Crazy right? She’s scared to be on a beam that’s more than 3 inches off the ground, but you put her on a trampoline and all fear goes away.
As mentioned in last week’s post, we didn’t get to go trick or treating with Aunt Sisa, Nina, and Papa since mom and dad were in College Station watching the Aggies “play” football. So here’s the recap from Nina, in her own words:
“Saturday morning we ate breakfast – and Ashlyn was perfect at the Waffle House; then we went home and played for a while. We left about 9:45 for the museum so we’d be there when it opened. I’m really glad we did that because it got crowded around 11:00 and wasn’t as much fun for her. Ashlyn played computer games, shopped in the grocery store, and was fascinated by making pinwheels turn and Styrofoam balls go up and down just by putting her hand on a metal handprint plate. She also enjoyed making sounds with water and driving an ambulance while the siren was going off. The dino-dig didn’t interest her for long, so we went from there to the older children’s area where she made paper cups fly, played with beach balls, and messed up the paper airplane contest by moving the orange cones where she thought they should be placed. From there we went to McDonalds where she had a healthy lunch of apples slices dipped in ketchup. She enjoyed sucking more ketchup off of her fries – no interest at all in her hamburger!
Then it was naptime – and she conked out immediately. When she woke up we went to Target and picked up an umbrella stroller to use Saturday night. We took her to the toy section and let her pick out what she wanted. She chose a baby doll and and combination stroller/grocery cart. In the clothing department she didn’t care about pants but wanted a shirt with pink netting. For whatever reason she kept going back to that shirt. When we got home, several of the dolls went into the stroller and Ashlyn banged into every wall pushing them around. Of course she couldn’t see over the top of the stroller. Then the dolls went into the toy cart and the pretend play really began. I had to feed the dolls then put them in the cart for her. She is very good at giving orders – but I got a “good job nina” when I did it right! She talked up a storm and often in sentences!
Saturday night was fun. It took Ashlyn a little while to feel comfortable, but Lisa and I took turns going up and down the street with her. She didn’t understand trick or treating but had a good time watching all the kids. She loved the house with the rubber duck game and played with the ducks in the toy pool for a while. She also was impressed by Sonya’s nephew who was dressed up like a green frog. Lisa and I had Reed Shields picked out for her, but it was Lucas Anderson that caught her eye!! I was very impressed by her dinner selection – she ate lots of veggies! We went to Tara’s at 5:00 and around 7:30 Ashlyn said “go home?” She was worn out. We went home and she played for a few minutes then went to bed.”
And here’s the sentences heard most often:
- “Get down Dixie – that’s my chair!”
- “Where’s Baxter? – Oh, Baxter’s with Sisa.”
- “No no Dixie – that’s my cheese.”
- “Go in the water?” (almost a sentence)
- “Papa’s in the shower.”
- “Come here……….”(fill in the blank – she said it to us and to the dogs)
- “That’s hot” (followed by lots of blowing).
- “I want that one.”
- “Feed the baby, Nina.”
- “Go potty, Baby” – Baby went to the potty often, but Ashlyn would have none of it!
- “We’re going to birthday party. “
- We’re going to Halloween party.”
- “Play music, Papa?”
- “Let’s go in there.”…..and we would go from room to room
- And my personal favorite “Good job, Nina!”
Heidi, being the princess that she is, didn't let Ashlyn stay grumpy for long, and was able to get Ashlyn into the Halloween spirit.
Mom spent most of the evening picking Ashlyn up, putting her down, picking her up, and putting her back down again. Towards the end of the evening, Ashlyn started to figure out that “door = candy”. She started to say “Open door, get candy?”, and when the door opened, she was heard to say “put in bucket”.
It was a good haul on the end, too bad she’s too young and Ashlyn’s mean parent’s won’t let her eat all that candy. We’ve been on a sugar high for days though.
See you next Halloween!