Misc about 'O' January 20, 2011

1/20/11

So “O” has quite a cute little (and sometimes big) personality. She is very organized...likes to put things back in their spots and knows exactly where things go. She is very perceptive and picks up on what adults say and how they say things, too. It's funny to hear a little 3 year old say, "thank you for dinner!" while spreading her arms dramatically over the entire dinner table. She was looking at our adoption book with me and saw that Blaine was playing guitar in a few of the pictures and turned to him and said, "oh, you play guitar?" It was more of a statement than question, much like adults do when they strike up a conversation with someone. She loves music and can carry a tune pretty well. We sing "twinkle twinkle little star" while washing her hands so that she washes long enough, but also as an "I love you, ritual" (we are being shown many of these types of things to encourage attachment and bonding). In the bath last night (at the foster home), we sang the ABC's together (which she knew) and her little voice got the notes (of course, it IS the same tune as twinkle little star, but it was still good). She likes to dress up and pretend play in her play kitchen, as well as play "store" with us. We "bought" things from my purse as she was going through the items, and she always gave us back some change.

She is very observant of others, and when we go to the park she sometimes gets engrossed with people watching. She especially watches the mother/child combos.

It is so much fun to watch Blaine with her. He is already such a good daddy!

-joni