The past few weeks we have:
Rode the rides at the big Wal-Marts.
(Mickey Mouse ride in Great Bend, Kansas 45 minutes north of us)
(Horse ride in Hutchinson, Kansas 1 hour and 15 minutes northeast of us)
Story time at the library.
Kansas State Fair
(“Gew wee” Shoo Wee those pigs smell)
Gone to a wildlife refuge.
(licking her hand and showing how the kangaroos clean themselves)
Played dress up. EVERY. SINGLE.DAY. AAAAALLLLLLLLL DAY LONG.
Bunny Hop or Bugs Bunny
Dawg or Spike from Tom and Jerry
Pretty Girl…but forgot to take her ears off
(and THAT is what you call a mess…in the background. Water spilled on a chair covered by a towel. Blanket on the floor for Clara that is covering up a piece of paper taped to the floor for Ruby to color and draw on. A makeshift eating place for Ruby with a leftover plate from her breakfast. Boxes galore stacked everywhere for packing.)
There are many characters: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Gray Cat, Papa Brown Mouse, Mickey Mouseketeer, Cowgirl, Dog, Bunny Hop, Bugs Bunny, Pretty Girl…who wears a blue leotard, puts on lip gloss and dances with Papa, Princess Daisy Duck…who kisses the frog…aka Clara, and anything else she can think of and we have the “costume” for.
Made it to tumble class.
(she has difficulty looking at the camera most of the time.)
(my kid in the blue bow….that the teacher is telling to pass the stuffed animal down to the next person…she had her own idea of what to do with it.)
She doesn’t like to talk about any of the events. When she is finished with something…she’s done. She doesn’t recap, talk about details or talk about what she did. When asking her about class, animals, rides at the fair, she goes into full blown 2 year old tantrum or yelling “NOOOO!”. She’s done. She doesn’t hang on to the past. She likes to think about the future. J
Later, like many days or weeks, she does like looking at pictures of the past events. She will also make a connection if she sees a picture in a book that we are reading.
Clara is mainly along for the ride. I try to get a picture of her in each place too. It’s usually a picture of her in her car seat or stroller…not paying attention to her surroundings, but looking at her hands, or sleeping. She still does a good bit of that.
It’s fun, but it’s tiring. We are enjoying the memories.
