2.21.2011
I'm Pretty Sure My Girl's a Genius
One of Maggie's favorite toys is her doodler. You know. Those magnetic-y boards with the attached pen that you can erase and doodle on until your toddler steps on it and cracks it? (Ours is still totally usable, but it took her less than a month to walk right over it and put a nice chink in it.) Usually, she asks Hubby or me to draw either Frosty or Ya-ya, but lately she has started doing it all on her own. Lots of scribbling and circlescirclescircles then erase and begin again. She loves it.
Well. On Saturday, Maggie drew this:
Then looked at it and said "M!"
Because she's a genius.
2.17.2011
2.14.2011
Two
2.13.2011
Rediscovering Toys
So, I finally culled the overflowing toy bin downstairs. It just got to the point that Maggie had so many toys to play with, she couldn’t seem to settle on any one thing for any amount of time. I know she’s not quite 2 and may have the attention span of a gnat at times, but still, it was just too much stuff. She would dart from one toy to the next and never really play with anything. There was no engagement of her imagination, just flit flit flit like a bumblebee.
And now that she has a significantly dwindled selection? She actually plays with her toys and enjoys them for more than 30 seconds, and is having a blast. It’s fabulous.
These are her current favorites:
The girl loves her mega-blocks! We got her a big ole dump-wagon full of them for Christmas and she is really enjoying them. I’m working with her on building foundations first, but the Doodle just wants to make them stack as high as possible, so that’s what we do.
(Note that the foundation for her tower has wheels … she’s an optimist!)
She also has a set of ramps with a couple of mega-blocks cars to race around, which she finds just as entertaining as any of the boys. Even Daddy enjoys playing with them, though I will say he is good about playing with the baby dolls, too :)
A side bonus of paring down the toy box? Clean up takes a lot less time :)
2.10.2011
The Girl Likes Dirt
2.09.2011
Pray for Kate McRae
For those who don't know, Kate is a local girl who has been battling brain cancer. She had been doing wonderfully and hopes were so high, but her PET scan yesterday came back positive for cancer. She is 7 years old.
This hits me close because one of my dearest cousins, Matthew, lost his life to brain cancer in his twenties. I still miss him, and it's been 5 years.
You can follow Kate's journey at www.caringbridge.org/visit/mcraekate
Please, whenever you can, pray for Kate.