There's Katie!

15 months

We've had a busy busy day, even by our standards. But it's been fantastic fun. We started off with gymnastics, she had a great time although quite a while stood on a big block, looking. I think  she missed her Ava who couldnt be there. She enjoyed the parachute today, a lot. She was first to run under it, first to run over it and last to come of it.

We went to soft play afterwards, and she was bouncing round (and hoovering up rice crackers as fast as humanly possible!) I took her for her lunch which she ate enthusiastically too.

I needed her to sleep but didnt have time to bring her home so put her in the buggy and walked her to sleep, which she doesnt often do, but eventually she settled

After her sleep (and more food, she woke starving!) it was time for her swimming lesson, which has moved for a few weeks. I wasnt sure how shed do a) with a new group of people and b) after such a busy day. But she had a blast. She was desperate to get off swimming in her floats. She did probably 6 lengths of the pool (only 10m baby pool but was still good going for a little person), plus the songs and jumping, bouncing and diving. It helped that I'd made sure we had the same teacher, so Katie was really chuffed to see Sarah.

She ate a full hot cross bun after swimming and then wanted her tea almost straight way when we got in - and ate it all. She had a really good play after tea, playing with her snowman and Monkey, stacking her cups to shove them as far as possible and attempting to put on her own fleecey. She started  off chasing the arms of it round like a cat chasing its tail. She managed to get her arms in, but ended up with it upside down and back to front, bless her!


Katie at 15 months
She:
*has added car, man, bag, stop, go, hot, this-one, to her list of words
* can take off her own trousers, socks and nappy (if I undo her vest) for the bath
* loves brushing her teeth and says 'aaaaaah'
* roars if she sees a lion picture
* can do the actions to dingle dangle scarecrow, ring o roses, and the Jack in a Box song (from gymnastics)
* can pick mummy's camera up and take a photo, if its on
* can turn the computer on and off
* can thread her little wooden beads by herself
* paints properly with a brush, dipping it back in the pot for more/a new colour

She likes:
* using grown up cutlery
* Milkybar
* eating from mummy's plate
* her new baby annabel doll
* drinking from straws
* being independent but coming back for cuddles
* tomato soup
* proper pasta, not just her baby pasta

She doesnt like:
* bibs
* not being able to climb something she's determined to climb!

Firsts:
* Visit to santa, without crying
* Christmas dinner - she ate something from every course and sat well
* partygames - stick the tail on the donkey, pass the parcel - which led to her first sweet, a flump marshmallow which i made her share. Mean mummy!
* ice skating