She did it!!!! All by herself!!!! - Ok, at least without either Logan nor myself. Elise went to nursery on Sunday, and stayed the whole two hours, and didn't cry or anything, and had a great time. She did it! What a grown up girl! She said she had fun, and came home and sang the song, "I am a Child of God" a few times, all by herself. (It was cute, especially the word mix ups, like 'parents kind of dear' instead of parents kind and dear.) They talked about how Heavenly Father had planned for us to come to earth and be in families. I told her I had missed her, that I had gone to my class while she went to hers. Later that evening when I asked her about nursery again, she told me she'd missed me too, and then we agreed that it can be fun to go to a big girl class and then see Mama afterwards. She told me also that she was going to look for her mother and brother and sister.....I think she may have gotten a little bit confused about how her actual family is a bit different from the 'family' they talked about in the lesson, but she got that families are important!
The other thing she is doing all by herself--singing the alphabet song. She learned to sing this while waiting "for the pizza to be done" in dance class. Now she sings it any time she is waiting. If she asks for something, but I ask her to wait a moment to fulfill the request, she sings the alphabet song. Yesterday, she was singing the song, and Logan tried to join in. She immediately stopped singing, asked him to stop singing, and said, "No Daddy, Elise is singing." Then she started back with A, and sang the song again. I guess there are just some things she really enjoys doing all by herself......I think that's because she's two years and seven months old now. She informed me that she wasn't a baby, she was Elise, and that her bed isn't a small bed, it is her big girl bed. What a fun girl!!!!
And we had a friend over for dinner yesterday, in gratitude for helping us with the house. Elise was a bit shy, but she gave her big smile, and after a while, she told me she'd made a new friend and pointed to this guy. It was pretty cute.
She has also tuned in to the different kinds of music. I had some Christmas music playing, and she said, "Mama, this is a Jesus Christ song." I thought that was an appropriate way to describe it. During Sacrament meeting yesterday, she was looking through the hymn book while we sang the sacrament hymn. She pointed to a hymn, and said, "This is a Jesus song." Then she turned the page, pointed to another hymn, and said, "This one is about Heavenly Father." She is so great! She has learned about giving prayers. Any time we tell her it is prayer time, she folds her arms and starts praying. She always is thankful for the food and all her blessings.....always. She starts and ends so fast, especially to get to the food, that we have a hard time adding anything. Frequently we have to say two prayers, one that she says, and one that we say. She is getting the idea though, and loves to be included, and especially to pray all by herself.
Oh, how fun. She's just a way fun girl and we are really enjoying seeing her grow up!
The other thing she is doing all by herself--singing the alphabet song. She learned to sing this while waiting "for the pizza to be done" in dance class. Now she sings it any time she is waiting. If she asks for something, but I ask her to wait a moment to fulfill the request, she sings the alphabet song. Yesterday, she was singing the song, and Logan tried to join in. She immediately stopped singing, asked him to stop singing, and said, "No Daddy, Elise is singing." Then she started back with A, and sang the song again. I guess there are just some things she really enjoys doing all by herself......I think that's because she's two years and seven months old now. She informed me that she wasn't a baby, she was Elise, and that her bed isn't a small bed, it is her big girl bed. What a fun girl!!!!
And we had a friend over for dinner yesterday, in gratitude for helping us with the house. Elise was a bit shy, but she gave her big smile, and after a while, she told me she'd made a new friend and pointed to this guy. It was pretty cute.
She has also tuned in to the different kinds of music. I had some Christmas music playing, and she said, "Mama, this is a Jesus Christ song." I thought that was an appropriate way to describe it. During Sacrament meeting yesterday, she was looking through the hymn book while we sang the sacrament hymn. She pointed to a hymn, and said, "This is a Jesus song." Then she turned the page, pointed to another hymn, and said, "This one is about Heavenly Father." She is so great! She has learned about giving prayers. Any time we tell her it is prayer time, she folds her arms and starts praying. She always is thankful for the food and all her blessings.....always. She starts and ends so fast, especially to get to the food, that we have a hard time adding anything. Frequently we have to say two prayers, one that she says, and one that we say. She is getting the idea though, and loves to be included, and especially to pray all by herself.
Oh, how fun. She's just a way fun girl and we are really enjoying seeing her grow up!
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Danielle! Isn't it exciting when our babies make these leaps. She sounds like a sweet little girl. She actually sounds a lot like Tyler. It takes him some time to adjust to things, too, but when he does - it's golden. Good luck to you guys with everything. I like peeking in on your life every so often. :)
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