Bibliobaby

Just right

Elucidate! Elucidate! ...wait.

A critical part of a Time Lady's education is learning how to recognize antagonistic species. Thanks to our friends Spiderbabe and Mr. Boyfriend Pants, she's got her first one down.

Making carrot cake

We made carrot cupcakes this afternoon and Bibliobaby learned how to whisk and how to crack an egg. The first egg was a teaching device. The second and third she did with help. The fourth one she did all by herself. Why, yes, I did spend longer picking eggshells out of the egg bowl from the fourth egg than we did whisking all the rest into the batter.

December magic

Oh, December, you are always so packed, with parties and gifting and travel and guests and now a delightful little toddler who sometimes skips her nap. We know that she's not actually ready to give it up yet because the afternoon is complete misery for everyone when that happens. In the meantime, friends visiting from San Francisco are very exciting-so exciting that it is hard for certain kids to fall asleep. 

Bibliobaby is also very interested in the phenomenon of gift wrapping. She's helped me wrap some presents for Grandma, Grandpa, Ga and her aunts and uncles, and beyond demanding to apply more tape, she has also been insisting that it's time to open every present we've wrapped together, even though they're not for her. After all, we do open the boxes when they arrive... Fortunately, we'll be opening presents all through the holidays (solstice, Christmas, New Year's, when we have some time with friends...), so she's going to get lots of practice in giving!

Stalking the Time Lady

I wonder what this present could be!

Bibliobaby and friends

Mama kangaroo

What do you mean, Halloween is over? Bibliobaby doesn't care about your silly calendar.

Up and down

Bibliobaby has been practicing her directions.

Bibliobaby's first pun

Bibliobaby's Nana and Papa arrived in town today for a visit. As we were getting out of the car at their hotel, I said "guess who's here? Nana and Papa!" "Papa!" she said. "Yes, Papa!" "Papa!" "And can you say 'Nana'?" said I. BANANA? signed she.

Language is hard.

Number two

Why yes, we have become those parents. This week, among other accomplishments, Bibliobaby has mastered telling us when she's doing number two. 

We really have been seeing her vocabulary explode over the past few days. She comes out with signs we haven't done in weeks and words that manage to be exactly appropriate for the situation at hand. If she says MONKEY...well, let it simply be said that somewhere? There is a monkey visible. Although she still signs TRAIN whenever an airplane goes by, then PLANE? when I tell her that it's the sound of a plane. So we have room for improvement!