Schools Out

26months (2years 61days)

What a busy, but fun packed day, madam has had. We started out with a flying visit to tea and toast, which she loved, before I took her to nursery for their Christmas Dinner. She wasnt too amused when she realised "Christmas dinner with your friends" meant nursery, but before I even left she was sticking and gluing a sparkly party hat.

When I arrived back for her, the toddlers and babies were all in the baby room, most of them asleep. Katie was playing "music" with pots and pans. They said she'd had a really briliant time, that she'd got into the whole "party vibe" more than most of the little ones. She ate her Christmas dinner up nicely, but rejected the trifle. I was quite concerned until I heard that they pretty much all did, so I dont know what was wrong with it!

As we leave nursery, she runs down the winding path, through the trees and often squirrels, to the big gate. Today, she did it swinging her first calendar she's made. Kindly, once she had done it, she decided to run back up and do it again, giving me time to get the camera. She's off now until 9th January because of the bankholidays.

After nursery, I took her iceskating. Normally, she starts off in shoes but today she wanted her skates on straight away. She went the width of the rink, moving herself, still holding my hands. The lady came to say well done to her and she got really upset! She did a couple more widths, then seemed to remember being upset again. Even worse when the lady came back to say it again! But she did so well the time she was skating.

Last stop of the day was a coffee with a friend, plus exchanging of Christmas presents and helping them find a few bits, before I brought my tired little Katie home. She is now snoring loudly.


Katie at 26months
She:
*has 12 full teeth, plus 2 half ones
*has had a growth spurt and is considerably taller with lots more hair
*counts to 24, but still wobbles at 14-18
*recognises Katie, farmer, rocks and a couple of other words (from learning by rote)
*knows both her first and last names now
*eats gammon at nursery. But not at home.
*had a cameo role in the film for this years nativity. She played her role of "smiling child" well.
*is interested in shapes and good at circle, square, star, triangle

Firsts:
*steam train
*chinese restaurant visit
*fairground ride
*trainers - size 5, bright pink. A little big, but adored.
*no cry drop offs at nursery
*Sunday school class

Lots of this month has been Christmas based:
She
*sings: jingle bells, little donkey, christmas pudding, when Santa got stuck up the chimney, we wish you a merry Christmas
*knows Father Christmas/Santa, Snowmen, Rudolph
*decorated her first Christmas cake
*did her first "school" Christmas show
*still calls Christmas lights "pretties", like last year.
*on hearing "1,2,3" responds "Merry Christmas Everybody".