Thank goodness for first cousins once removed! My little cousin Sophia was born almost exactly a year before Joy, and the two girls have a lot of fun playing when my extended family gets together. It's fun to hear them giggle as they plunk away at a piano or scamper down the hall.
Of course, even when there aren't cousins of any variety around, aunties, uncles, and grandparents are lots of fun, too. :)
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Cousins, Sort Of
On my side of the family, Joy doesn't have any first cousins yet and all of her second cousins (my cousins' children) live out-of-state.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Latest Joy News
Sorry we haven't posted in a while. For those of you still checking our blog (translation: Joy's grandparents), here's what Little Girl's been up to lately.
Joy received a big puzzle for Christmas, and for a while she was content to let us assemble it (over and over and over). Before long, though, our increasingly independent toddler insisted on putting it together HERSELF. At first this resulted in considerable frustration for all parties, but practice does make perfect and Joy can now easily put the whole thing together on her own. Way to go, Joy!
Joy also enjoys having us read to her. Here Daddy is instructing her (and nearly all the stuffed animals we own) on proper dragon identification.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Cats and Walls
When Joy and I were out for a stroll the other day, I noticed a gray cat on a nearby wall. Joy likes kitties, so I quickly directed her attention to it, fearing it would run away before she got the chance to see it. Sure enough, the cat jumped down the moment it noticed we were looking at it, but instead of scurrying away . . .
. . . it made itself right at home home in the back of the stroller. Joy thought this was hilarious.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
I'm Dreaming of a White New Year
Being the party animals that we are, we decided to spend New Year's Eve at the local park. :)
Slides are one of the few thrill rides pregnant ladies are allowed on, and I decided to take full advantage of that fact.
Btw, do you like Joy's grin in that picture? If you ask her to smile these days, that's what you get.
Back at home, one of Joy's favorite Christmas presents to play with is her new box of crayons. Unfortunately, since she recently learned to say "white," the white crayon is now her favorite one to color with. It really bothers her that white circles and squiggles don't show up on white paper. Maybe I need to dig our construction paper out of wherever I stored it . . .
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