Evelyn's vocabulary and motor skills have EXPLODED in the last few months. What was amazing just a few weeks ago is now routine...
We have conversations - every day in the car I ask her what she ate and who she played with and she does a great job of giving me details about her day. She tells me who got a bandaid and who she played with and what songs she sang. It is so fun to hear about her friends and her adventures. These are still mommy-prompted questions but she does a great job. She also talks on the phone pretty good. LOVES talking to Grandma and will talk about what she is going to do or how her day was. She still doesn't understand that they can't see her so she will sometimes point out toys or Gunner to them without realizing they can't see what she sees....
She can count to 10 (usually while it is Mommy's turn to hide for hide-and-seek) or while going up steps or cleaning up objects. She can also recognize her numbers when asked. She can recognize some letters - E, B, S - not sure I have them all down. She will always make a guess though! She loves to 'write' her name - or our names. She draws lines on paper close together - kind of sort of only to a mom resembling letters and says, 'Daddy - I wrote you name!'
Her motor skills are fun to watch develop. She really likes to hop with two feet now but still leaves her arms at her sides when she is running. She holds her utensils and her markers correctly instead of just holding them in a fist. OH and speaking of markers - I have never met such a conscience little girl. I noticed at school all of her projects were done in marker. And come to think of it - for little ones they are alot easier to write with than crayon. So a LONG time ago we got her markers for paper and also a dry-erase board with markers. She has never colored on anything that she shouldn't - and even knows which markers are for paper and which are for the dry-erase board. I am not sure how amazing this is for her age - but it is amazing to us! It will be a real shock if any future kiddos don't have the attention to detail that she does!
She also really enjoys singing and dancing. Grandma Linda got us a great set of Children's Bible songs. We have our favorites and just in the last couple of weeks she has really started singing alot of the words to the songs. Her current favorite is 'The Lord is my Rock' - she asks for, 'my wok' - and I usually know just what to put on. She also remembers actions that we make up to the songs. And when we dance she knows the 'moves' that I teach her - it is cool how she knows which part of the song to spin and get things pretty close to the beat. She doesn't HAVE to love dance or music - but we wouldn't be disappointed if she did!
We have also had a strong start to potty training. We have practiced here and there for a couple of months now - but late July we just decided to go for it and she has done really well. I would say she is 3/4 of the way there. We still wear diapers/pull-ups in public and are still working on her telling us she has to go rather than us asking her. She does tell us sometimes so we are going to keep it up! The Sisters at school work with her really well -so it is definitely a team effort. I am hoping to have her done, done in plenty of time for the baby so she doesn't regress -but if she does - she does :)
Okay - and the last thing that we love is that she has her own ideas. For example we were taking down the backsplash in our kitchen and I showed her a piece. She told me it broke and I asked her what we should do, 'ummmm put some sticky on it.' - we were like - you are right -that would totally work! Genius! ;)
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