pamelamyers | March 21, 2011
Sam figured out how to blow a whistle today! I was so shocked. I bought her this cheap bird shaped whistle at CVS recently thinking that Mark or I could use it and show her. Supposedly, when you add different amounts of water to the whistle, it makes different bird sounds. Well, we tried it and it didn’t seem to do anything but leak, but truthfully we didn’t try very hard. Anyway, we have been using it without water and it just sounds like a plain old whistle, not a bird, but Sam likes it. She has started trying to put it into Mark’s mouth when she wants to hear it. Today, she found it on the end table and put it into her own mouth and before she knew it, out came a whistle! She looked so surprised. I don’t think she actually figured out that she has to blow, but rather, it just sort of whistled while she was breathing out, but she eventually figured out that air makes it work because she kept doing it. I took her to the stairs to show Mark who was in the basement working, and he said he heard all the whistling but thought it was me! Sam made a whistle for him and she looked very pleased with her accomplishment. We were very proud of our little girl today. She is quite grown up. 🙂
Category: Uncategorized |
No Comments �
Tags:
pamelamyers | March 21, 2011
Sam ate her first crayon yesterday. A piece of one anyway. A red one. At Chili’s. She was not loving it, not that she won’t do it again, mind you. I knew it was coming since Sam’s only interest in crayons seems to be (a) eating them, (b) taking them out of the box and throwing them in the air, or (c) breaking them. Actual *coloring* seems to be out of the question. I can only hope this is not a frequent occurrence but with our adventurous little girl, I am not counting on it!
In other news, her cold seems to be just about gone. She has the last little bit of a cough and a little bit of a runny nose, but she is pretty much back to her normal self. Less tantrums, more smiles and giggles, more playtime. I on the other hand still have a bad cold, and now Mark and my mom are starting to feel a bit sick. Well, what can you do? When wiping runny noses a million times a day and having her cough all over you, it is to be expected. I am just glad she is feeling better since we can all deal with illness better than she can.
We turned Sam’s carseat around yesterday in my car so that she is riding facing forward. She had to be a year old and 20 lbs before she could legally do so, and even though she has been old enough for a long time, it took her forever to reach the correct weight! She will be 18 months old on Tuesday and she is really only maybe about 22 lbs I think. When we took her out for the first time yesterday, Sam looked like a deer in headlights riding around. I don’t think she quite knew what to make of all the images whizzing past the window. But as Mark commented, what does she know? For all she knew we got in the car and sat for a while and we wound up somewhere else. By the time we were on our way home from shopping and dinner, she looked right at home. She was enjoying the view, laughing and playing, and having a great time each time Mommy turned around to peek at her. She also got a kick out of the sunroof.
It is really nice being able to see her clearly now when I stop at red lights. And it is easier getting her in and out of the car in general. We are going to switch Mark’s car and my mom’s around too as soon as we can. I think we will have to — Sam isn’t going to want to ride backwards anymore after being able to see what is going on in my car!
Category: Uncategorized |
3 Comments �
Tags: