2011_05_04 Wednesday

Today we went to the Morris Museum; what a cute little place. They had a dinosaur exhibit that I wanted to see, but they also had a train room, a stuffed wild animal room, a (luminescent) rock room, an olden day toy room, and a women's hat room. Much of it was 'please touch' too. Jonathan got to punch holes in paper to run it through a music box and push pegs into a very big wheel to make music; he thought both were pretty cool. Of course, we spent a long time at the 'Thomas' train table (that drives me nuts since we have trains at home!).

Elise is definitely walking now. She can stand herself up and take a number of steps before loosing her balance and falling down. She knows to point to what she wants. She also knows, by my facial expressions, not to drop things off her high chair. I've been doing happy/angry faces, and she totally gets it; she likes to play with me. She also seems to enjoy carrying bags around; she's absconded with a very small backpack of Jonathan's and his library book bag. She's not talking much, but she does babble and sing a ton. Over breakfast, she and Jonathan tried out out-sing each other...volume-wise! lucky me. She can do the sign for 'more' although her's is pointing to the palm of an open hand. She was doing 'milk,' although I haven't seen that in awhile. She's wildly excited about 'all done' and flails her arms like a chicken. And, she does 'mom' and 'dad' at will.

The only disappointing thing is that she's an early bird; she's typically up by 7am. And, when I pushed her bedtime back, she woke up earlier (like the sleep bible said would happen.). She's a great sleeper; I just wish she'd wake up closer to 8!! poor me, I know.