Copy Cat

Today, Briella decided to play with an empty milk jug. (The best toys are the free ones.) It was so cute to see her 'pour' from the jug into her snack container and then set it down and then put the the lid on and start teh whole thing over again.

Yes, I noticed she is wearing the same shirt as the last time . . . she does have more clothes, just a coincidence . . .

Recent Fun

Our dear little babbler hasn't picked up too many real words yet, but she is picking up sign language quite well. We started with "please", then added "eat" (see picture), she also knows "Thank You" and "more." These seemed like the most useful words to teach her. It is cute to see her in the morning show me "eat" and then we get breakfast. She loves to ask for snacks in the afternoon and will "eat" "eat" "eat" all afternoon. Her cousin Tessa came to play Friday night. They both have these cute pink Dordt nalgenes. They were both taking a drink at the same time, but I missed it. I tried several times to get them to do it together again, but then it got to be this goofy game and they started trading bottles to share germs, I think.

I was putting dishes away one afternoon and looked outside to see 3 deer in our driveway. They spent about 20 minutes crossing the street, checking out the neighbors bushes, then investigating the fence before heading back into the woods behind our house. It was quite interesting!!

Christmas Presents from Grandpa and Grandma Buys

Since we weren't able to be in Iowa for Christmas, Briella got to open her gift from my parents at our house. She can do the pop up toy, but the fish puzzle is a little beyond her. She loves taking the pieces out or dumping them all on the floor. Thanks mom and dad!!