Big Girl Table

We went to IKEA in Cincinnati and found a great table and chairs for Fiona.

Climbing into her big girl chair



Reading Ehmo (Elmo) and playing puzzles

Sillies

Pudding Face

Washing hands

Environmentally Friendly

Fiona loves throwing things in the trash. She throws her diapers in the trash (pee only thank you) and thinks it is great. She collects trash from around the house and runs to the trash can. Yesterday, Kevin introduced Fiona to the recycling bin. Now, when she has a recycling item, we open the door, she throws her item into the bin, and then Fiona backs up so she can close the door.

Since we are talking about backing up.......
When Kevin or I are on the floor and Fiona wants to sit in a lap, she will line up with the lap and then back up. She needs the beep, beep, beep that trucks have so she can alert us to her backing up.

And, speaking of beeps, Fiona was playing with her new shopping cart today. She kept driving around the coffee table saying "beep, beep."

Sass and other words

Over the weekend, Fiona started to use the word "no." So far, she has only used it to indicate that she does not want something (such as food or a drink). At daycare yesterday, she sassed her teacher before naptime. Fiona was told it was time to lie down and take a nap. Fiona responded with "no, no,no" complete with head shaking. She then proceeded to sing and dance on her cot for a little while.

In other word news:

puppy (kitties are also called puppy)

daddy, daddy, daddy

says bye, bye daddy anytime that Kevin is not with us and I tell Fiona that daddy had to leave already

baby

Knows the beginning of "sheep in a jeep" (the first words are Beep, beep and uh-oh)

A parting bit of cuteness:
Fiona has learned how to climb into the rocking chair in her room. She also knows that is where we go for stories before bed. Lately, in the mornings, Fiona's first activity has been to climb into the chair and read a book. It is super cute and she is very proud of herself.

BAGS!!!

Fiona is obsessed with bags, especially those that are open so she can go through them.

Last night Emily was cleaning up dinner and Fiona was playing. Upon inspection of Fiona's Gap shopping bag we found a beater, some envelopes, and some tupperware. Fiona had been carrying this bag around the living room for awhile.

Also, we both asked Fiona what the frog says yesterday. Both times she did the sign for frog from her baby signing video!!!

More signs and smarts

Fiona has been signing all done lately in her high chair and in the bath. She now trries to climb in and out of the bathtub by herself.

Fiona knows that when we go upstairs with our milk we climb in the glider and read stories. She puts Kevin's shoes on his feet when they are by the couch.

Lately Fiona has been obsessed with washing her hands in her play kitchen sink. She pulls her sleeves up and then puts her hands in the sink and moves them around or rubs them together.

Favorite word

Fiona's favorite word is "uh-oh". Uh-oh is used when anything falls on the floor, accident or not.

Fiona sometimes refers to "Sheep in a jeep" as uh-oh because that is one of the first lines in the book.