training
this afternoon, elenora looked at the photo on j.'s cellphone, which is of me and ella, and she kissed it. she's so sweet about giving kisses. i asked her if i could have a kiss and she immediately toddled over and gave me a sweet kiss, then turned towards j. saying "dadda! dadda!" and gave him one, too.
today i bought ella a little potty seat to train on. she's been very interested the last few weeks in what goes on with the potty, and any time j. or i go to the bathroom she says "pee-pee?" so i figured i'd at least get a seat that she could practice sitting on. she was pretty excited about it this afternoon, and wanted to sit on it several times to try it out. hopefully we can potty train her quickly by the time she is 2. i'd love to do away with diapers.
today i bought ella a little potty seat to train on. she's been very interested the last few weeks in what goes on with the potty, and any time j. or i go to the bathroom she says "pee-pee?" so i figured i'd at least get a seat that she could practice sitting on. she was pretty excited about it this afternoon, and wanted to sit on it several times to try it out. hopefully we can potty train her quickly by the time she is 2. i'd love to do away with diapers.
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tonight while i was feeding ella her dinner, j. was laying on the couch. i asked ella what daddy was doing and she said "nothing," which i couldn't believe she'd said, so i asked her "did you say daddy's doing 'nothing'?" and she said "yeah." then she suddenly thought it was the funniest thing she'd ever said, and she started laughing and repeating "nothing" as i kept asking her "what is daddy doing?" it was really hilarious.
yesterday morning elenora got really interested in a puzzle that has 5 shapes on it: a square, a circle, a star, a triangle, and a hexagon. she's been able for some time now to accurately point to the shapes when you ask her which is which, but yesterday she was actually taking the puzzle apart and putting it back together. she would put a shape over a space, and if it was incorrect she said "nope" and then tried again until she found the right place. she was so pleased about it, too, that she carried the puzzle all over the apartment for about a half hour.
it's been rainy all day today. i tried getting elenora outside this afternoon since she spent the whole morning saying "outside?!" but we got out there and it was cold and drizzly, and we just ended up running back into the house after a few minutes.
the forecast for the next 10 days includes 2 sunny days, 1 mostly cloudy day, and 7 rainy days. ugh.
i need a book on what to expect, the second year. things i need to read up on include: how to get your child to feed themselves; how to potty train; how to wean off a binky; when to switch to a toddler bed. any advice on any of these topics is welcome...
the house thing is going okay. no real leads yet. we've been eliminating various things. we viewed a place on friday that was just too tiny with an odd layout. i went to an open house today and came away with a headache. it seems like you have to have at least $250k around here to get something that isn't either ridiculously small or ridiculously old and falling apart. the places we could possibly afford are all small and/or old. i guess we just keep looking. we're both not dead set on buying. we won't do it if it doesn't make sense. and, honestly, the more we look into the cost of property around here the more attractive our $1000-a-month-including-heat apartment seems.
but we will continue looking. something might pop up that is the perfect thing. and i'm keeping my eye on the price of that townhouse...
tonight while i was feeding ella her dinner, j. was laying on the couch. i asked ella what daddy was doing and she said "nothing," which i couldn't believe she'd said, so i asked her "did you say daddy's doing 'nothing'?" and she said "yeah." then she suddenly thought it was the funniest thing she'd ever said, and she started laughing and repeating "nothing" as i kept asking her "what is daddy doing?" it was really hilarious.
yesterday morning elenora got really interested in a puzzle that has 5 shapes on it: a square, a circle, a star, a triangle, and a hexagon. she's been able for some time now to accurately point to the shapes when you ask her which is which, but yesterday she was actually taking the puzzle apart and putting it back together. she would put a shape over a space, and if it was incorrect she said "nope" and then tried again until she found the right place. she was so pleased about it, too, that she carried the puzzle all over the apartment for about a half hour.
it's been rainy all day today. i tried getting elenora outside this afternoon since she spent the whole morning saying "outside?!" but we got out there and it was cold and drizzly, and we just ended up running back into the house after a few minutes.
the forecast for the next 10 days includes 2 sunny days, 1 mostly cloudy day, and 7 rainy days. ugh.
i need a book on what to expect, the second year. things i need to read up on include: how to get your child to feed themselves; how to potty train; how to wean off a binky; when to switch to a toddler bed. any advice on any of these topics is welcome...
the house thing is going okay. no real leads yet. we've been eliminating various things. we viewed a place on friday that was just too tiny with an odd layout. i went to an open house today and came away with a headache. it seems like you have to have at least $250k around here to get something that isn't either ridiculously small or ridiculously old and falling apart. the places we could possibly afford are all small and/or old. i guess we just keep looking. we're both not dead set on buying. we won't do it if it doesn't make sense. and, honestly, the more we look into the cost of property around here the more attractive our $1000-a-month-including-heat apartment seems.
but we will continue looking. something might pop up that is the perfect thing. and i'm keeping my eye on the price of that townhouse...
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