Playing With A Two and Half Year Old

Stacking spools

Our youngest granddaughter and her mama (our daughter) are visiting from across the pond. They arrived Saturday. The youngest, Miss A, has had jet lag. She was up the first "morning'"at 1AM which would have been 9AM her time. The second morning, it was 2:30AM and the third morning it was 4AM. About the time she is acclimated, it will be time for her to get on the airplane and start over! She does ask where is the sun because she wants to go outside and it is dark!

Extended fingers

So. . .what does one do in the wee hours? I had a bag of empty spools and we've stacked them in a variety of ways. She delighted in knocking the stacks over. Yesterday morning, she placed the Aurifil spools on the ends of her fingers. Then, she paraded around moving her "extended" fingers and giggling. Yes, she was able to fit one spool on her thumb; but, it was uncomfortable. She removed the spool quickly!

Did you see the green spoon in the photo? She got into the baking drawer and she has had a field day with the measuring spoons and cups. The green 1/2 teaspoon measure accompanies her throughout the day. Yes, she has toys; but, she seems to prefer common household objects to entertain herself.

Playing with "paper dolls"

I showed her the magnetic dolls our older grands played with when they were younger. Miss A hasn't figured out how the pieces make an outfit; but, she does marvel over how the pieces will "stick" to the figure. There is a hat that is a favorite. I know this because it is a part of almost every outfit.

Wearing my sandals

If one leaves their shoes unattended, she will put them on and provide us with a fashion show walk/strut. I don't know how she manages to maintain her balance; but, she does! 

We've been cooking. She and her mama make scrambled eggs many mornings. She knows how to stir her eggs as they cook and she eats every bite of egg! Yesterday morning, we made French toast. We put syrup on part of it and peanut butter on the other part. (She loves peanut butter.) Interestingly, she took a piece of each and stuck them together like a sandwich before she ate the chunk with a fork! 

We've fed apples to the neighbors' horses and cow. She has been mesmerized by the cow's tongue. . .the length, how rough it is and the color. It is black. She will hold the apple at just the right angle for the cow to use his tongue to pull the apple into his mouth. She stands without movement as she watches him eat the apple and will ask, "Again?" after he finishes!

Naps are hard to wake up from as she tries to make her nap her night sleep. We feel for her. Tomorrow our friend, Wendy, has invited us to swim in her pool. It will be a fun day! Playing with my granddaughter was goal number 10 on my September list. I plan to keep playing; but, wanted the goal on my list so I documented some of what we did!