Ashlyn has recently learned a few new games to play. The first one involves climbing up on top of any person or animal (un)fortunate enough be laying down in her vicinity. She’ll then hold on as best she can, giggling during the process. She’ll fall to the floor laughing when you finally unseat her, at which point she’ll crawl back on top again. Even the dog is not safe from this new game.
The other game isn’t exactly new, but she’s attempting to put diapers on all of her stuffed animals. The newest target of this activity is the glow-worm, which is interesting because it doesn’t have any legs. I think I’ve posted pictures of this activity before, but I liked the second picture below and I wanted an excuse to put it on the blog.
Her mobility on her little praying mantis bike is improving, she’s putting one foot in front of the other now and can move at speeds in excess of 13 meters per hour. Impressive, right? When we go for walks, she’ll make it just past the end of the driveway before she’ll hand it off to be carried.
We’d also like to wish Grandma Wolfe a very Happy Birthday. The Wolfe family came over to the house on Saturday to celebrate. Heidi was there, which automatically meant that Ashlyn was entertained for the evening. Ashlyn stayed up until 9:00pm, well past her bed time, but whether it was from the excitement or the sugar I can’t say. Happy Birthday Grandma!
I’ll end the blog here with a few stories from this week. They were really funny to us, and several of you have already heard them. That’s ok though, I still want to share them so we can remember them later. The first, and best, story came during Game 2 of the Texas Rangers in the World Series. Ashlyn accidentally sat on the remote, which turned off the TV. She tried to turn it back on, without success, and handed it to me so that I could get the game going again. I powered up the TV, but it takes a few seconds for the TV screen to show up. Ashlyn, apparently impatient, reached out her hand for the remote and said “Give me that, I need to watch the Rangers!”. Heather and I both stared at Ashlyn, and then started laughing. When the TV came on she wandered off to play, barely glancing at the game. It may not seem that funny, but considering that the average 2 year old is using 2-3 word sentences and she chose to use a nine word sentence because she “needed” to watch the Rangers… well, it was just funny at the time. That same night, when putting Ashlyn to bed, Ashlyn closed the book that mommy was reading and declared “I need more binkies”. She jumped off the chair, pulled a few binkies out of the crib, and climbed back up on the chair to finish the book. We’re going to have our hands full as she gets older I think.