Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better!

I've probably mentioned at least a million times that Katie loves Chloe. I'm sure I've also mentioned that she loves to copy Chloe.

Anything you can do... 

…I can do better. 

I can do anything better than you!

After Story Time

After my mom and Jennifer took Katie to Story Time at the library, she went to play with the toys there and had lots of fun with the dinnerware.

I set the table all by myself! 

I'll quickly have a drink of tea. 

Now I'll stick this spoon that lots of kids have played with in my mouth before Aunt Jennifer and Grandma can reach me. 

Would you like to eat with me?

Christmas Decorations

I had wondered what Katie would be like with Christmas decorations this year. Last year, she used to lie down on her tummy in front of the tree and stare at the lights. This year, I assumed she might be more interested in removing the ornaments from the tree. Since putting the tree up, Katie points at it and tries to repeat "tree," but she doesn't go close to the tree on her own. A couple of times, she has been scared of the tree. I'm not sure if she thinks it's something alive or if it's something else. We'll see what happens as she becomes more accustomed to it.

Katie has two favorite Christmas decorations. One of her favorites is a music box shaped like a grand piano. When you lift the keyboard cover, music plays and two snowmen twirl around on the top of the piano. Katie loves, loves, loves to play the music and watch the snowmen. She also pretends to play the piano with the music.

Look at this piano, Winnie! 

I'll just try to play the keyboard. 

By the next morning, I was an expert!

Her other favorite decoration is an advent calendar that one of the parents at my school made for me last year. It's shaped like a tree and has little drawers for small treats or small gifts that can be pulled out each day. Needless to say, the advent calendar usually has all of the drawers pulled out at all times.

I love this thing. I also love to say, "Ho, ho, ho!" at Santa! 

It has the perfect-sized boxes for me!

Katie's Toy Basket

One day, Jennifer pulled Katie's toy basket out into the middle of the floor.  Ever since then, Katie loves to have the opportunity to pull the basket around. She just needs help getting started. She'll head to the basket, try to pull, and ask for help ("Hep" in Katie language). Once she has help getting it out of the corner, she can pull it pretty much everywhere on her own.

Here comes the basket, Chloe! 

Now, I'll choose something to play with.

Delicious Vegetables

Ever since Garyldine brought the fresh vegetable tray for Thanksgiving, Katie cannot get enough vegetables. She now has her own vegetable tray that  she munches on each night. She tends to eat a little bit of every vegetable each go around.

I'm so lucky that I got my own vegetable tray!

Several days later, Katie was still working on the same tray of vegetables. Jennifer had gotten the adults their own vegetable tray, and she saw that there was a pretty large broccoli stalk. She gave it to Katie, and Katie got the biggest smile on her face when she saw what she was getting. She took a few small bites and saved the rest for later.

This is my lucky day! 

Crunch! 

This is delicious! 

I better take one more bite for luck!

Another Slide

Before we put the extra leaf from our table away, we gave Katie one more chance to have fun with it.

I love homemade slides! 

This is a fast slide! 

Can I go again?

Anyone Want Milk?

I was getting something out of the refrigerator, and Katie reached up and got the milk carton out. Once she had it, she wouldn't let go!

This milk looks pretty good. 

I'll just pour some in my bowl. 

Mmm, yum, yum! 

Maybe I'll put it back in the refrigerator now.