Ali’isms

As Ali gets older her personality shines through more and more.  She is a funny little thing.  When I set the table she promptly un-sets it for me.  She puts the napkins in the trash and the silverware back in the drawer (throwing it in as she isn’t tall enough to see where she is putting it).  It is a HUGE help.  For this reason, I have to strategically time not only dinner being done but setting the table seconds before we sit down. 

Another favorite activity of Ali’s is to put things in the trash when she is done with them.  This proves helpful when talking about empty squeeze applesauce, etc. but not so helpful when talking about non-trash items like sippy cups, toys, or pretty much anything she is done holding at the time and has nowhere else to put them.  For this reason, the trash must be checked hourly for foreign items.  I’ve found some good stuff in there (my phone, money, lip-gloss, etc..)

Ali is also talking up a storm.  Her language seems to have exploded in the last month or so.  If she wants something she yells (everything seems to be in a yelling voice these days – but she has to be heard which is a tall order in this house) MORE even if she hasn’t had any previously.  In the morning she comes down and yells MORE at the refrigerator to get her milk.  She yells CHEESE when she is hungry because this is the only food item she knows how to say and figures we will get the point that she is hungry if she stands by the fridge and yells CHEESE. It works.  If she wants to get up or down from somewhere she yells UP.  When she is done eating UP gets her out of her seat.  She is starting to say Luke “AAAKKKK” it sounds like.  She is starting to use two words together too “Angie bye bye”.

She loves hitting the kids on the head and throwing toys.  Both of which I’m trying to correct her on and trying to teach the kids that although you think this is funny we have to give a firm NO so she learns.  Mostly they just play hit her back which I’m pretty sure negates any teaching I’m trying to reinforce with her.