While we were in Chicago (see the post below), Mia didn't start walking like I expected, but man, is she close. This morning, she would barely hold on to my finger and just walk like a little expert. She is cruising all around the furniture, cabinets and anything she thinks will be stable. She has absolutely no interest whatsoever in sitting still to read a book or watch a Little Einstein; nope, she wants to go, go, go. I'm amazed and a little concerned about what life will be like once she can walk...and run. Her little personality is already so different than Lily's; I can see they will both keep us on our toes but in very different ways.
While Mia didn't start walking, she did have her second tooth come in. It's the partner-tooth to her first one, so you'll soon be able to see both of her bottom front teeth which will make her smile even more adorable. She is also starting to wave which is absolutely precious. This morning while I was getting ready, Ryan was taking a shower. Mia was cruising around holding on to the bathroom cabinets while Lily and I were in the bedroom. I watched her as she stopped, looked at Ryan and started waving and smiling. Simply take my breath away precious.
Both girls had good days at school. Lily's note of daily activities from the teacher said she is such a big helper as she helps point out letters, numbers, colors, shapes, etc. to the other kids. I'm not 100% sure if this is a polite way of saying she is taking over the room, or if she is truly being helpful and trying to help the other kids. I may need to inquire further. I have had multiple people tell me that Lily seems to be truly advanced with many of her skills (it's almost like a photographic memory), and we'll need to watch out for behavioral problems. I'm not really sure what to make of that or how to handle that, but Ryan's mom (a former kindergarten teacher) said it was a good idea to enrich the skills she is learning instead of trying to push her way ahead of an appropriate grade-level which makes sense to me. If any of you reading this have any ideas or suggestions, I would love to hear your thoughts too.
Anyway, the four of us went out to dinner tonight since we didn't have much to eat at the house. We all love Little Azio's. It's wonderful now that Mia can pretty happily sit at the table, eat Puffs or very small pieces of our food and people-watch while we eat dinner. We went to the fountain after dinner and let Lily run around for a few minutes. She probably spent 10 minutes running in a big lap with figure eights around columns singing this line again and again and again: "The ants go marching one by one, hurrah! hurrah!" I couldn't even begin to tell you how many times she sang that line.
When we left, Ryan and Mia headed on home to start getting ready for bed while Lily and I went to Publix to pick up groceries. She loves the car-type buggies, and she enjoyed "driving" for awhile. She was in a great mood, so she talked to everyone she saw (she told one lady in the freezer section "Hello! We coming for Goldfish. I have a new shirt on. It has Daisy and Minnie on it." Thankfully, the lady talked back and seemed amused). She also continued to sing the same line from the Ants Marching song. She wanted to hold all the fruit in the buggy right next to her "to keep it safe." We looked at the birthday cakes; she goes back and forth on if she wants a Tinkerbell cake or Princess cake for her birthday. She doesn't know yet that she will probably not have either of those as we're going with a Little Einsteins theme for her party in October. She also loves to help me put the food on the conveyor belt when its time to check out. She's a big helper these days!
We got home and read some books and played I Spy, a new favorite. She also showed me her sketch book which has 40 pieces of construction paper in it. I would say 35 of those pages have hand prints that she has traced on them; she loves to try to trace hands, so she showed me each and every one of them. She was very proud of each one and could tell me whose hand each one belonged to. We then filled out a couple of pages where she practiced drawing her shapes (she has gotten pretty good at circles and ovals). She made a few fish ("He need two eyes so he can see better and two fins so she can swim better") and traced our hands some more.
I know I say this in just about every entry, but I am truly amazed at our girls. They are growing up so quickly, and I love watching their little minds work. They provide laughter, challenges and love every single day. They are nothing short of a miracle made by God Himself, and I am so thankful that Ryan and I have been blessed by them.
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