Audrey also started Ballet lessons this month. On Tuesday Mornings we go to ” Mommy and Me” dance class. Its adorable to see her walk on her tippy toes in her little leotard! She LOVES “Miss Cathy” the woman who teaches the class. I am now able to use Miss Cathy and dance class as a bribe…” If you want to see Miss Cathy at dance class you had better eat your sandwich!”

Her new favorite things are puzzles. She can complete large puzzles intended for 5 year olds ( 10-15 large pieces) by herself. Sometimes she’s better a putting them together then Rob and I are which is pretty sad. She definitely has Robs spatial relations skills, not mine. She doesn’t even need spaces to put the puzzle in – a border for it. She can start with a middle or end piece on the floor and crate the rest, all alone. Truly amazing. Her memory is also incredible. She can hold at least 6 bits at a time. ( The average adult holds 7 +/- 2) She has an electronic memory game that gives her a series of symbols ( pencil, car, wheel) that she has to repeat back by pressing the buttons. After 5 ( the machine says “pencil, car, wheel, star, fish” – then she locates and presses them in the he correct order) the game ends and starts over at one. I’m not sure what her capacity is, but I’m sure she can do 6 at least.

She also loves she Scholastic videos that go with some of the the books she has. My Mom got most of these matching videos for her and her favorites are The Napping house, The Bbear Snores On, Chick Chick Boom Boom, and The Very Hungary Caterpillar. She has memorized The Napping House book ( her current favorite) and large parts of many others. She’s starting to pretend more now too. The most amazing thing she said this month was when she told me, as showed me her toy butterfly, that “butterflies do a metamorphosis”. I think she saw this on Disney channel – Little Einstein’s show. I was amazed that she remembered it! She gets very excited about butterflies and caterpillars.

Things Audrey does NOT like:

Having her toenails cut, toothpaste, many animated toys, the handy vac cleaner, my hairdryer if its on high, her food touching ( or even two different foods on the same plate if the plate does not have dividers, nail polish, wearing socks, people asking her if they can have a bite of her food, anyone being nearby while she’s going potty.

Things Audrey Loves:

Puzzles, lemonade, The Ants Go Marching song, stickers- especially if they are Dora or Elmo, blueberries, homemade whipped cream, putting books away in her bookshelf while singing the “clean up” song, maps, marshmallows, going to dance class, ” playing cozy” in our bed ( snuggling with me and Rob)