Saturday, July 31, 2021

Delaney Alina is Two Years Old - 07.31.2021

Delaney Alina is two years old!

Delaney loves to sing and twirl. She loves Let it Go, Twinkle Twinkle, the alphabet, the Final Jeopardy song (humming), and lots of made up songs. She loves to dress up and wear a blanket or towel as a cape. She likes to play pretend and is often rocking and caring for a baby doll. 

Delaney loves to pretend to be a kitty. And especially now that we have a sweet little kitten named Ginny. Delaney is brave when the kitty is a little feisty and also very sweet with the kitty. 

Delaney says silly things. We were driving and Everett said so many roads were closed to which Delaney added, "until my birthday!" She also told me she was brushing her teeth with a French fry! She likes to copy her siblings and points to lots of buildings saying they are "Nay-nee's school" (she doesn't go to school but she wants to copy them). 

Delaney's favorite food is avocado and her Grandpa told us today, July 31, is avocado day!

We are trying to teach Delaney to read the word Zoo and she read it on a book we'd never seen... but then when I asked her a different word she also said zoo, so maybe she doesn't quite know it yet. 

Delaney does well with the difference between "you" and "me" which is easy to get mixed up. She also doesn't want us to say "excuse you" because she wants to say "excuse me!"

Delaney knows all her letters and numbers 1-10 and can count 1 to 10 and some combinations of the numbers in the teens. She knows colors, shapes, and animal sounds. Delaney likes to color and "write" but even more she likes to type.

Delaney is a sweet girl. She is independent and often stays away from the busy-ness and does her own thing. We are looking forward to this new year with our sweet girl!










Thursday, July 1, 2021

Delaney Alina is Twenty-Three Months Old - 06.30.2021

Delaney Alina is twenty-three months old!

Delaney loves to sing and twirl. Her favorite songs are Let It Go, Jingle Bells, If You're Happy and You Know It, and the Final Jeopardy song (humming the tune). 

Just like Emery did at this age, Delaney likes to identify everyone's eye color and talk about it. Sometimes she says the wrong color on purpose and corrects herself. 

Delaney loves kitties and also pretends to be one. 

Delaney speaks well and relatively clearly. She replaces the C/K sound with T and the G sound with D. 

Just this week (while traveling!) she has decided to use the potty several times a day. Perhaps she doesn't like disposable diapers since she's used to cloth diapers or she's ready to potty train? Who knows!

Delaney will be two at the end of July!