Monday, Oct 19th we watched Dani's friend, Michael. Dani was very excited to show off every one of her toys. She then decided to get dressed up by wearing the strings from her bead set as a scarf and wearing our car wash mitt which we just got. She was very proud of this playful look.At one point this week I was stressed over something trivial and Dani just starts singing "happy family". It made me remember that we do have a happy family and that is what is important. She still says "happy family" almost everyday, especially when we are all together. This week I was in charge of the preschool/playgroup again. The focus I chose was pumpkins. We hid paper origami pumpkins, and tossed them in the air on a blanket, we opened a pumpkin, read pumpkin books, planted pumpkin seeds, and played "ring around the pumpkin" as well as a few other quick activities. If you are interested in the link for the playgroup blog, email me or leave me a note and I'll send you a link. Here are the 26 pumpkins I made. Each one has a letter of the alphabet on the bottom to match to a board. A few of them I accidentally made upside down.
I attempted to get Dani to draw with shaving cream this week, but she wouldn't have it. She is very concerned about touching something that has texture that she is not allowed to lick of her fingers. As long as she can lick it, she will touch it. Otherwise, she will yell at me to wipe it off her hands. - This week Dani was using 3 word sentences more often. I also noticed that she is starting to use names more. Instead of just saying bye she said "bye Michael" and instead of just saying Thank You she said "Thank you daddy". When she knows she is going to be in trouble, she now says with a disappointed tone "Oh Dani!" because this is what I say when I see she has made a mess, or broken something. I didn't realize how often I said it until she starts using all day long.
- After the pumpkin preschool/playgroup, I made pumpkin muffins from the little pumpkin we cut open and Trent carved our pumpkin for us. That night the bishop came to visit. I was grateful that the apartment was somewhat picked up after the busy day.
While we were waiting for Daddy to come home on Saturday, I decided to grab my Sarongs and make a fort. Dani enjoyed creating her own house between our couch and chair.
She used the small window as a door for the duck to go in and out of the house.
I decided to help her dress up with a sarong as well. I loved doing this type of thing as a kid. When we were supposed to be going to bed, my little sister, little brother and I would do a little fashion show by doctoring up our pajamas with belts, blankets, or t-shirt pulls (from the 80s). Dani insisted on having her "shirt" (washcloth) on during the pictures.
She then asked me to put more sarongs on her. This picture was taken as she realized Dad just walked through the door. Notice she is running toward him with a huge smile.
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