She is also excited about learning the sign language alphabet and practices on the potty. She likes to sign letters to me while she nurses and is verbally incapacitated. 'a', 'x', 's','d' and 'f' are some of her specialties.
Another of her new talents is singing of narrative, improvised songs: "I'm sitting here on the rug...eating a strawberry....and my mama is standing next to me...and I want to go outside...but it's raining..."
She loved the St. Patrick's Day Parade, especially the candy aspect. Easter was also a big hit for the same reason but she also loved the eggs and Easter Bunny.
After Easter came a fun albeit snowy trip to Chico Hot Springs. Salome loved the huge warm swimming pool and especially liked gazing at the moon and stars through the mist that rose from the pool.
We've been seizing every sunny warm moment that we get and Salome has had lots of fun chances to play outside with her cousins and friends. She is a lucky duck to have so many playmates of all ages. She loves cooking pretend meals in her outside kitchen, going for rides in the stroller (especially when Auntie Hilly runs with her), practicing riding the tricycle and hammering things. She has also been helping me weed the garden.
She's been working on cutting two of her last molars this past week and it's been tough on all of us. It seems like such a painful undertaking and we'll all be glad when they finally emerge. Despite her crankiness and sensitivities from these "two-year molars" it sure is fun to hear this two-year-old tell her mama "I love you" during a sunny walk home. A sweet thing to remind us to look on the bright side.
