's and media. She was amazed by the toys and all the books. She walked around just soaking it all up. I think that maybe next week she'll be a little more interested in the actual story time.
We start tumbling classes and swimming lessons in a few weeks too. We're going to try to have something going on at least 3 days a week to tire her out a little. It's getting harder to entertain her in the house and it's going to get cold here soon. Right now we're still lucky enough to have beautiful weather for her to play outside. She loves to run to the gazebo and play with the dogs. She takes their four small food bowls and stick them in the water bowl. She also "hides" things in the refrigerator of her play kitchen. It's so fun to watch her play!
I am so proud of how she is developing. Her personality is amazing. She is so funny and such a good sharer (if that isn't a word, it is now). She loves to be around other little kids and has the best manners. Her new thing is to say "pees, tank ya" (please, thank you) in all one word when she wants something. It's so cute! She, most days, is my sunshine. She's become very patient with me when I am doing something with Evie and seems to understand that she has to play independently when I am feeding her!
It's hard to watch her grow and change so quickly. I wish that she would stay little and innocent a little longer then it seems she will. I feel like some days I blinked and she was a toddler. It's amazing how much she's learned in 18 months. I've really noticed it now that I have a helpless baby again. I can't believe that Addie was just this helpless just a short time ago and now some days she needs nothing for me but food and drink! I'm afraid to blink again as I don't want her to be in school, having a boyfriend or going off to college. I need her to need me forever.
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