Nice and Tidy

Kayda has always been our little cleaner. Ever since she was little she would take a wipe and start wiping everything off. If her clothes get dirty she wants to change, if she spills something she gets upset. She decided to add to her normal "cleaning" behaviors yesterday when we were at Grandma and Grandpa G's house having dinner. Grandma was loading the dishes and left for a minute to deal with something else. When Grandma came back suddenly the dishwasher was fuller than she remembered it being. Kayda had loaded her play dishes into the dishwasher. Here she is unloading them!

More important info! Kayda can officially count to FIVE!!! After five she'll throw around eight and nine. Pretty impressive. She is trying to say more words everyday. Yesterday she and I were reading "Go Dog Go."  We went through it once together then she started telling me the story. She would go through and tell me what color the dogs were, if they were big or small, what they were doing (up/down, in/out, driving cars) without ANY prompting from me. In case you haven't read it recently there are four parts in the book where a dog asks another dog if he likes her hat. Each time they say hello and goodbye. Kayda knew these pages and would say "hello, hat, bye".

Dillon is trying to talk as well, he has sounds that are almost words for: fish, dog, dad, mama, drink, that. He also makes some sound effects. He is trying to jump now, it's really just one foot that "jumps" but he tries.

Daddy and I joined a gym and have been bringing the kids in to the play area. Kayda has a hard time warming up to it at first but once she gets going she's fine. On the otherhand Dillon runs to the door, opens it himself and takes off chasing the other kids. It's funny to see the difference in their personalities.