Thursday, November 19, 2009

JUMP AROUND SUCKERS!


Mara enjoying her first sucker.


Mara in Daddy's rugby shorts.


Rachel's yummy cake!


Jump Around, our Saturday morning tradition. Mara seems to really like it, now. Before she was just annoyed with the loud music.


Attempt #1.


Now we got it down...


What a great sharer!! Yum Yum!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

American Sign Language

Here is what Mara can sign and every day it grows:

Bear, lion, tiger, dog, horse, cow, duck, bird, alligator, turtle, frog, sheep, please, thank you, mommy, daddy, eat, drink, milk, more, all done, stand-up, sit-down, walk. She can say Mara, more, mine, dada, mama, all done and some other words that I haven't been able to ID yet. She can also identify her eyes, nose, ear, hair, mouth, teeth, fingers, toes and her bee-bo (belly button). We are working on helping her learn to dance and jump, but she has down a bob up and down when music comes on. She is doing very well on learning how to hold a crayon right (a product of her excellent daycare teachers) and loves to color and paint! She absolutely loves these plastic animals we got her (about the size of her palm) and goes everywhere with them. Unfortunately, at last count she had lost 10 of them because she loves to throw everything. And boy does she have an arm. Even her PT was very surprised by this! All in all, she is talking more and more every day and we couldn't be happier!!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Halloween


CUPCAKE!!


On her way to greet our neighbors.


Cute cupcake with a cherry on top!!