10/9/10 Peek a YOU

Just a few things I want to get down before I forget:


1. Amelia is very distressed anytime someone is upset. She is immediately on high alert to report the crying to me in hopes I can solve the problem. The longer the crying goes on, the more upset she becomes herself. Worst case scenario is her beloved Mama crying. Even if it is clearly a game or pretend (ie: making her baby cry). She is NOT happy and will immediately try to get into my arms to shower me with kisses, hugs, pats, special toys, blankets, and books. The whole time, she will be inquiring "Mama! Okay? Mama! Okay?" each time becoming louder and louder until I finally reassure her I'm okay. It isn't enough to simply stop crying. The girl will not rest until I say "Mama's okay." I will admit I've used this to my advantage on occasion.


2. Amelia has been playing Peek-a-boo for a long time. However, she's recently added words of her own. She'll hide her face from you, wait for you to ask "Where's Amelia?" before unveiling herself. Once unveiled, she says Peek-a-YOU. Which, actually makes more sense. And it's so SO cute.

3. Amelia has a lot of words for a kid her age and she uses them almost nonstop. Unless you are a person trying to evaluate her (Early Childhood Education, dr, nurse). Then she doesn't have a word to say. At all. What I'm loving is her daily narration of events. She'll take off running and announce "Running!" or "Mia, running!" or "Running! Fast!" Most parts of our daily routine and a few games, she'll proudly announce such as: "William! Crying!", "Sleeping" which includes fake snoring, "Eating!", and my all time favorite "Hiding!" as she tries to evade bath time, nap time, etc.

4. William is trying very hard to Make Sense of it All. He wonders when we will see Grandpa and Grandma again. What will we do on Monday. Is it a school day? When will it be my birthday? The best way I've come up with to deal with these bigger time questions is to put the events in order. First it will be Halloween, then it will be Uncle Mike's birthday (Will we eat cake, Mama?), and THEN it will be Thanksgiving. He loves ticking off events and remember what will be coming next. We've been talking up Halloween a lot lately and discussing what people do on Halloween. We have several pumpkin/Halloween related events to attend in the coming weeks. Earlier this week, we had our daily discussion about what day it was and I happened to mention it was October 1st. William immediately stopped and a HUGE smile cracked across his face. He was DELIGHTED about October 1st. All day long, he would wish everyone we encountered "Happy October!!". He was so enthusiastic and I was having trouble figuring out what was so special about October 1st. After a long discussion at lunchtime, I determined that William had heard Halloween was in October and OCTOBER was finally here!!! He was so EXCITED for Halloween!!! I didn't have the heart to tell him he still had another 30 days to wait!