LIKES
-dancing! At the very slightest hint of music, she shakes it!
-reading. She will go to any lengths to get us to read to her, and when we finish a book, she wants to read it all over again. She empties her bookshelf many times daily and even reads to herself sometimes.
-drinking water, from a glass or her sippy cup.
-tossing food on the floor. Before she tries it, she tosses it.
-the adoring attention of all her family over the holidays. When we got home she kept looking around for her audience.
-meeting her great-Grandma at Christmas
-making a super exaggerated amazed face, when opening gifts, when seeing something cool, just to do it!
-plunging her hand into people’s mouths
-gnocchi and polenta, cranberry sauce, blueberries and strawberries, chewy cheesey breads, dumplings of all kinds!
-clenching food in her fist, then squeezing, and eating it when it shoots out the top!
-pointing at and chatting about art (really!!!)
-pointing in general!
-answering any question with an emphatic “yessshshsh!”
DISLIKES
-sharing. She smacks kids to take her toys! Gotta work on that!
-spoons. Absolutely will not abide.
-teething. The poor baby has four teeth coming in on top and is in so much pain.
-sleeping through the night. Naps got better but the traveling and teething this month really messed up nighttime sleep.
-knocks on the head. All the pulling up on furniture has resulted in a lot of bumps and tears.
-the car of course, but our new car seat really improved things!!!