At two years, Norah:
- is a wonderful big sister.
- is still an excellent eater. She mostly eats with her hands but use utensils when she wants to. Her favorite food at the moment is tomato.
- loves loves loves to color. She positions crayons, pencils, and pens between her two fingers and thumb and makes deliberate, purposeful marks on anything she can.
- likes to cook for real and pretend & wants to taste everything, even raw onions (which she likes). We cal her our "little chef."
- is babbling all the time. Certain words come and go, but she's now consistently saying "Mom", "dow" (down), and either "wa" or "wa-er" for water. Every once in awhile we distinctly hear other words, like: twinkle, Tessa, this one, right here, and that. We know we're not going crazy because other people, including teachers, notice this too but it's impossible to ask her to do it again.
- gets excited to go to school (physical, occupational, and speech therapies) three days a week and playgroup one day a week.
- is generous and likes to make sure everyone has what they need (shoes, glasses, purse, water bottle, socks, food) often sharing what she has.
- pretends just about every one of her toys is a phone. Actually, not just toys - we've seen her talk on the shoe phone, the toast phone, and the smoothie pouch phone.
- still takes favorite books and toys to her reading spot.
- has a good memory. She can find where she last put any toy and even reminds us not to forget things like a bag we packed (and put out of sight on the counter) ten minutes before leaving.
- is above the 97th percentile for both height and weight.
Here are some pictures of the birthday festivities:
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| Baking cupcakes. |
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| Coloring. |
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| Sharing her water with Tessa. |
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| Getting to the bottom of a very big bag. |
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| Making a wish. |
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| Ready to dive in. |
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| That was yummy! |
