It's been a while since I've posted about Frances (or anything if you don't count the tooth brush post that I just did). I thought I would catch up on some of the stuff that Frances has been doing.
She has sort of said her first word. When you give her a ball, she can say "ball" (or "baw" if you want to get technical). I don't know if that really is her first word because a few weeks ago she may have said (and meant) "mama".
I had gotten up with her early on Saturday morning. Frances had her breakfast and was playing. I left the TV off so she could play in peace. She gave me the remote at one point. A little bit later, she started touching the TV screen. Then, she just turned and said "mamamamamamama" as she ran to the stairs (the stairs that led to where Arial was.
I later found out that she was trying to tell me that she wanted to watch cartoons. I was just missing the signs.
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On a related note, we play this game (well, it's sort of a game) where we run back in forth in the living room (as much as you can actually run in a living room). She loves seeing us run and she runs too. When I'm running, I always say "Run run run". I don't know why. I think it comes from playing with the cats. But now when she wants to play that, she runs (well she mostly walks quickly) and says what sort of sounds like "Run run run" (but is probably actually "Ra ra ra". It is super cute.
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Frances can now stack blocks on her own. She can stack those peek-a-blocks somewhere around 5 or 6 tall. She has these other plastic things that are sorta like Lego's but with much looser couplings and she can stack those around 8 pieces tall.
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She loves to dance. In "Clap Clap Bow", she can do the bowing and the turn yourself around. She will also make the spout in "I'm a little tea cup".
But most of all, Frances likes the theme song to Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. We have been watching the series on DVD a lot lately and when the theme song comes on (both opening and closing credits), she runs to the middle of the room and dances (kind of runs in place and claps). She gets really excited. It is really cool to see.
Well, that's all I have for now.
mwz
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Tooth Brush
I'm not terribly into oral hygiene. I brush everyday to keep my breath fresh (I hope) and floss occasionally but I haven't been to a dentist in years. I say this because I am about to gush over a tooth brush and I don't want you to think that I am obsessed with my mouth.
My toothbrush was getting old and we had some coupons for some Oral B CrossAction Vitalizer tooth brushes. We got to the store and looked at them and they looked freaky. They have different types of bristles and weird rubber tendrils. I was skeptical but we had a coupon and you can't argue with a coupon.
When I tried it though, I was immediately won over. The crazy looking tooth brush works really well. Each stoke feels like it's doing the work of five. The experience was sort of how I imagine an automatic car wash would feel in your mouth (but without the yucky water).
My teeth still feel clean even 12 hours after I last brushed. And I'm looking forward to brushing again tonight.
That's a powerful tooth brush.
mwz
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My toothbrush was getting old and we had some coupons for some Oral B CrossAction Vitalizer tooth brushes. We got to the store and looked at them and they looked freaky. They have different types of bristles and weird rubber tendrils. I was skeptical but we had a coupon and you can't argue with a coupon.
When I tried it though, I was immediately won over. The crazy looking tooth brush works really well. Each stoke feels like it's doing the work of five. The experience was sort of how I imagine an automatic car wash would feel in your mouth (but without the yucky water).
My teeth still feel clean even 12 hours after I last brushed. And I'm looking forward to brushing again tonight.
That's a powerful tooth brush.
mwz
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Saturday, October 01, 2005
Family Stuff
Two hours before her bedtime tonight, Frances was quite crabby. Two hours is a long time in tired toddler minutes. To keep her mildly amused (and therefor happy), we decided to take a walk.
I lugged the large stroller outside but then when it was time to put her in it... well... she just seemed like she would be happier walking. We pushed the stroller for when she got tired but we let her walk. (It only seemed right to let her walk on our walk).
And walk she did. She fell down a couple times but managed pretty well over the occasionally rough terrain of the our side walks. For a while we let her walk on her own. She moved at a surprising speed (almost jogging for her) and pretty much stayed on the side walk. We kept her from venturing near the street by pushing the stroller between her and it
We walked around our block (our block is quite large) and Frances nearly walked it all. (We didn't let her walk on the portion with the busy street.) I was really impressed.
BTW, the nice thing about Arial being pregnant is that we get to have ice cream everyday. I gained ~25 pounds when during the first pregnancy, I'm hoping that I don't repeat that performance.
mwz
I lugged the large stroller outside but then when it was time to put her in it... well... she just seemed like she would be happier walking. We pushed the stroller for when she got tired but we let her walk. (It only seemed right to let her walk on our walk).
And walk she did. She fell down a couple times but managed pretty well over the occasionally rough terrain of the our side walks. For a while we let her walk on her own. She moved at a surprising speed (almost jogging for her) and pretty much stayed on the side walk. We kept her from venturing near the street by pushing the stroller between her and it
We walked around our block (our block is quite large) and Frances nearly walked it all. (We didn't let her walk on the portion with the busy street.) I was really impressed.
BTW, the nice thing about Arial being pregnant is that we get to have ice cream everyday. I gained ~25 pounds when during the first pregnancy, I'm hoping that I don't repeat that performance.
mwz
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