May I have.

We've been struggling to get Tiny Viking to speak in multi-word "sentences" and she does have a growing number of two-word and a tiny set of three-word sentences she will string together but really her opinion seems to be:

"If I can say it in one word, why use more?"

It is hard to argue with the logic she's created but we also know if she hasn't met certain goals by her 3 year well-check we are probably going to be told she needs speech therapy.

It's already been hinted at.

Don't get me wrong I have nothing against it, if that is what she needs. But... a few nights ago she overheard me offering things in the closet to Little Man because he was pointing to items on the shelf and he can't speak enough to tell me what he wants. One of the things I offered him was their foam sword. A few minutes later me and baby brother are now in the living room and Miss Viking is in their room. She was talking to herself and it took me a few moments to realize she was repeating over and over:

"May I have. May I HAVE. May I have?"

I walked into the room to ask what she was saying and she pointed up at the sword and stayed silent, except for that smile. The smile that wins every piece of my heart every. single. time.

I finally coaxed the word sword and the word please out of her so I brought them down. She may have some issues to work on. I don't know. But, I do know she is shy. AND stubborn.

And

Perfect.

Baby Food Crazy!!

The Adventures in Homemade Baby Food Continues!

We went baby food crazy this morning! 

Okay. 

I went crazy this morning. 

There are now 6 batches freezing. Two are in the fridge, still in the blender cups, waiting for the ice cube trays to be free. That's 7 different types. 5 new flavors or combos along with two that she really loved that we'd run out of. And, I'm not even done with the ingredients I bought!

Today we've got:

• Yellow Squash & Rice (cereal);   A past favorite!
• Carrots & Yellow Squash;         Another past winning combo.
• Green Beans;                     A brand new veggie.
• Banana Apple;                    New combo.
• Nutmeg Butternut Squash;         She loves one squash, we'll try another.
• ABC's- Avacado, Banana & Carrot; Nutritious new combo. 
• Carrot, Apple & Rice (cereal)    Another new combo.

I have quite a stash of other yummy stuff to make, but we'll see how fast I can get through it, my dad comes to visit in a couple days!! It will be his first time meeting Cassandra. I know that is one of the reasons he came back to the states. He has lived in Thailand for many years now, where he teaches English as a foreign language at a University in Petchaburi.

Custom Charts, I need ideas

I need to come up with a super cute growth chart for Tiny Viking! We can mark down the measurements we already know and label :

18 inches at birth
21.5 inches at two months

I'm not sure if I want to keep following the jungle/forest animal theme, because a tree would be easy, or if I want to make something Viking themed. Since the nickname stuck!

Also on a side note for Tiny Viking. I think there needs to be some Adventures with Trinny and Tiny comics. I'll have to keep thinking on it. It has been way way too long since I drew a comic.

Oh! I bought more tulle and fabric yesterday to make her some outfits! She will hopefully be our little Christmas faerie!!