Little Doll

A dad in Charty's gymnastics class told me yesterday that Charlotte was so cute, she looked just like a little doll. And she always is so prissy and cute, running around in floral dresses with scraped up knees. We're making strides in class...we practiced the balance beam, forward rolls and swinging (hanging) from the bar. The bar was hard and everyone saw her belly but she hung in there!

We had story group on Monday. We were late, or actually, I think class started early...so they were already singing when we snuck in. Charlotte wasn't sure what to make of it but she started warming up. By the time Ms. Lyn handed out the scarves (story prop) and was ready to pick them up again, Charty couldn't wait to plunk hers into Ms. Lyn's basket. She clapped and danced at all the appropriate times, of course, when is it not appropriate to clap and dance? Why walk when you can dance, right?

Story time has been a favorite this past week. This week we love: Brown Bear, Brown Bear & Marshmallow Kisses. We usually take a bath, read stories, go night-night but sometimes she gets so excited she tries to skip the diaper part.

I'm trying to encourage Charlotte to TALK! She'll say "up" and "ice" and "mamamamamama" for anything else she wants us to get/do for her but everything else is still in signs. We've got her basic needs covered in ASL. It occurred to me the other day with all the signing people probably assume she's hearing impaired. Oh, dear.

Adam hung Charlotte's swing up high in the trees in the backyard. She gets to swing WAY out over the hill. It looks like so much fun and she LOVES it but she is COVERED in mosquito bites, that and her scraped up knees oh and she nearly had her ear taken off when she fell alongside of the coffee table a couple nights ago. It left a big bruise on her lobe and the side of her head. Daddy made it all better when he brought ice (not for her ear as he planned but what made her feel better was getting to eat some).

Charlotte is back to the ERGO, she loves to go for a ride on Mommy/Daddy's back even if it's just to vacuum the house. But first she wants her rain jacket. She puts that on and runs around with the hood on and is then ready to go in the Ergo.

Adam and I have gotten to enjoy some tv here lately (yay! man you miss tv when you can't watch it). We'll sit and watch and Charlotte jumps up on the fireplace and dances and performs. As long as we clap every now and then she thinks we're watching her. It works.