« The Dora obsession continues... | Main | Now I know my ABCs »
Back home
November 21, 2006
We're back from our visit with Grandma and Grandpa. Mia's first order of business was to show Daddy her new Gymbo dance and how a lion goes Raar (complete with scary hand gesture!).
Some updates on her latest Mia-isms:
She loves kissing her dolls and feeding them a bottle. Then they need to get tucked into the cradle with a blanket or taken for a walk in the stroller or sling. We can't forget our diaper bag when we go for a walk!
For some crazy reason, she's started picking at her fingernails. She can see the tiniest little roughness on her nail or fingers and will pick off minute pieces of skin or nail for hours on end. She can also be seen biting her nails with a far off look in her eye...
Using utensils is a skill that Mia has been half-heartedly working on for quite some time. I always suspected that she really could get more food in her mouth if she wanted to. The theory was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt when Grandma gave her her very own bowl of ice cream. Not a drop spilled! She is also a master pie eater although the oatmeal seems to be sort of hit or miss!
There were all sorts of cats and dogs around for Mia to play with. She really warmed up to the dog Bo. Every morning she'd wake up and run to the window to look for him, calling him by name. This morning she ran to our front window looking for him. Didn't find him though. I wondered if she'd ask "Where's the puppy?" like she did last night at the airport.
One of Mia's favorite animal sounds is the horse so we were sure to take her to see a real one. Getting to sit on it was the highlight of her day!
Baking cookies was another super fun activity that Mia was quick to catch onto. She watched intently as Grandma spooned the dough onto the first cookie sheet. Then while she was off putting that sheet in the oven, Mia grabbed the spoon and started dolloping her own cookies onto the 2nd sheet! Grandpa ended up helping her out so not ALL of her cookies were oddly shaped!
Another first for Mia was seeing snow. It didn't stick, but we ran outside to touch the snow that was falling from the sky!
I hope to get the rest of her videos from the trip up soon!
Posted by Kimberly at November 21, 2006 10:42 PM