The Raft

While sitting on the floor in front of the coffee table, playing with her 4 Thumbelina Fairy Dolls, Abby proclaimed with some surprise, "I can't see my chin."
The 4 dolls, it is worth noting, are named "Kathleen, Sami and Abby" and the 4th doll, also a Thumbelina but bigger, with real hair not just the plastic, painted on kind, is named "Tono".

My friend, Jay, has a blog. I have mentioned it before but I am mentioning it again because he recently posted about Facebook and what he wrote was exactly how I feel... or felt... or am feeling. Anyway, it's worth a read.

Abby's new thing is that she likes to give me presents. She wraps up her little toys in other little stuff and says "this is for you, mommy, open it!". And when I do, I am, of course, overjoyed! Then she sasks that I give her a gift and I wrap the same treasure up in the same package and give it back to her with equal enthusiasm. She opens it, clutches it to her chest and exclaims "oh, mommy, I looooove it! GENKGOO SO MUCH!!"
It really is a fun game. An example of a gift is a tiny Cinderella doll wrapped in Wyatt's sock... or a Barbie wrapped in a purse. The list goes on, if it fits inside something, it is a suitable gift.

Wyatt has many new words and his love of all things Elmo, Ming-Ming and Yo Gabba goes on.
His vocabulary grows every day and now, in addition to the basics, he very clearly screams:
"Ahloon!" (Balloon)
"Aggie!" (Maggie)
"Kitty"
"Ming Ming"
"A-llo" (Hello)
"Juice"
"Anana" (banana)
And, in addition to the words he already mastered and these new ones, he has become quite proficient at pointing out and/or showing us exactly what he wants. He is a demanding little booger.

He and Abby play together amazingly well. Sure, it often turns to tears - he pulls her hair or she takes something he was playing with. But I find that if I ignore the initial cry, it stops and they move on. And the laughter that comes from that playtime - man, it makes my heart grow two sizes too big.