This weekend was the first time that Mommy spent a night away from Ashlyn. She (Heather) had a girl's night in Houston, and I think it was well deserved. I wish I could say that it was a fun filled weekend with Daddy, but work kept me at home while Grandma and Grandpa Wolf picked Ashlyn up and took her to a cousin’s birthday party. The party was held at a kid's gym, and from what I'm told Ashlyn had a great time on the tumble track. Do we have a gymnast in our future?
Mommy has already started training.
Earlier this week, when the weather wasn't quite as temperate as this weekend, Ashlyn wanted to go outside. Since it was cold, we were more inclined to stay indoors. "It's cold outside" we said. Ashlyn, not one to let a challenge go unanswered, walked to the closet, reached inside, and brought out a jacket that she handed to us. “Jacket”, she said. Point Ashlyn, and outside we went. I don’t have a picture for this, so here’s some pictures of Mommy putting Ashlyn to work licking monopoly stamps from the store.
Ashlyn is obviously getting smarter about getting outside, and once outside she's becoming equally adept at staying there. On Wednesday we were outside playing, and Heather and I decided it was time to go back inside. "Time to go inside!" we said, thinking this would be enough to convince Ashlyn to follow us. "Bye bye!" she said in response, and she waved.
In iPod news, Ashlyn is getting much more adept at finding the game she's interested in. There's one game in particular that gets played a lot, where you have to tap the correct part of the face when asked (eyes, nose, hair, etc). In order to start the game, you have to follow a series of steps:
Click on the button to turn on the iPod
Move the slider to unlock it
Drag the screen to the left to get to the right page
Click on the game (this is one of 20 or so icons on the page)
Click on the "No Thanks" button when the ad pops up
Click on "Learn" to get to the menu of games in the app
Click on the face icon to start the game
Words of the week:
- More juice/crackers (she’s starting to use small 2 to 3 word sentences)
- No no <insert animal here>!
- Color
- Cup
- Yogurt
- Pig