Oh How Far You've Come

Aurora, it surprises us every day the things you can do. Your vocabulary continues to grow, as does your ability to use longer sentences and multiple sentences strung together. You will ask people what they are doing ("What you doing?"), Or ask people if they would like something you are eating (e.g. fruit, cookies). The other day, you talked to Nonno on the phone. He asked you what you were doing and you answered, "I'm eating". When he asked what you were eating, you told him, "I eating corn and... This" (trying to show Nonno the rib* you were eating). Wow, you're first real phone conversation. (*Side note on eating ribs: this was the first time you were eating ribs. I tried cutting off the meat for you to eat after you devoured you corn, but you just refused or spat it out. When I gave you the rib, you gnawed on it like crazy and asked for more.)

You also seem to have accepted your brother and love/care for him with little to no promoting. There have been many occasions we have seen you sharing with him. For example, you wanted to eat some chips (Doritos) and you asked Daddy if you could have some. You went and got the chips yourself, coming back with 3: one for Daddy, one for Alan, then one you ate. When getting instruments for a family music jam, you handed everyone an instrument of your choosing, including placing the triangle on your brother's lap while he was sleeping to include him (as Mommy found out when finishing up the dishes and walking into the living room to see your brother asleep in his swing and a triangle placed with him).

When going driving, you are able to point out areas of interest and can even predict some of the things you will see along the way. For example, driving along Morningside you will point out the college (you often say, "paw-llege"), and then the place for swimming whenever we drive by. You have noticed the big "H" and when it's coming up on our way to our past the hospital. Your favourite is when we go on the bumpy road on the way to the train tracks on Scarborough Golf Club, and you attempt to count down (like Mommy and Daddy do) until we reach the train tracks for the full bumpy experience.

You have had your first experience with thunderstorms asking with lightening. You weren't a fan, although you love the rain. You ran into the living room from the kitchen so that you couldn't see the flashes of light. When the thunder finally went away, you asked where it went and wanted it to come back. We had to tell you it was sleeping. Every once and a while you let us know (days/weeks later) that the thunder is sleeping.

We continue to look forward to what you have to show us as you continue to grow.