Life with Lydia

Lydia loves exploring the outdoors, no matter what temperature is!

Lydia loves to play dress up. She got some dress up clothes from Aunt Theresa for Christmas, and she got them out to play. She specially loves her wand and “bings” people, dolls, and cats softly over the head now.

We got our first snow of the year a few days ago! It’s so cold outside, that it’s still on the ground! Lydia had fun playing as the snow fell, and she also had fun with it once it had all fallen. Her favorite thing to do in the snow was make footprints. She wasn’t much of a fan of touching, since it’s so cold!

Lydia had fun with my slippers this a.m.

Lydia and I played with playdough today. She had me sculpt a dog, and I added a cat. She walked over to her kitchen, got them a water bowl, and placed them so they could drink. She also pretended that they went inside and outside, inside and outside, and so on. Cute!

Lydia has been having lots of cooking lessons lately. This time she made waffles with daddy. She loves measuring, pouring, and stirring. She had a ball!

Lydia was thrilled to shop today, since she got to push a mini cart and select things off the shelves. She picked 2 potatoes, 1 apple and then the items that Paul and I selected. She had a ball. She even got to put the items on the counter and help carry the bag!

Lydia made cookies today for the first time! She did a great job! She followed directions like “wait” “don’t touch” and was a super helper! She helped put the ingredients in the bowl, told me when to make the mixer go, and generally helped. She went through the whole process: from mixing the cookies, adding ingredients, putting dough on the cookie sheets, watching them cook (she brought her chair in the kitchen just for this), waiting for them to cool, taking one to daddy, and (finally) eating them! What fun!

Lydia decided Maggie needed to be fed today. So she put her in the high chair and shared her snack with the baby. This was all her idea!

We’ve been teaching Lydia the polite words all along, and they are starting to come out at the right times now. She’s been saying “peees” for quite a few months. In the last month she’s been saying “de deuuu” (thank you) at the right times and with a cute sing-song. She also says “de deuuu” when she hands us something that is ours. She loves giving us what she knows to be ours. It makes her very proud to find something and hand it to its owner.

And “saaawy” is starting to come out too, though not as easily or often as the other two.

Lydia also loves to negotiate. She asks for “one moaa” (one more) if she wants to continue with something she likes or wants to avoid something. When it’s time to go to bed she asks for “one moaa” or “fie” (always whispered and as in 5 minutes, I think). What’s funny is she’ll ask for “one moaa” even if it’s something that can’t be numbered, like rocking or playing. So cute.