I can’t believe it’s already time to write another Susie update! She continues to be Elizabeth’s little shadow. “Sister” is her role model in all things, especially dancing, playing with dollies, and fashion. She’s still pretty clingy to me, too. Sometime in the past month or so, she started climbing onto my lap while I’m otherwise occupied (at the computer, reading to the big kids, folding laundry, etc), grabbing my face with her hands, and forcing me to look into her eyes while she emphatically tells me something.
Her current cute phrases are “No thank you!” and “Pretty!” (every morning after she gets dressed). She is pretty opinionated about her clothes and shoes. She hates having a dirty diaper and is pretty good about telling me right away. The ladies at CBS and church nursery have noted that she’s really into coloring, and it’s true that any time the big kids are at the table doing art, she wants to do it, too.
She has started helping me unload the dishwasher every morning, a habit I think I should encourage (but frankly don’t want to–not that she’s broken anything yet)! She is also learning (slowly) to help pick up toys, to put books back on the shelf, and to throw trash away in the trash can instead of dropping it on the floor. She can also apparently dress herself–a couple weeks ago, I came into her room after her nap to find her wearing something different than I’d put her down in. She had reached through her crib, opened the correct drawer of her dresser, pulled out all the shirts until she came to the one she wanted, and managed to put it on over her other outfit, facing the right way and everything. Subsequent interrogation of the kids confirmed that no one had helped her.
Although she’s getting to be quite a big kid, she still spends a good part of her day clutching Pink Blanky and Lionel, sucking her thumb like it’s going to disappear. That’s one habit of Lizzie’s that I’d rather she hadn’t picked up…
