Dear Penelope,
Today you are 18 months old. I still can't believe that my sweet baby girl is almost 2!! Right before my eyes you have turned into a sweet, cuddly, somewhat destructive, mostly happy toddler. You keep me on my toes and rarely let me rest - especially when Finley is at school. We both miss her when she is not here!
You love to wear hats as long as you are not outside. For some reason you insist on taking them off as soon we get into the car, after you get out of the car or walk out of the store. Thankfully we have had a mild winter and have not had too many issues with this! Same goes with boots and mittens. Stonz boots very much saved us this winter with your refusal to wear socks and/or shoes.
You and your sister are best friends. You love to get into trouble together. For example, here are you two hiding in our pantry eating muffins that you stole off the kitchen counter. You constantly copy her and your face lights up as soon as you see her. When we drop her off at preschool, you cry when we leave because you want to stay there with her.
Here is another example of your trouble making. You and your sister were playing with markers and you let her draw all over you. You love markers. Finley still cannot get the lid off of them and yet you have no problem. Thankfully all of our markers are now washable to avoid any disasters like our basement stairs.
You love to play with rings and necklaces and bracelets. You love to bang the balls with your hammer and watch them fall through the slats. You love to play pretend at the play kitchen and you always want to feed me or daddy your creations. You love playing with puzzle pieces but have no interest in putting them together. You love playing with blocks and knocking over your sister's castles even more. You love to read books and absolutely love Elmo and Mickey Mouse.
You are such a sweet cuddly little girl. This is a photo of you giving kisses. You love to give kisses, blow kisses and are a pro at high fives. You are the best hug giver in the world and love to share with other people. You love to dance to music and play with your babies as long as they are wrapped up tight in a blanket.
You love the Talking Tom App on the Ipad. You shock me at your ability to use the ipad. You are a pro and turning it on and finding this app. And if you come across any other app you will gladly "play" that one too. You also have a love for my iphone. You seem to have a super power regarding it because the second i put it down you come out of no where to get it. Thankfully, your sister sees this and promptly takes it from you to give it to me.
You are a very musical toddler. You love to play the piano, the drums, the shakers and especially this recorder. This is your sisters recorder and she doesn't like to share it with you. This is the one thing you go to play everyday she is at school.
You have become obsessed with your blanket - just as your big sister is with hers. You take it everywhere you can and cry when you see it but can't get it or if anybody else touches it. You still suck your thumb much to mine and your daddy's dismay. We try to pull it out whenever we see it in your mouth but you are pretty sneaky. Hopefully this ends son.
Here is another photo with your sister. Such a cute and cuddly photo but mere minutes later you are pinching her and pulling her hair with all your might. Your grip is strong as you have brought me to tears when you have pulled my hair. We are trying to work on this too but it's hard since you don't completely comprehend what we are saying and what is wrong versus what is right.
Here you are using a Nalogene sippy cup that you got for Christmas. You are finally able to use it!! We tried to get you to use the sippy cups with the straws but you don't like them. However, you love to drink water out of a straw in a restaurant. Go figure. I don't quite understand how one is different from the other but I guess that's kids for you. Your favorite foods are sushi (yes sushi, she can eat 6 rolls in one sitting easily), cheerios and any kind of muffin. The only food you absolutely refuse to eat is perogies. You hate perogies. So does Finley. You don't like ice cream either but only because it is too cold for you. If it is melted you will sometimes eat it.
One of your favorite things is emptying this toy organizer. For everything 3 things I put away, you take out 15. I am not even exaggerating. The amount of mess that you as an 18 month child make astounds me.
You love to sing and talk and talk you do. You can say no, mama, dada, ball, baby, mimi refers to you, mickey and minnie and anything else she has a fondness for, kitty, baba is your words for blanket and for milk. You are starting to say bye bye and wave. This makes the receptionist at Finley's school's day! You are also trying to say sister and you point to your bum and say ewww when you poop. We tried putting you on the potty recently and you loved it the first time and not so much the following times. One day we will try again.
You love to ride around on the choo choo train and you love the sounds that it makes. Mostly you just bounce on it and move backwards a tiny little bit but man it makes your day!
You recently discovered your tongue and love sticking it out. You do this all of the time. You also recently moved into your own bed. You love it. Unlike your sister who loved to sleep in drawers and closets, you stick to your bed. Once we found you on the floor but that's it. You discovered how to open your door and when you wake up in the middle of the night, you open it and head down stairs. Thankfully, this doesn't happen too often! You sleep about 12 hours each night and rarely ever nap. Sometimes on the weekend you will have a nap but with your sister's preschools schedule it's a very rare occurance for you to sleep outside the vehicle.
You are a climber. You climb on anything and everything. I am almost certain a broken bone is in our near future. You also love to climb into baskets of all kinds and sit in it. You absolutely love it.
You have taken an interest in Little People mostly because it is one of your sister's favorite thing to do and so when she heads into the basement to play with them, you are right on her heels. You don't play with them together yet but you each play with various sets. It's cute to watch you do this!
So Penelope, I think that is all of your milestones since my last letter to you. It has been a privilege to watch you turn into the sweet little girl you have become. I cannot wait for our next letter in 6 months although if I could stop the hands of time, I would.
Love you Sweet Pea,
Mama
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