Alita's growing fast, and tall for her age - she's been wearing
2 year old clothes for the last month or so. She’s learning fast
too, talking up a storm. She’ll repeat just about anything we
say (though she’s oddly reluctant to say “yes”), and will put
words together to describe things or tells us what she wants. The
other day she brought my shoes to me saying “mommy shoes” and
tried to put them on my feet. After I put one on she said “other
one” and looked very satisfied when I put it on as well. She
knows parts of songs, like the ABCs - she’ll jump in at W and Y
– and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – she likes to join in on “like
a diamond.” She also knows all the basic colors, and loves to
draw. Fortunately washable markers really are as advertised. Her
other favorite activities involve sand at the park, and anything
to do with water. Saturday she has swimming class, and when I got
home from work I asked her what she did today. “Swimming pool!
Underwater! Duck!” She’ll play for hours in wading pools,
fountains, the bathtub.