Anna's 22nd Month : Dykestrom Doings

And just before she turns 23 months, let's look back at Anna's 22nd month!

Oh how I love this little toddler! She is a delightful little kid, and her sense of humor comes out more and more each week!

She has been telling me and her dad Good job! when we do things for her (like peeling a kiwi or folding and putting away her clothes). It's so sweet and funny!

She began really singing this month! She belts out "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie (still a big favorite), and she even started singing the alphabet song with us (and without us, too!)!

(Are we still listening to "Jingle Bell Rock" on the regular? You know, now that it's April? Why yes, yes we are. Yes we are. I believe it's Jingle Bell Rock to the end of time at this point.)
But there are other songs she will sing all on her own, too!

She started out only singing H, I, J, K, LMNOP over and over to the tune of the alphabet song, but she can actually sing the whole thing now, including the last two lines. It's been amazing to listen to the progression from just asking for this song to being able to sing a tiny bit of it to singing the whole thing. Like watching a mountain being formed or a tree sprout into a sapling.

She has been getting to know Sesame Street and all its characters.

She would really, really like to push all the buttons, hence poor Dave's antics.

Elmo is her favorite so far, but this book has been her very favoritest favorite for a long time (it's why she's pretty good at identifying shapes, I think).

She still LOVES books and reading, both with us and by herself.

She's starting to be ok with having her hair up, and she is now liking putting on dress-up clothes or in any other way making changes to the way she looks (see the photo of her wearing the sleeve of my shirt over her head above).

Notice the socks and necklace I couldn't remove without a fight (that I didn't care to have) the day we took photos.

Here is a fun game she likes to play with her friend.

They each take hold of this toy broom and promenade around the house, through the kitchen and dining room, and then back to the playroom. It is hilarious, and the two of them love that they get such a reaction when they do it.

Naps have been 50/50 will she sleep? won't she? I don't care. (I mean, it drives me nuts when she doesn't, because she always seems grouchy and tired like she NEEDS to sleep, and then she doesn't, but) By golly she's gonna have quiet rest time until she's 18 and off to college, whether she sleeps or not!