Our little Abby is such a sweetheart and a stinker all in one! Lately she's trying to speak more words, but she also effectively communicates with sounds, pointing, screeching, scratches, and all the rest that not-yet-verbal toddlers quickly master. Today she said "hat" (without the "t"), and regularly wanted to wear either her yellow sunhat or Josiah's baseball cap from Daddy (too big for him, way too big for her).
But on to the title of this post: two things Abby loves lately are . . .
baby dolls! and . . .
this particular plastic spoon!
She sometimes carries around her spoon for the better part of the day. She likes to try to use it during mealtime, when she'll place pieces of food on it and attempt to get them into her mouth, usually only with partial success. But that trusty spoon travels much further afield with Abby, too. She likes to dig in the dirt outside with it, pretend to feed Mama with it, poke the couch and putz around the living room with it . . . and her siblings invoke her wrath when they try to get it away from her. When she's cranky after waking from a nap, I can quickly perk her up with mention of her spoon--granted that we find it soon after I mention it.
Both girls like baby dolls these days, but Abby is entertained longer by them. She hugs her dolls, pats them on the back, and generally tries to be sweet to them. She does poke at their eyes, and she sometimes carries them upside-down, but always with the best of intentions.
