I am drafting a post that is hard for me to write, and I am knitting that sweater which is actually full-on crazy, not some measly 75% kind of crazy. So this is mostly a placeholder post while I deal with my assorted crazinesses.
One of the cool things kids do between about 1.5 and 2.5 is they learn to make sentences. Most kids in that age range combine words in some way ("more cookies!" "no bed!"), but a core skill is figuring out how nouns and verbs fit together. It's a big step for them to realize that subjects can be paired with verbs, and that a subject and a verb can do something together to an object.
Stella's language development, like most of her brothers', has been on the pokey end of normal and it is making me doubly happy to hear her putting mini-sentences together. This morning she gave me her first subject-verb-object sentence ever. Unprompted, she said, "Stella sit potty!" And she did. Such a big girl she's getting to be.
I haven't posted a picture in forever. This is Pete playing the free version of Angry Birds on my iPod for an appreciative audience. Aren't they cute?
They're CUTENESS personified!! Particularly those darling "please pinch me!" cheeks of your gorgeous girl. Do you pinch them much? I did lots and lots when I had a "pinch-ilicious" boy. Sigh. Should post a photo of him in all his cheeky glory... swoon... (and I still do pinch and "bite" my boy's cheeks, but he's going to be 7 soon and he's losing most of his "baby-ishness." :(
In any case, thanks for the beautiful photo I wish you can have lots of fortitude to deal with the craziness.
Posted by: Lilian | March 03, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Look how big she is! And adorable! The boys are cute too :)
I finally posted in my blog too after having too much going on and no way to say it. So I get it.
Posted by: Amy F | March 03, 2011 at 11:15 PM
What beautiful children you have!
Posted by: Tall Kate | March 04, 2011 at 10:01 AM
She is so big! And I have to say, your kids have the best cheeks ever :)
Posted by: Pippi | March 04, 2011 at 06:45 PM