More Mischeviousness

Currently Penny finds humor in making you think she is going to do one thing and then doing another. She often tries to hand you a cheerio or some such only to rescind the offer and eat it herself. Well, my mom and I will sit across from each other in the floor and let Penny walk back and forth between us. She will get almost to my mom and then turn around and run back to me really fast giggling at her little joke. It is too cute.

Penny has had a great time with her Nana being here since Sunday. My mom has the magic nap mojo and P has taken two naps a day everyday. Plus, I changed bedtime tactics and have gotten her to sleep at night with nary a tear the last three days. Pray that that holds.

Let's see - what else has been going on. Everyday I see evidence that she understands more and more words. My mom was wearing a shirt with appliqued flowers around the neck. She would point outside to Penny to say, "see the flowers?" and Penny would point to her shirt. I need to be more careful about what I say because everyday I realize some word or another that she understands that I didn't think she would and just because she can only say ten or eleven words doesn't mean she doesn't understand a lot more than that. She probably says a lot more than that too, but unless we catch the context right we don't realize what it is she said.

Other things: She has stopped wanting to ride in her wagon and is concentrating on climbing in one side and out the other over and over. This is a nice reprieve for the backs of us caregivers. :) She can now walk backwards - not by herself, but when holding on to your fingers. My mom showed her how to drum her fingers and this evening she tried to get me to do it. I didn't know what she was doing until my mom told me. Unfortunately, I don't have any fingernails since I cut them for the fiddle. Also, she's been doing this off and on for awhile, but today she did it all day over and over - kicking the ball as she walks. She's going to be a soccer star! Oh, and a really sweet thing. About ten minutes before I was due to come home, she went to the window and started watching the road for my car and got upset that I wasn't there. When she does see me at the road, she gets so excited and practically mobs me when I come in the door. Nothing like it for the self-esteem I tell you.