Esme this week

We've been to a lot of new places lately with Esme, and a few old ones.

At the pet store:
She pointed at a long-feelered catfish and said 'Pretty!' but wouldn't even look at the guinea pigs.

At the tractor supply store:
She would not accept the rabbits were not kitties. She took a dinosaur toy I said she could have all the way over to the rabbits to show them.

At the library:
She ran and got her own puzzle out of the cabinet and carried it to the table by herself!

At the flea market:
She thought the baby goat was a doggie, until it scratched its ear with a foot. Then she asked 'meow?'

At the landscaping/greenhouse: She really liked all the fountains and the pretty red flowers and orchids in the greenhouse.

new words: 'uh-oh' when she drops something or sees something fall. A mangled form of 'ready set go' before she tosses a rubber superball - a game I started. Some babble-word that means 'hold this' when she wants to grab something else but already has something in each hand.

She tried to 'talk to grandma' on a crayon she was holding while I was on the phone - it was really cute but she was running too fast to get a good picture.

As we were riding in the car she kept pointing at trees, houses etc... 'Pretty!' I'm thinking it just means anything she likes.. but definitely an adjective and not a general name like I had thought it was.

Red Geranium

I do really like geraniums. This plant came home with me from work the other night.

Creative Slump

I'm in a creative slump. I've been so busy at work when I get home I hardly touch any craft or art supplies. I've been playing with Esme and hanging out on bulletin boards.. but not much else.

Drawing Fun

Esme is nearly seventeen months old now. She loves her crayons and paging through her National Geographics. We bought ten more for a dollar yesterday at the library sale.

Recent Updates

I applied for and got a full-time position at work, 39 hours a week plus a raise. That is nice and we needed it - even though this means I'll be away from Esme for more time each week. I already feel how much I'm missing but at least I get to see her every day, get her up and put her to bed etc etc... some mothers where I work have two or more jobs and don't even see their kids awake during the day.

She is growing so fast - and chattering and jabbering all over the place. Just a few months ago I was worried because she wasn't talking much. I'm always the worrier. But now I can count about twenty different things she says or tries to say.

We went to the library again today even though there wasn't a kid's group this week. She ran around like crazy again, played with a puzzle and did a lot of looking for Daddy after Mark had come in and went out again. She needs to learn not to sit on the tables another little girl said. Haha! Yes she does, but it is going to be slow going.

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