World's Fair Park

I took Josephine to the World's Fair Park today to go up the Sunsphere and play in the fountains. She enjoyed the Sunsphere as much as a 20-month old could. She didn't really understand what she was seeing, but she enjoyed it. She had more fun playing in the fountains. It took her a few minutes to get comfortable with them. After awhile she was playing in the smaller ones, as you can see in the video.

Josephine is talking up a storm these days! She's starting to use short sentences. I think her first one was "Cook, mama dada." Other sentences she's said are "Papaw wants waffle." and "Matt's disc, all gone." and "Read a book." She comes up with a new sentence every day or two.

She's finally saying other colors than "purple" and "black" again. She'll say yellow, red, pink, orange, blue, and some others. Shapes are an up-and-coming skill for Jo too. She knows circle, heart, and star. We haven't been practicing them much, but she's learning them somewhere. We'll work on square/rectangle and triangle soon.

I almost put up a video of Josephine screaming in her chair because she didn't want to eat her piece of carrot and a pea. We sat there for 2 1/2 hours because I wouldn't let her get down (or eat anything else) until she ate one piece of carrot and one pea. Of course she ate them for Nathan when he got home from work. Today, Josephine has not had any lunch yet because she's refusing to eat what I made for her (chicken and pasta and peas). She hadn't sat in her chair yet, so I'm letting her play until she's ready to eat her lunch. She's got to be hungry by now. I wonder where she gets her stubbornness from . . . .

Josephine is throwing the ball well now -- at home and at the Little Gym. For several months, she wouldn't throw it. She'll only stand a few feet away, but it's a start.

Puzzles are still a favorite activity. She's ready for multi-piece puzzles (multiple pieces that make up one object), but they're pretty hard for her. I haven't found exactly what I want, but I've asked Papaw to modify some that I had gotten, so we'll see if that works.

**She just learned "square". : ) **

Anyway, Josephine is very excited to have barrettes in her hair. Her hair is getting so long it gets in her eyes so I pull her bangs back with a barrette. She's so proud of them.

**She just learned "triangle". : ) **

Nathan was really sick last week with strep, bronchitis, and laryngitis. The doctor suggested that Josephine spend the night away from Nathan. Luckily, I had already taken Josephine to Grannie Ratch's that morning so I could do some things around the house. Josephine stayed there until the next evening after dinner. She wasn't happy to come home, she wanted to go stay at Papaw's house and read books. : ) She spent the night away from home 3 times in a week and a half. Once and Granna Lynda's and twice with Grannie Ratch and Papaw. She has done great each time, too.