Sensitive

Each day I get a note saying what Frannie did that day at school. This also includes an am and pm mood report. The vast majority of these say Happy :)

However, the past two weeks or so, more and more "sensitive" is being written with today and Thursday last week being sensitive both am AND pm. What happened??!? I know she's teething because a canine popped through and you can see the others and I think those back molars must be moving a little because she's constantly chewing on her finger way toward the back of her mouth. So is it just teeth? Is it the terrible twos starting early? No matter what it is, it's killing me not knowing what's happening with her. Like can I do something to help? I'm hoping it's either teeth or a stage because a whiny fussy kid is not fun.

On the flip side, for the most part (there are more "sensitive" times at home too but they aren't the majority) she is happy and busy. She is stringing words together like crazy and I swear just within the last day she is able to "read" parts of books from the pictures. She is big into dancing and music. We hooked up our TV to the basic stations and we watch The Voice together on Mondays. She claps and dances....SO CUTE. She also loves swimming in the bathtub. We went into a pool two weekends ago, and she really liked the hot tub. Since then she considers herself a swimmer :)

Cartoon Voice

Talking up a storm. And the best part about my little parrot is that she has the most adorable cartoon voice. She gets more clear with her words every day and I'm amazed at how she uses them correctly. Love love love this stage.

We went to Boo at the Zoo, which is essentially trick or treating during the day at the zoo and had a whirlwind yet fun time. I had the cutest tropical fish costume that a friend gave me for Frannie to wear, but she absolutely refused (aka enormous fit) to wear it. So we settled on a purple princess and got a few suckers and fruit snacks along with great people watching and animals too.

It's a good thing we did that because Halloween in Duluth was the coldest in like 5 years or something ridiculous with temps around 35. We opted to stay home and hand out candy to a whopping  10 kids.

She's still loving school and loves doing "big girl" stuff like standing on her stool to brush her teeth at the sink and wash her hands. The potty is a topic of conversation and she's pooped on it twice but we still have a long ways to go. 

Her latest obsession is Chapstick. She will carry a tube around with her and just continually put it on. And then when I'm not looking she'll dig in it with her finger and rub it on her hands/the couch/her clothes/etc. 

Being outside is still a favorite as well. She doesn't mind the cold and would dig in the dirt, run around, play with her ball, slide and swing, and eat apples of the tree for hours if she could.