Monday, February 19, 2018

2.19.18 - More kid snippets

Whenever we read "But not the Hippopotamus" Clara gets so excited for the end when I enthusiastically proclaim "But YES the hippopotamus!" She grins hugely and clenches her fists like she does and once I say it she giggles and giggles.

Clara tucks Hobbes and Bobo in to go to sleep.

Jack is usually the one to put Clara to bed lately (while I nurse Jane to sleep in the other room), and he always says "Good night, girl" right before shutting the nursery door, so now Clara says that too. As he's about to shut the door her little voice pipes up "Good night, girl!" So cute.

Making a pretty impressive train.

Three nights ago as I was working at the dining room table, Jane crawled underneath the table and happily hung out there for 15-20 minutes just lying on her back kicking and looking up at everything.

Having a great time just hanging out under the table.

I sat on the living room floor while Clara sat in my lap and we read books. When each book was finished she would jump up and run to the bookshelf to pick out another. We probably read five books. Up until recently she wouldn't let me read anything to her; she only wanted to read them herself. But lately she says "Sit down" meaning she wants me to sit on the floor. If I do, she sits in my lap and waits for me to read the book. So that's been pretty wonderful.


Jane tagged along when we were reading both on the living room floor and when we moved to Clara's bed to keep reading. Jane just sat near us and kind of bounced around, happy to be part of the action. After I put Clara to bed I tried to nurse Jane to sleep, but she wasn't tired. So I held her in my arms and she got very excited about the calendar on our bedroom wall. She stared intently at it and cooed and tried to touch it. Her coos are absolutely adorable.

Last night I gave Clara a bath. She sang as best she could to some of her Youtube videos while she played with all her plastic boats. She also has a plastic elephant that you can dip in the water and then set on the side of the bath and the water pours out his trunk. She loves that. For a first tonight she did decently with me putting soap on her. It may have helped that I told her in advance "Okay, I'm going to put some on your tummy" etc. to warn her. She seemed very nervous but handled it well. Still doesn't like having water poured even on the very back of her head though. It makes it hard to get all the shampoo out but I guess there are worse problems. She kept singing her songs about emotions, and even as we were drying her off and getting her dressed she sang the Patty Shukla song "Feelings," only when she sings the chorus she sings, "Beeling! Beelings! Beelings that I show! Beelings that Iiiii knowwwwww!" and it is incredibly cute.


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