Ellie started Kindermusik classes back in January and is loving it! She is our serious, very observant child and will watch all the other kids in class. She is starting to do more in class, but when she comes home she will do all the songs and dances with her baby dolls. It can be so funny to watch! She has always been very observant and we are learning that because of this she does not forget a thing. This can be good and bad! She is almost totally potty trained at this point. She has a few accidents here and there, but for the most part makes it to the potty because she knows she gets a "emmie" as she calls them (we know them better as M&Ms). She is counting to three and learning her letters. It is so fun to watch her make new discoveries! Just yesterday we were going through what different names start with and later in the day when I walked into the den Maggie, who is in her boppy seat, had a big foam letter "M" on her. Ellie put it there on her own because Maggie starts with "M"! Another funny story is that she will get stuck on a song and want to hear it over and over again. There is a country song "Chicken Fried" that Grant sang to her. When we hear it on the radio she says, "Daddy". We now have it on CD and as soon as we get in the car she starts saying, "chicken, chicken!!!" After it plays she yells, "More! More!" We have heard that song more times than I can count, but it is very funny.
Maggie is a trooper and lets Ellie pile her toys on her and kiss on her and put tutus on her! She is such a good natured baby. She still has blue eyes, so we are thinking they might stay that way. She loves to "talk" and last week we were on the web cam with my parents when Maggie started "talking" up a storm. This upset my serious child and she looks at Maggie and says, "uh uh" and puts her hand over Maggie's mouth! I can see it now...Maggie is going to follow Ellie around talking her ear off and Ellie is going to be going, "BE QUIET!" Their personalities are already so different.
