And The Fun Continues....

26 Months!

Adisyn is more impressive every day. She is expanding her vocabulary and is able to better express herself. She is magically developing sentences that become more and more complex every week it seems. We also had a few warm days at the beginning of March before turning cold again so we got to get outside more.

To start, we have been talking more Spanish. All of her animals have Spanish "names" for their name. For instance, her turtle's name is "Tortuga" or she calls him "Tuga" for short. So far she knows the word open, turtle, shark, butterfly, and let's go in Spanish. She can also count to 3 or 4 in Spanish as well.

She is also learning more about expressing her feelings. She will tell me things like "Mommy, Adi is tired" (or sad, happy, thirsty or hungry). She will also tell me that her baby is feeling a certain way such as "Mommy, baby is sad", when you ask her why the baby is sad she will say "She missed dada".

At the end of February we went to Myrtle Beach. Even though it was still cold, it was nice to enjoy some quiet beach time. Adisyn loved to look for shells to so she could bring home to Grandma (who was at our house watching our dogs). For some reason, though, she was still afraid of the water, and in particular the waves, which you can see by some of the pictures:

She was ok with this distance....

As we got closer, she stood behind Mommy

 We also went to the Alligator Adventure park, in Myrtle Beach:  http://alligatoradventure.com/. Adisyn really liked seeing all the Alligators and other animals. She even got to touch an alligator and snake!

Watching the alligator show

Adisyn waiting her turn to touch the snake

 

We also went to the aquarium in Myrtle Beach: http://www.ripleyaquariums.com/myrtlebeach/

 

 

 

 

 On the way home, we stopped for a quick trip to the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia: http://www.riverbanks.org/



Petting the rat

Looking for monkeys on the island

 



To get ready for warm weather we planted some flowers (inside of course). She loved putting the seats in the pods then we watched it grow everyday! She was so proud of herself!

Nature Center 3/8/14 with grandparents http://www.wncnaturecenter.com/. She loved watching the otters and sliding down the big otter slide!

It's so nice to see the weather getting warmer and there's more things for us to do outside! Auntie Jeannie bought me a cute outfit that is perfect for the warmer weather!

We've been trying to eat outside some when we can too!

 We all went on a nice little hike with Zoie. Adisyn is a great backpack!

  Adisyn got to see her friend Emma turn 3 at her birthday party on 3/30/14. They had fun in the bouncy house and playing in her yard.

Cold Winter Days

25 Months!

 

I personally don't like referring to the whole month old thing. Maybe when they were under a year, or at most through their 2nd year, but now, she's 2! She just turned 2, so she's not 2 1/2 yet. But, for the blog's purpose, she's 25 months.

January was a very cold month. Of course you'd expect the winter to be cold, but we have had below normal temperatures. I probably mentioned that I love warm weather. I enjoy being outside, in the sunshine and not being cold! Since it has been so cold, it limits our activities.

Adisyn is now a more permanent fixture in the 2 year old class at school. Before she turned two, she would go there from time to time, transitioning her into the class. Now, she spends almost all of her days there, although she does go to the 1 year old class at times (I think it's more of a ratio thing). Her 1 year old teacher has also moved to the 2 year old class. Adisyn really likes Eva and her other teacher now is Farrah. Farrah is convinced that her 1 year old son, Zane, is going to marry Adisyn and he talks about her all the time at home. Adisyn talks more about a boy Asher, whenever she talks about school. It's funny how they have their own little boy/girl favorites. The 2 year olds are much more involved in activities and they make so many crafts! She loves to do any type of craft and is so proud of it!

They also will be learning Spanish now that she's in this classroom. I have my bilingual books, and we read them some, but I am going to incorporate more Spanish as she has a bigger English vocabulary. I figure I don't want to push the issue because she's a sponge at this age anyway, so we'll take it slow. She watches some t.v, if we are ready for bed early. Her favorite is Sesame Street, but most of the time she wants me to fast forward to "Elmo's World". I found, on Netflix "El Mundo de Elmo" so we're starting to watch that some too now. I like that her favorite show is in both languages!

Adisyn can now count to 12 and is pretty consistent on taking her clothes off and is very quick at putting her shoes on! We have practiced more with her "big girl undies" on the weekend and her teachers tell us that she's been telling them that she "p peed" so they're now starting to take her to the toilet as well.

Myrtle Beach

Since it has been cold, we went to the Children's Museum in Greenville, SC:  http://www.tcmupstate.org/

I didn't mention it in the last blog, but we also went to the Children's Museum in Charlotte, NC:  http://www.discoveryplacekids.org/ for my birthday.