the week of 'peese'

Sarah continued to work on her words this week as well as her eyeteeth. They're all almost through but not quite. On Wednesday she said, 'book', 'bowl' and 'pooh' (as in bear). She's also gotten very good at saying 'please (pronounced 'peese') without prompting. Please has helped with the shrieking when she wants something. Now she points at it and then says please while she does the sign (rubs her chest) at the same time.

I had a nasty cold all week so we didn't do too much. Sarah and Dale haven't started with the cold yet and I'm crossing my fingers that they don't. I still have the remains of the cough. Yuck. 

On Saturday I went to the spa. Dale and Sarah bought me a spa package a couple of months ago but I couldn't get in until this weekend. What a great Mother's day present! Dale and Sarah went to the zoo and apparently they spent most of the time there on the slides - Sarah's new favourite thing to do. When I take her up to the park she runs straight past the swings to the slide - the higher the better as far as she's concerned. I bought a stool for the bathroom so Sarah can wash her own hands and a little seat for the toilet for her as well. She's showing some interest in what goes on in the toilet these days so we thought we'd get a seat to make her more comfortable. I found a Winnie the Pooh one, which she likes very much. 

When I got home from the spa, Sarah woke up from her nap and on the table was a bouquet of flowers and a homemade card with a piece of crumpled up paper inside. The extra piece of paper inside was especially from Sarah. For some reason she insisted that it had to be part of the package. Dale made dinner (salmon with a mole rub cooked on a cedar plank on the BBQ, salad and brown rice with berry crumble for dessert). Yummy!

On Sunday morning Dale went to get Sarah when she woke up (6:30...she's getting earlier!) and brought her up to our bed for a visit. She looked at me and said, 'hi, you'. A bit later in the conversation we thought she said 'bonk' because she hit her head, but no...she informed us that, 'I said book'. Her first phrase. We had pancakes and bacon (no bacon for Sarah, though!) for breakfast and while we finished breakfast Sarah did some stickering. We bought some static cling stickers from the dollar store and they're a big hit. It helps that they're Winnie the Pooh of course.

Once she was dressed for the day, Sarah showed off her newly found ability to rock in her rocking chair. When she's not rocking in it, the big white bear that we bought last week lives in it with a hat that was originally meant to be a warmer for the bottom of a casserole dish. It just goes to show that with a bit of imagination things can take on completely different jobs.

Then we went for a walk in Assiniboine Park. They've turned on the water fountain in the Leo Mol garden, which Sarah thought was pretty fun. The water lilies aren't out yet, though. When we got to the duck pond Sarah got very excited and pointed, 'ducks,' she said. When Sarah and I were at the duck pond a week ago she couldn't say 'duck,' but she remembered the place and could now say the word, so...she did!

After the park we went to the pool for Sarah's swimming lessons. Again she didn't want to do what the rest of the class was doing, but I was partly at fault. She kept looking at me instead of doing what the class was doing. Oops. I got some great pictures, though.