Milestones
Well, Herself turns 4 a week from tomorrow, and indeed there's been leaps and bounds occurring in the past month or so. In early January she suddenly passed (yet another) quantum mark in verbalness, becoming ever more willing and able to narrate a stream of ideas/thoughts/occurrences.
Then a week ago, out of the blue, she did this:
Representational art, that an outside observer can identify (probably) without needing to be told by her what they're looking at. That's a baby, by the way.
And on Thursday, her dad came in the door with her from their commute home in the evening. She was running on and on in a narrative stream, and he looked at me over her head and said, "Forty-five minutes of this." So yet another quantum of narrative/descriptive/verbal ability has been passed.
At bedtime, she seems to be following the plot of the long stories (currently a stream of Oz books, two chapters at a time), which is also relatively new. She'll react to plot happenings and ask questions, which she never used to.
Definitely growing up, I tell you what. Maybe by WisCon she'll be less melty-down in the afternoons/evenings, and everyone will have more fun at the con. :->
Edited to add: Oh, and she's recognizing more words on sight (though not reading fluently yet, or sounding-out-and-understanding). Her name, in all forms, she can recognize and type accurately. Her handwriting's a little rougher but she practices. And the other day in the car, she looked out the window and said, "That building says Open!" and it did. So did the one next to it. :->
Then a week ago, out of the blue, she did this:
Representational art, that an outside observer can identify (probably) without needing to be told by her what they're looking at. That's a baby, by the way.
And on Thursday, her dad came in the door with her from their commute home in the evening. She was running on and on in a narrative stream, and he looked at me over her head and said, "Forty-five minutes of this." So yet another quantum of narrative/descriptive/verbal ability has been passed.
At bedtime, she seems to be following the plot of the long stories (currently a stream of Oz books, two chapters at a time), which is also relatively new. She'll react to plot happenings and ask questions, which she never used to.
Definitely growing up, I tell you what. Maybe by WisCon she'll be less melty-down in the afternoons/evenings, and everyone will have more fun at the con. :->
Edited to add: Oh, and she's recognizing more words on sight (though not reading fluently yet, or sounding-out-and-understanding). Her name, in all forms, she can recognize and type accurately. Her handwriting's a little rougher but she practices. And the other day in the car, she looked out the window and said, "That building says Open!" and it did. So did the one next to it. :->