I am constantly amazed by what these little people are capable of. Lila is not the best "talker" yet, and lately, it seems like I spend a lot of time trying to figure out what she is telling me, and what she is thinking. I know that she is extremely observant, but sometimes she surprises me with just how observant...
Last weekend we were at my parents house. My Mom always takes her dog out on a leash. Last time we were there, Lila had to have a leash on her stuffed dog. This time she had to actually take my Mom's dog out, and patiently walk her around the yard, just like Nana does. Not a big deal, right? Then my brother hollers at me, "Come look at her", so I go to the door. Lila has the dog leash in one hand and is bending over to carefully examine the grass, and poke around in it, and then grabs a handful. This may not sound like a big ah-ha moment to you. But, that is exactly what my Mom does when she is outside with the dog...she looks for and picks weeds! It is funny what these little people notice.
Notice the "weeds" in her right hand.
*Disclaimer...Lila does actually wear pants, sometimes. She is going through a stage where she doesn't really want to have her diaper changed, but doesn't want to sit on the potty either. It almost takes two people to get a diaper on the kid, so sometimes the pants don't make it back on. Any advice on starting potty training would be greatly appreciated. She tells me when she needs to go (sometimes) and then we run, run, run, to the potty and then she acts like she is afraid of it. Does this mean she is just not ready yet?*
