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Tire swing
September 26, 2007 She's growing up way too fast for me... :(
Shortly before this, she climbed to the top of the rope pyramid by herself.
Coming down from Heavenly
September 24, 2007 Sharon, Melina and I went to Tahoe for a long weekend. Since we were staying at the base of heavenly, we decided to take the gondola up.
Melina was in heaven. Gondola is her new favorite.
Jumpin J
September 18, 2007My favorite new Melina trick this week:
I'm trying to teach Mel how to spell her name. Whenever she is drawing with her crayons I'll spell out M-E-L-I-N-A for her. But I'm not finished. She will always say "Jumpin J Papa, Jumpin J". She makes me put a J after her name.
Apple time
September 15, 2007 Mel and CC eat a few of the late summer harvest.
Cake time
September 15, 2007Melina wanted to bake a cake yesterday. We read how George made a cake in her Curious George birthday book so all she wanted to do was to bake a cake like George, so we did. Bill had to go to the store and get us eggs, but we kept busy while he was gone. She mixed, measured, poured and stirred for quite some time. Oh and shake too. We were almost done and she said "Mommy, we forgot to shake, we MUST shake." So I gave her the pepper (to go in a different bowl obviously, not the cake bowl). She loves baking and cooking. We took a toddler baking class together a couple of months ago and it was a disaster---the teacher moved so slow that she (and I) were bored instantly. Melina had no interest in baking the bread during that class because the teacher was teaching the class like the kids were 10, not under 2! Anyway, we skipped the rest of the classes and have been baking and cooking together at home and at Nono and Nona's house. She is having a blast.
Melina's 2 year update
September 15, 2007July 30, 2007
I thought I had posted an update after her 2 year appt. but I can't find it. Hmm. Well, I will write it again since some of you have asked how her 2 year check-up went. All went very well. She was 35 inches tall and just over 29lbs. Her doctor gave us percentiles but I already forgot where she fell--I think in the 70% for both or something like that. He said she is a healthy little girl and thriving. Her vocabulary is excellent and she is talking non-stop and in sentences, learning cause and effect, etc, which is where we want her to be. For example, she saw a baby crying (probably got a shot) and said "mommy baby is crying, baby got hurt. baby is sad." It is really amazing how she is learning about emotions and understands when people are happy, sad, upset, etc.
She had to get one shot which we heard about for days "I have a boo-boo. See here on my leg. Band-aid--shot---oww."
Her doctor did say we needed to make sure she was getting enough iron. We don't eat a lot of meat in our house so he wanted to be sure she was getting plenty of iron from other sources. Fortunately she loves spinach and beans.
Chocolate puh-leas
September 11, 2007
To Move or Not to Move. . .
September 10, 2007That's the question around here at 2 Inyo. Location TBD. We have been discussing it for several months and the last month or two conversations around here have involved a lot more detail, spreadsheets, maps, etc. Where to go. . .well we are not sure. Right now anything is an option. We have a few criteria between the two or us---no humidity for me, Bill needs to be near a major airport and somewhat of a tech center (oh and a Banana Republic). We also obviously want to be in an area with an excellent school system (I know, for that we should just stay where we are). Anyway, our list is pretty much narrowed down to Davis, Bend, Portland, and Seattle (I would like to add Eugene too). Europe is also on the list (well my list), but Bill is not so sure about moving to Europe for a year. He would rather stay in the US. Actually, Bill wants to stay right where we are, I am the one who is ready to move. We'll see. . . .
