Silly

One of the little toys we got yesterday is another RAR pencil eraser-top type monster creature. Esme has been running around the house with her two RAR monsters on the top of colored pencils saying RAR to everyone and everything. We have to participate. She also had this weird game with putting colored pencils one-by-one in a thin plastic tube (part of packaging from something else) and dumping them out again. It sounds simple but watching (and having to participate in it) proves it quite complex. She's got a system going on. At least it doesn't take much to keep her amused ;)

I'm not feeling 100% and Mark was good enough to go do the garbage and grocery shopping this morning. I'll see what I feel about finishing the toys I was making yesterday. I did do some laundry and changed the rug in Esme's play area, which she loves and is already doing headstands on.


liked this picture...

H says to look up Laurie Berkner songs on Youtube for Esme to watch.

Vacation Sunday

PeanutNinja occupies my chair in the worksapce

We went up to Hazel's antique mall for a short time today, bought Esme a chair and a few little toys. I've been looking at Ebay a lot for a few small things I wanted for her - and wanted to see a different scene. I have many days off this week for the second half of my vacation. It's nice.

We have a new rug for Esme's 'room' and I'm thinking of moving my sewing machine to another place in the upstairs to expand the area Esme has for her own. That will leave room for a 'big girl bed' later and maybe a reading corner. They are just tentative thoughts I'm coming up with. I know she needs to move out of the crib sooner or later... she's not too tall for it yet but that is mostly because she prefers to sleep curled up in the corner. I know some other people who live here she gets that trait from.

Woods pictures

Soon enough there will be snow on the ground and there won't be many of these excursions out into the woods behind our house. Until then, we continue to enjoy them with Esme.














Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

small day out

We had a small day out to the thrift store in Paris and the grocery store. I bought two more pairs of used shoes for Esme - and she is clopping around in the 'dress' type shoes now having a grand time. Her feet grow so quickly I'm so glad they had something larger than what she was wearing. She also got a set of colored pencils at the grocery store which she has been happily scribbling with all day.

I have tomorrow off and Thanksgiving off and then the Retail Horror Day (Black Friday). My second vacation begins in early December.

Drawing at the table and toddler shirt

Here are a few pictures of Esme drawing at my worktable. She has been having lots of fun with a pencil and paper today - actually forgoing crayons for it! She has also been liking my collection of colored thread and been naming some of the colors and sorting them between colored buckets and tin containers.

She is wearing that first size 3 shirt I made back in August that was too big for her then. Her hair is just as wild as ever. I washed it last night like I usually do but keeping it in pigtails is almost impossible lately. Mark still wants it to grow until Esme asks for it to be cut herself.. or experiments with cutting it like I did in kindergarten. Haha! I'll probably corner her and put it up before we go to Grandma's house.


One of her pages of handiwork

Our Friday morning and update

It is nice to have a morning to play with Esme, do a little laundry and not worry about going to work until the afternoon. We've been playing with letters, counting, blocks, teaset and our kitten PeanutNinja. Esme has to learn PeanutNinja does not like to have things stacked on her - this isn't 'Stuff on my Cats'.com! I am amazed every day at how much more I understand of what Esme is saying - especially when I can slow down and watch without having to be busy myself.

Updates: Some of this has been happening for a while but I don't think I've noted it here. So, this is 'for the record.' I'm hearing sentences like 'my cow, my cup' and 'good cow', 'good kitty'.. also things like 'What is that?' much clearer than before and expecting an answer. She will often repeat the answer or attempt to - which she was reluctant to do a few months ago unless she was really interested.

She asked me 'What you got' or something similar to that in the kitchen today to make sure I had the same pepperoni she had... Her number of things she knows how to say on Starfall is increasing as well and she is participating in the matching and puzzle games by pointing to the squares.. something she would not do a few months ago.

This morning she has been doing the 'shhh' with her finger to her lips. That is cute because she can't keep a straight face even though she tries. I say 'Shhh.. be wery wery quiet, we are hunting wabbits!' and she giggles her tail off. I'm hearing counting sounds when she puts large pegs from one cup to another. She is trying colors too - 'black' and 'green' are easy to understand. The numbers are still hard to understand but she is getting the basic shape of the word right. Hearing her pretend to talk on the phone is hilarious.