a big girl bed and a few other milestones

I can't believe that it's almost been a month since my last post. Sorry about that you grandparents. I'm sure you know that life has been a bit crazy around here with my 3 or 4 jobs...

Sarah went to her first birthday party this month (since hers was cancelled in October). Her friend Sonia turned 3 and they made tiaras at the party. Sarah loves hers, however, she's stretched the back bit too much now so it doesn't fit.

Here's a picture of Sarah and her Daddy going for a walk around the block by our house. Sarah is feeling severely deprived of outside time these days. Her tantrums increase when she's cooped up, so we try as much as possible to get her outside every day. 

Sarah wearing the robe and pjs that her Grammie made her for her birthday and eating yoghurt right after her bath.

We moved Sarah into a 'big girl' bed this month and painted her room green. Well - we took the side off the crib (which it's designed to do). She's done very well generally. We've had to tape the closet doors shut because one afternoon I heard all sorts of banging and carrying on when she was supposed to be going to sleep and went into her room to discover that she'd taken everything off her bed and deposited it in the closet. The noise I heard was her being frustrated that she couldn't get to sleep without a quilt or a pillow on her bed. Funny girl. She loves to read to herself at night and at nap time and often ends up falling asleep with a few books in her bed. Her favourite book is the Complete Book of Farmyard Tales (an Usborne book) that has 20 stories all about the adventures of one family on their farm. She could read it to us, I think! She knows it off by heart. We have to store it up high when she's supposed to be sleeping because she's going to ruin the pages if she sleeps with it. 

You'll notice that there's a very large dog under her crib. Her name is Daisy and her Grandpa and Grandma Holm gave it to her. Daisy dog is a great protector for when the monster stage arrives (in 6 months or so I'm told) and when we pull her out at night she acts as a pillow in case Sarah falls out of bed (which hasn't happened yet).

Sarah's still loves her babies and dollies. She carts them around (in two strollers at the same time) and reads to them, sings to them and generally is working hard at being a good mommy to them all. She can count to 10 (sometimes 11), sing all sorts of songs and is getting very good at making herself understood with full sentences. She has a few toddler tantrums but generally she's a happy kid.